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
Colonel general rank – only six officers have held this rank till now – Hafez al-Assad, Mustafa Tlass, Hikmat al-Shihabi, Ali Habib Mahmud, Dawoud Rajiha and Fahd Jassem al-Freij. The title of colonel general was used before and during the English Civil War in both Royalist and Parliamentarian armies. In these cases, it often appears to have meant a senior colonel as opposed to a senior general. In the United States, as commander of an army, the equivalent rank was general (four-star general, grade O-10). In Vietnam, the rank of colonel general is known as "thượng tướng" (literally "upper general"), equivalent to