Brigadier general (United States) there are a finite number of General officer positions, one officer must retire before another can be promoted. As a result, General and flag officers typically retire well in advance of the statutory age and service limits, so as not to impede the upward career mobility of their juniors. Brigadier general (United States) In the United States Armed Forces, brigadier general (BG, BGen, or Brig Gen) is a one-star general officer with the pay grade of O-7 in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. The rank
General of the army of Ukraine General of the army of Ukraine General of Army of Ukraine () is a general officer and is the highest possible rank in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. General of army of Ukraine ranks immediately above a colonel general and has no equivalent naval rank. The rank is also given to general of interior service or civil defense of Ukraine. The first person to be awarded the rank was Andriy Vasylyshyn on August 19, 1993. On November 13, 1918, the Minister of Defense Oleksander Hrekov awarded to the soldier congress delegate in Directorate Symon Petlyura the rank of Supreme Otaman.