Brigadier general

Brigadier general is a military Grade certain armies, the first in the order of the general officers. It is located after that of Colonel and before that of Major general.

A brigadier general, if it is affected with a mission of “ground”, order usually a Brigade, unit made up of several regiments. The regiments on average cash approximately 1000 men, a brigade in general gathers ten thousands of men. However, their manpower can be all the more reduced as the trade will be specialized (what is true of all the commands, the ultimate example being that of the officer fighter pilot, who does not have sometimes any other man under his orders).

Belgium

The rank is the first of the general officers in the components terrestrial (badge: ) and air (badge: ) of the Belgian armed forces.

France

In France, there exist two ranks of brigadier general, one in the Army, the brigadier general without another precision, and one in the air force, the air brigadier general. Its badge is composed of two stars, related to the shoulder pads (held of work), the bottom of the handles (walking-out dress) or the medium of the chest (lattice).

Before the French revolution, the brigadier general was called Brigadier.

Reprocess

There exist brigadier generals called commonly “quarter of place”, because they are promoted generals with their retirement. They touch a retirement of colonel, but are entitled to life with 75% of reduction (like the other generals) to the SNCF. From where this name.

Other generals are called “six months”, i.e. they obtain this rank only six months before their departure with the retirement, without true command ad hoc . On the other hand, unlike the precedents, they are entitled to a retirement of general. The amount of these retirements remains definitely lower than the equivalents of the public office.

Generals of Resistance

Four big bosses of the French Résistance were named generals with the Libération: Pierre Bénouville, Jacques Chaban-Delmas (at only 29 years the youngest general since the First Empire), Maurice Chevance-Bertin and Alfred Malleret-Joinville.

See too

  • List of the French generals of the XXe century
  • List of the French generals of XXIe century

Other countries

Das certain countries, a translatable rank by " general of brigade" constitute the first rank of the general officers:

In certain armies, the brigadier generals are called general sergeants or Brigadier S, not to confuse with the French rank of sergeant, who is the equivalent of a Caporal in the weapons called “to horse”.

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