Major General

Major General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of "Sergeant Major General". A major general is a high-ranking officer subordinate to a full General. In the United States United States Army, United States Marine Corps and United States Air Force, a Major General ranks immediately below a Lieutenant General and above a Brigadier General. An American Major General is also called a two-star general because of his insignia. A Major General is equivalent to a Rear Admiral (upper half) in the US Navy. In the British Army the Major General ranks below Lieutenant General and above Brigadier, and is thus the lowest of the general officer ranks. For insignia in the British Army see General. The Major General is equivalent to Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy. Its equivalent rank in the Royal Air Force and airforces of many Commonwealth of Nations countries is Air Vice Marshal. In the Israeli Defence Forces a Major General is called ''Aluf'' and it is the second highest rank. It is outranked by Rav Aluf (Lieutenant General or General). The modern day military of Germany also uses the rank of Major General, referred to as ''Generalmajor''. The rank is a successor to the Second World War title when it was the first of the German General ranks. In the modern age a German Major General ranks above a ''Brigadegeneral''. In fiction, the best-known Major General is Major General Stanley, the "modern major general" from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 operetta, ''The Pirates of Penzance''. Stanley satire the aristocratic, learned officers in the British army of the day. He sings the immortal "Major General's Song." ==See also== *Comparative military ranks *U.S. Army officer rank insignia *British Army officer rank insignia Military ranks U.S. military officer ranks

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