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 General - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki - A Wikia wiki
The Jedi Exile served as a General in the volunteer army raised by Revan to prosecute the war against the Mandalorians, while General Vaklu was the military commander serving Queen Talia of the planet Onderon.
A General Derred is mentioned as defecting with Revan at the start of the Jedi Civil War, but little is known of this officer’s career, and it is possible that their rank of General represented a commission in Revan’s forces rather than the Republic military.
General Grievous, as Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies was regarded as the most senior Separatist military commander during most of the Clone Wars, and the Sith garrison world of Thule was also commanded by a General.
starwars.wikia.com /wiki/General   (2412 words)

  
 The Defense of Wake: Appendix VI
Admiral Sakaibara and his staff (unarmed) came alongside just prior to 0800 and were taken aboard without honors and escorted to the boat deck where they were introduced by Colonel Walker, U.S.M.C., to General Sanderson's staff and to Commanders Cross and Masek (there was no handshaking).
Admiral Sakaibara was requested to have his naval staff, the army staff, and a platoon of 40 enlisted at the boat landing at 1330 to take part in the flag raising ceremony.
General Sanderson with Admiral Sakaibara on his left, followed by his staff, the colors, and the color platoon, then marched to the north side of the flag pole and halted.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/Wake/USMC-M-Wake-VI.html   (1811 words)

  
 WARD'S ATTACK ON MIDGET SUB
Swept channel, yes, and we went to General Quarters and proceeded to her position, as close as we could get to her without fouling her sweeping gear, and then we stood to the westward, slowed to ten knots, and searched.
Yes, sir, we fired at the submarine before we made the depth charge attack, and as she was going under the stern, we dropped over the depth charges.
We were still at General Quarters and we saw the planes coming in, but not until after the bombs began to fall, because the bombs were falling on Pearl Harbor, and the Exec and I were standing on the bridge.
www.ibiblio.org /pha/myths/outerbr1.html   (1924 words)

  
 LONAC Web - Admiral Lilwall
Admiral Lilwall is well tempered and friendly to all, rarely releases his immense anger which has built up over time and become a powerful fuel for him.
Admiral Lilwall's main weakness is the long standing psychological scars he recieved during the encounter that ended his families' lives.
Admiral Lilwall has learned to control this anger well, but when his control slips, he can do immense damage to his surroundings, friend or foe.
www.bitscape.net /lonac/admiral-lilwall.htm   (253 words)

  
 Table of Ranks
Generals' and officers' ranks according to the Table of Ranks, under Peter I. Guards ranks were two levels higher than corresponding ranks of the Army.
In the Artillery, the ranks from colonel to lieutenant were in classes 5-10 (i.e., one level higher than the Army), while in the Engineers, these ranks corresponded to classes 6-12.
Under Peter I, the commanding general of troops was a General-Anshef or General-Fel'dmarshal.
home.comcast.net /~markconrad/Ranks.html   (1188 words)

  
 General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General may be a rank on its own (four stars, in the American military), or can be used as a generic term for all grades of General or above.
The various grades of General are at the top of the rank structure, but in some countries the highest general officers are titled Field Marshal or; Marshal.
General of the Armies of the United States (exclusive to the United States Army), a title created for General John J. Pershing, and subsequently granted posthumously to George Washington.
www.zdnet.co.za /wiki/General   (1037 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Admiral Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When the Admiral commanded from the middle portion of the fleet his deputy, the Vice Admiral, would be in the leading portion or van.
The admiral's squadron wore a red ensign, the vice admiral's white, and the rear admiral's blue.
In 1996, the rank of Admiral of the Fleet was put in abeyance in peacetime, except for members of the Royal family.
www.ipedia.com /admiral.html   (1373 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - Can some one tell me the order of Imperial Ranks?
The commander-in-chief of the Death Squadron, a fleet admiral, would be able to safely disregard the instructions of the chief administrator of a sector, who, as a moff, theoretically outranks the fleet admiral.
A grand admiral is appointed by HIM The Emperor as his supreme executor in military and naval affairs, and is possessed of infinite seniority, and is able to command whatever resources he or she deems necessary for the achievement of his or her objective.
Admiral Zaarin was both a de facto and de jure grand admiral, and entitled to wear the uniform thereof.
boards.theforce.net /message.asp?topic=4769055   (3408 words)

  
 Historical Naval Rank Flags (Thailand)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Also, those in the Admiral's flag are described as "tracing the shape of an equilateral triangle" —as in the current Viceadmiral's flag— and pictured differently.
The flag of a General of the Navy is a rectangular, dark blue flag, with three Chakkras tracing the shape of an equilateral triangle.
The flag of a Major General in the Navy is a rectangular, dark blue flag with a white chakkra in the middle.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/th~rk_hi.html   (932 words)

  
 NATO Who's who?: CHoD Turkey - General Yaşar Büyükanit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General Yaşar BÜYÜKANIT, the 25th Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, was born in İstanbul in 1940.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 1996 and served as the 7th Army Corps Commander till 1998, after which he became the Chief of Operations of the TGS.
General BÜYÜKANIT was appointed as the Commander of the Land Forces in 2004.
www.nato.int /cv/chod/tu/buyukanit.htm   (263 words)

  
 General Admiral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General Admiral was a Dutch, German, Russian, and Spanish naval rank.
Generaladmiral was a four-star Admiral rank, as in the traditional German ranking system until World War II an Admiral is equivalent to a British or American Vice Admiral.
General Admiral rank was abolished with the fall of Empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Admiral   (412 words)

