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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The 10th District will feature a rematch between Perry, a retired Army National Guard brigadier general and staunch Trump ally, and Stelson, a former television news anchor who narrowly lost to him in 2024.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
In April 2026, ten additional sites were added, including the Charles Young Center, honoring the brigadier general who was the highest-ranking Black officer of his era.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
According to The New York Times, Hegseth intercepted the Army’s promotion list, which consists mostly of white men, and struck off four officers—two Black men and two women—preventing them from advancing from colonel to brigadier general.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
After the war, Iran’s supreme leader at the time, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed Ghalibaf, who is a brigadier general, to be the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s air force.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 May 2026
In April 2026, ten additional sites were added, including the Charles Young Center, honoring the brigadier general who was the highest-ranking Black officer of his era.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
According to The New York Times, Hegseth intercepted the Army’s promotion list, which consists mostly of white men, and struck off four officers—two Black men and two women—preventing them from advancing from colonel to brigadier general.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
After the war, Iran’s supreme leader at the time, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed Ghalibaf, who is a brigadier general, to be the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s air force.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Brigadier general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigadier%20general. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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