Brigadier general by a brigadier general, while the Naval Service is commanded by a commodore. In the Israel Defense Forces, the rank of brigadier general is called "tat aluf" and is the third highest rank, below "aluf" (major general) and "rav aluf" (lieutenant general or general), and above "aluf mishne" (colonel). In the Italian Armed Forces the rank has different denominations. In the Army, the rank for combat arms officers is whilst for the logistics and technical corps is called . The rank is also present in the other armed forces, police corps and other services of Italy, with different denominations, and
David Forbes (British Army officer) officer who returned out of forty-two, and bringing with him only thirty-six out of twelve hundred rank and file. He went on half-pay and settled at Aberdeen, where he lived without further employment for the rest of his life. On 10 January 1837 he was promoted colonel, in 1838 made a C.B., and in 1846 promoted major-general. He died in Aberdeen on 29 March 1849. David Forbes (British Army officer) Major-General David Forbes (13 January 1772 – 29 March 1849) was a Scottish military officer in the British Army. Forbes was the son of a Scottish minister in the county