Brigadier General - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: brigadier generalBrigadier general
An officer in rank next above a colonel and below a major general He commands a brigade and is sometimes called by a shortening of his title simple a brigadier...
Major general
An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general and who usually commands a division or a corps...
Paymaster general
In the United States army an officer of the rank of brigadier general who commands the pay department which is charged with the payment of the officers and men...
Brigade
A body of troops whether cavalry artillery infantry or mixed consisting of two or more regiments under the command of a brigadier general...
Colonel
The chief officer of a regiment an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general...
Commodore
An officer who ranks next above a captain sometimes by courtesy the senior captain of a squadron The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army...
Engineer Corps
In the United States army the Corps of Engineers a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general whose title is Chief of Engineers It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense the improvement of rivers and harbors the construction of lighthouses etc and in time of war supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field...
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