brigadier general

military rank of the United States
Intangible military_rank Q4967196
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brigadier general

Summary

brigadier general is a military rank[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,684 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • brigadier general is in the country of United States[3].
  • brigadier general's instance of is recorded as military rank[4].
  • brigadier general's flag image is recorded as Flag of an United States Army brigadier general.svg[5].
  • brigadier general's flag image is recorded as Flag of an United States Marine Corps brigadier general.svg[6].
  • brigadier general's flag image is recorded as Flag of an United States Air Force brigadier general.svg[7].
  • brigadier general's subclass of is recorded as general[8].
  • brigadier general's subclass of is recorded as brigadier general[9].
  • brigadier general's Commons category is recorded as Brigadier generals of the United States[10].
  • brigadier general's said to be the same as is recorded as one-star rank[11].
  • brigadier general's said to be the same as is recorded as rear admiral (lower half)[12].
  • brigadier general's honorific prefix is recorded as Brigadier General[13].
  • brigadier general's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/brigadier-general[14].
  • brigadier general's used by is recorded as United States[15].
  • brigadier general's NATO code for grade is recorded as OF-6[16].
  • brigadier general's different from is recorded as general of a brigade[17].
  • brigadier general's different from is recorded as general brigadier[18].
  • brigadier general's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/123191r0[19].
  • brigadier general's next lower rank is recorded as colonel[20].
  • brigadier general's next higher rank is recorded as major general[21].
  • brigadier general's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-346664[22].
  • brigadier general's rank insignia is recorded as Army-USA-OF-06.svg[23].

Why It Matters

brigadier general ranks in the top 3% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,684 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . defense.gov. defense.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . defense.gov. defense.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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