brigadier general
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a colonel and whose insignia is one star
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Two others will be formally reprimanded: the brigade commander, a colonel, and a division commander, a brigadier general.
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Hendrickson had left strict orders with the brigadier general in command of the hospital: Only the White House would receive a record of the autopsy report, all other copies would be destroyed.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
On October 25, 1940, Davis Sr. was temporarily promoted to brigadier general by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
Twenty years after his father made history, Davis Jr. became the first Black brigadier general in the Air Force in 1960.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
Hogan will face a Republican field that includes John Teichert, a retired brigadier general in the Air Force who is from Anne Arundel County.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
His father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., had already broken down barriers as the first brigadier general in the U.S. Army.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
The commander of the hospital, a brigadier general, hovered two paces behind the body.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
He was promoted to brigadier general in 1972, one of eight Black Army generals.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
Daniel Estrin, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Hendrickson had left strict orders with the brigadier general in command of the hospital: Only the White House would receive a record of the autopsy report, all other copies would be destroyed.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
On October 25, 1940, Davis Sr. was temporarily promoted to brigadier general by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
Twenty years after his father made history, Davis Jr. became the first Black brigadier general in the Air Force in 1960.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
Hogan will face a Republican field that includes John Teichert, a retired brigadier general in the Air Force who is from Anne Arundel County.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
His father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., had already broken down barriers as the first brigadier general in the U.S. Army.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
The commander of the hospital, a brigadier general, hovered two paces behind the body.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
He was promoted to brigadier general in 1972, one of eight Black Army generals.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
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