Major general support (DCOS Sp). Major general in the Indian Army is equivalent to rear admiral in the Indian Navy and air vice marshal in the Indian Air Force the rank is higher than a brigadier and lower than a lieutenant general. In the Indonesian Army and Indonesian Marine Corps the rank "Major general" is known as "Mayor general" or "Mayjen" in short. In the Israel Defense Forces, a major general is called an "aluf" and is the second-highest rank, subordinate to "rav aluf" (lieutenant general or general), the rank held by the chief of staff. In Italy, the equivalent of major
Brigadier general in the armies of most other NATO nations, brigadier general is the lowest of the general ranks, usually a brigade commander. In the Estonian military, the rank is called "Brigaadikindral". France uses the rank of "brigade general" ("général de brigade"). It formerly used the historic rank, until 1793, of "brigadier des armées" ("brigadier of the armies"). The rank contrasts with the French sub-officer rank of brigadier. As with all French general officers, a French brigade general is titled "general" without any implication that he is an army general; for instance General Charles de Gaulle never rose higher than brigade general.