Brigadier general brigadier-general while the air force used the rank of air commodore. Chinese rank of (Da-Xiao 大校) or "Senior Colonel" is a direct equivalent of a brigadier. It ranks above colonel (Shang-Xiao 上校) and below major general (Shao-Jiang 少将). A brigadier is commonly in command of a division (Shi 师) or a brigade (Lu 旅). Divisional commanders are seldom general officers. The rank of brigadier general is the first general officer rank in the "Fuerzas Militares", and the National Police. Denmark, a NATO member, has for many years been following NATO standards and adapting its rank system to closely relate. As
John Barrington (British Army officer) John Barrington (British Army officer) Major-General John Barrington (died 2 April 1764) was an officer of the British Army, the third son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington. He served in the 3rd Foot Guards, and in 1746 he obtained the commission of captain-lieutenant in the 2nd Foot Guards, in which corps he was promoted to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1748. In 1756 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and appointed aide-de-camp to King George II. In 1758 the King gave him the colonelcy of the 64th Regiment of Foot, then formed from the second