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A brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below a major general. The pay grade of brigadier general is O-7. It is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral (lower half) in the other United States uniformed services which use naval ranks. It is abbreviated as BG in the Army, BGen in the Marine Corps, and Brig Gen in the Air Force and Space Force.
Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general.When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000 troops (two regiments or four battalions).
United States Air Force: 29 May 1991 [3] First Lieutenant: United States Air Force: 29 May 1993 [3] Captain: United States Air Force: 29 May 1995 [3] Major: United States Air Force: 1 April 2002 [3] Lieutenant Colonel: United States Air Force: 1 March 2006 [3] Colonel: United States Air Force: 1 October 2009 [3] Brigadier General: United States ...
A brigadier general of levies was appointed to that rank in the federal volunteer forces raised during the Northwest Indian War. A brigadier general of volunteers was appointed to that rank in the United States Volunteers during the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, or the Spanish–American War. [5]
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Shan K. Bagby is a United States Army brigadier general and the 28th Chief of the Army Dental Corps. [1] Bagby also serves as the Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Central. [2] Bagby, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, was the Army’s first African-American dental officer promoted to brigadier general. [3]
Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown (October 10, 1927 – August 5, 2011) [1] [2] was a nurse and educator who served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the United States Army and the first Black chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps. [3]
A general officer is an officer of high military rank; in the uniformed services of the United States, general officers are commissioned officers above the field officer ranks, the highest of which is colonel in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force and captain in the Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...