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Lieutenant-general ( LGen; French: lieutenant-général [Lgén]) is a Canadian Forces rank used by commissioned officers of the Canadian Army or Royal Canadian Air Force. [1] Vice-admiral is the equivalent rank in the Royal Canadian Navy . A lieutenant-general is a general officer, senior to a major general or rear-admiral, and junior to a ...
Lieutenant general (Australia) The LTGEN insignia of Crown of St Edward above a crossed sword and baton, with the word 'Australia' at the bottom. Lieutenant general (abbreviated LTGEN and pronounced 'lef-tenant general') is the second-highest active rank of the Australian Army. It was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank ...
Rear admiral in the other uniformed services which use naval ranks. In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force . A major general ranks above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general.
The rank of lieutenant general was finally created in 1855, when Winfield Scott received a brevet promotion to this rank. On 13 March 1861, General Order No. 6 said that the position of Major General Commanding the Army was entitled to wear three stars. In 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was appointed lieutenant general and took command of the Union forces.
The CSA lieutenant general rank is also roughly equivalent to lieutenant general in the modern U.S. Army. The Confederate Congress passed legislation in May 1864 to allow for "temporary" general officers in the PACS, to be appointed by President Jefferson Davis and confirmed by the Confederate Senate and given a non-permanent command by Davis. [12]
En 1674, à la faveur d'une réforme générale du Châtelet qui supprime plusieurs petites juridictions, le titre de la charge change : le lieutenant de police devient lieutenant général. À ce titre, le lieutenant général de police préside une audience de police par semaine au Châtelet, afin de trancher les litiges relevant de sa ...
Lieutenant General Michelle Irene McGuinness, CSC is a senior officer in the Australian Army. She joined the army via the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in 1994 and was commissioned into the Australian Army Intelligence Corps on graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1997. [1] [2] She has served as commanding officer ...
