define lieutenant general
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- lieutenant general. noun. Tweet. : a military officer who has a rank just below a general.: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a major general and whose insignia is three stars.See lieutenant general defined for English-language learners.ieutenant general. noun. Tweet. : a military officer who has a rank just below a general.
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GENERAL WALTER C. SWEENEY JR. GENERAL WALTER C. SWEENEY JR. General Walter Campbell Sweeney is commander of the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command, which prepares and maintains combat-ready forces capable of conducting worldwide tactical air operations. A native of Wheeling, W.Va., he was born in 1909.
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Lt. Governors The principal and shared constitutional responsibility of every NLGA member is to be the first official in the line of succession to the governor’s office. Lieutenant governors are the only officials with specific duties and powers in two branches of state government: the executive and legislative branches.
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General of the Armies The General of the Armies of the United States, or more commonly referred to as General of the Armies (abbreviated as GAS), is the highest possible rank in the United States Armed Forces. The rank is informally equated to that of a six star general and is the highest possible operational rank of the United States Army.
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHARLES R. DAVIS LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHARLES R. DAVIS. Lt. Gen. Charles R. Davis is the Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for research and development, test, production, and modernization of Air Force programs worth more than $40 billion annually.
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colonel an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy. 2. a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations.
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Brigadier General Chinese rank of (Da-Xiao 大校) or Senior Colonel is a direct equivalent of a brigadier. It ranks above colonel (Shang-Xiao 上校) and below major general (Shao-Jiang 少将). A brigadier is commonly in command of a division(Shi 师) or a brigade(Lv 旅).
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Air Force General The rank insignia of a General is the same as that of a Lieutenant General, but it has four silver stars instead of three. General is the 26th rank in the United States Air Force , ranking above Lieutenant General and directly below General of the Air Force. A general is a General Officer at DoD paygrade O-10, with a starting monthly pay of $15,583.
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General officers in the United States After the Revolutionary War, the tiny United States Army at first had no active duty General Officers. When it got General Officers again, the highest rank in the Army was Major General, and the senior Major General on the Army rolls was referred to as the Commanding General of the United States Army.
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Lieutenant Governor (state executive office) Lieutenant Governor (state executive office) In the United States, the office of lieutenant governor is the second-highest executive office in a state and is nominally subordinate to the governor. In the U.S., the main duty of the lieutenant governor is to act as governor should the governor be temporarily absent from the office. In addition, the lieutenant governor generally succeeds a governor who dies, resigns or is removed in trial by the legislative branch.
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First Lieutenant Insignia of a United States Army First Lieutenant. In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, a first lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer. It is just above the rank of second lieutenant and just below the rank of captain. It is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) in the other uniformed services.
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Colonel Colonel (abbreviated Col. , Col or COL and pronounced /ˈkɜrnəl/ , similar to kernel) is a senior military officer rank below the general officer ranks. However, in some small military forces, such as those of Iceland or the Vatican, colonel is the highest rank.he title Colonel of the Regiment (to distinguish it from the military rank of colonel) continues to be used in the modern British Army. The ceremonial position is often conferred on retired general officers, brigadiers or colonels who have a close link to a particular regiment.
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Brigadier general In some countries, this rank is given the name of brigadier, which is often considered not to be a general-officer rank, but is usually equivalent to brigadier general in the armies of nations that use the rank.
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Lieutenant Governor of Georgia The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike in some states, the Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor. Constitutionally, the Lieutenant Governor's primary job is to serve as President of the Senate.
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Lieutenant colonel (United States) In the United States Air Force, a lieutenant colonel is generally a squadron commander in the operations group, mission support and maintenance groups, or a squadron commander or division chief in a medical group.
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Lieutenant Commander The rank is superior to a Lieutenant and subordinate to a Commander. The corresponding rank in most armies (armed services) and air forces is Major, and in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces is Squadron Leader.
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Major general Major general in the Indian Army is equivalent to rear admiral in the Indian Navy and air vice marshal in the Indian Air Force and is the lowest of the general officer ranks, ranking higher than a brigadier and lower than a lieutenant general.
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Army Brigadier General Brigadier General is the 25th rank in the United States Army , ranking above Colonel and directly below Major General. A brigadier general is a General Officer at DoD paygrade O-7, with a starting monthly pay of $8,264.
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- A lieutenant rank is the second highest in each of these grades (1st/2nd lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general); a major rank is third highest (major, major general), and there is an additional general-officer rank (brigadier general).
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- The General of the Army has 5, a 'normal' General 4, Lieutenant General 3, Major General 2 and Brigadier General 1. The term 'Lieutenant' means 'Deputy'. The word itself derives from {French;} the lieu meaning 'place' (as in 'in place of' or 'in lieu of') and 'tenant' from 'holding'.
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Commanding officer The commanding officer (CO) or, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit. Typically, the commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as he or she sees fit, within the bounds of military law.
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Lieutenant The meaning of lieutenant differs in different military formations (see comparative military ranks), but is often subdivided into senior (first lieutenant) and junior (second lieutenant) ranks. In navies it is often equivalent to the army rank of captain; it may also indicate a particular post rather than a rank.
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major general Definition of major general. : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a brigadier general and whose insignia is two stars.
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General of the Army (United States) General of the Army is a five-star general officer and the second highest possible rank in the United States Army. A General of the Army ranks immediately above a general and is equivalent to a Fleet Admiral and a General of the Air Force. There is no established equivalent five-star rank in the other federal uniformed services. Often called a five-star general, the rank of General of the Army has historically been reserved for wartime use and is not currently active in the U.S. military. The
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- Officers in the Navy JAG Corps presently serve approximately six years as lieutenants before they are eligible for promotion to lieutenant commander (pay grade O‐4). Lieutenant commanders serve approximately six years before they are eligible for promotion to commander (pay grade O‐5).
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- Definition of colonel. 1a : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier generalb : lieutenant colonel.