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
Major general However, the term of "major général" was not forgotten and used to describe the appointment of armies chiefs of staff. One well-known French "major général" was Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier; Major General of Napoléon's "Grande armée". In addition,"maréchal de camp" was renamed "général de brigade(brigade general)" in 1793. The rank was decided to correspond to "brigadier general" after WWⅡ. In Georgia, the rank major-general (გენერალ მაიორი) has one star as for security forces. The army, however, does not follow the traditional soviet model and uses the now more common two-star insignia. The German Army and "Luftwaffe" referred to the rank