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n. (plural of major general English)
Usage examples of "major generals".
Army and Marine Corps Major Generals wear two silver stars as the insignia of their rank, while Army and Marine Corps Brigadier Generals wear just one star.
I confess I was surprised, when I did not see your name in the list of major generals, and was so fully of the opinion that there was some mistake in the matter, that I (as you may recollect) desired you not take any hasty step, before the intention of Congress was fully known.
She told me to question Dado, but his room is so jammed with ex-Ramatkhals and major generals, you can't see him for the uniforms and the smoke.
He had been given an Army staff car (a Buick, normally reserved for major generals or better, rather than a Ford or Chevrolet) and a driver, for one thing.
Not all of the five hundred brigadier and major generals were available for consideration.
The comments of major generals especially those of the major general commanding the Army Aviation Center would be very carefully weighed by the major generals in DC SOPS and the three-star who was the DC SOPS These comments would probably be accepted and incorporated into the final draft sent to the Chief of Staff for his approval.
The story was that Lysander hadn't much care for the rank, but that Major Generals Owensford and Slater insisted that if the Prince wanted to appear in uniform, he had to outrank them.
Brigadier Sturgeon had commanded a Corps with army major generals commanding the divisions that made up the Corps.
All Rear Admirals, however, wear the same two stars that Major Generals wear.
The on-the-spot presidential sacking of Colonel Jeff Peters had shocked everyone, but as three other senior officerstwo major generals, and a lieutenant generalwere removed from the command post and interrogated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on a secure line from the Situation Room, a frantic attempt was being made to contact the crew of ScotAir 50.
Allow me to test you If all four of your fellow major generals were still living, which would you consider most likely to have organized the attack on the yacht?