  
 Defence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief commanding an operative command is the commander of demarcated geographical area and has both field and static formations under the command.
The major field formations are Corps, Division and Brigade commanded by a General Officer Commanding of the rank of Lieutenant General, a General Officer Commanding of the rank of Major General and Brigadier, respectively.
The general superintendence, direction and control of the Coast Guard is exercised by the Director General Coast Guard under Ministry of Defence.
www.goindiago.com /general/defence.html   (2464 words)

  
 Naval Flags Legislation (Germany)
The flag of an admiral is square, white with a fl Iron Cross, fimbriated fl and white.
The vice admiral's, rear admiral's and flotilla admiral's flags each add a fl disc in the upper and lower hoist and upper fly corners.
These distinguishing pennants are used aboard motor-boats of the Bundeswehr used by admirals or generals of the Bundeswehr, who are not entitled to use their own command signs; they are also used for foreign admirals or generals, if they do not have their own command signs or if these are not available.
flagspot.net /flags/de~law.html   (904 words)

  
 Germany Surrenders Unconditionally May 4 - May 8, 1945
Trapped, General Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg, who had become head of the German Navy when Grand Admiral Karl Donitz succeeded Hitler as Reichspresident, consequently yielded those armies to all the Allies when he surrendered to Montgomery on Liineburg Heath on May 4, 1945, 3 days before the general surrender at Reims.
Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, Chief of Staff to General Eisenhower, for whom he acted, refused to consider such a partial surrender, and finally Von Friedeburg asked Reichspresident Donitz to authorize him to accept the Allied terms or to send someone who could.
For this purpose Donitz designated General Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces High Command and Commander in Chief of the Army, General Admiral von Friedeburg, Commander in Chief of the Navy, and Colonel General Hans Jiirgen Stumpff, representative of the Commander in Chief of the Air Forces.
www.anesi.com /GermanySurrenders.htm   (643 words)

  
 Women Are Generals and Admirals
Over fifty women in the military wear the stars of an admiral or general and more have been selected to pin them on next year - a small number indeed but a big step since there were none prior to 1970.
Brigiadier General Clara Adams-Ender was the 18th Chief of the Army Nurse Corps from 1987 to 1991.
Her rank was elevated to rear admiral in November 1985 - not the actual first but at the time one of few women admirals in the history of the United States Navy.
userpages.aug.com /captbarb/stars.html   (849 words)

  
 Eisenhower Memorial Commission - The Story Behind Ike’s Fifth Star
Retired Admiral William D. Leahy was recalled to active duty to serve as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, U. Army and Navy and presided as Chairman of the Combined Chiefs of Staff even though the office was never officially created.
The solution was to leave Pershing alone the title “General of the Armies” and the new five star ranks would carry the title, “General of the Army.” The Navy agreed to drop the six star rank and settle for the five star rank of Admiral of the Fleet.
Admiral Leahy also chaired most wartime meetings of the U. Joint Chiefs of Staff even though the position of JCS Chairman was not officially created until 1949.
www.eisenhowermemorial.org /stories/Ike-fifth-star.htm   (1099 words)

  
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Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals.
Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals -STATUTE- (a) The President may designate positions of importance and responsibility to carry the grade of general or admiral or lieutenant general or vice admiral.
(2) An officer serving in a grade above major general or rear admiral who holds the permanent grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) shall be considered for promotion to the permanent grade of major general or rear admiral, as appropriate, as if he were serving in his permanent grade.
uscode.house.gov /download/pls/10C35.txt   (1424 words)

  
 John of Austria, 1545-78, Spanish admiral and general. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
John of Austria, 1545-78, Spanish admiral and general.
1545–78, Spanish admiral and general; illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was acknowledged in his father’s will and was recognized by his half brother, Philip II of Spain.
As admiral of the Holy League, formed against the Ottoman Empire by Pope Pius V, Spain, and Venice, he won the famous naval victory of Lepanto (1571).
www.bartleby.com /65/jo/JohnAust1.html   (203 words)

  
 Paraguayan Navy admiral rank flags
The crescent is of particular shape, unlike the Muslim crescents.
Today there may not be such function, or maybe the flag is not used (or simply the flag of the appropriate rank of the holder of the duty is used).
Neubecker 1939 [neu92] attributes this flag to Rear Admiral as independent commander (whatever that exactly means) and Director General of the Navy.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/py~adm.html   (504 words)

  
 STAR WARS: Military Organisation
The second flaw is that "Admiral" and "General" are given different levels of seniority.
In naval and army rankings there are several different kinds of admirals and generals, but the plain and literal "Admiral" has exactly the same seniority as a "General".
During a steady advance on the enemy, AT-TE walkers generally advance in lines where each walker is about 50m - 60m from its nearest neighbour, and a platoon of clones march behind each walker, for the sake of clearing small threats.
www.theforce.net /swtc/order.html   (2391 words)

  
 Admiral Raphael Semmes
Admiral Raphael Semmes was born on September 27, 1809 in Charles County, Maryland.
In June 1865 Raphael Semmes was promoted to Admiral and was put in command of the James River Squadron that was protecting Richmond.
Admiral/Brigadier General Semmes surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston at Durham, North Carolina.
www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/admiral_Raphael_Semmes.htm   (414 words)

  
 General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A General is an officer of high military rank.
The following articles deal with the rank of General as it is employed in the militaries of various countries.
As for being a General, well, at the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords, we're all Generals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General   (787 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - John of Austria, 1545–78, Spanish admiral and general (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - ...
John of Austria, 1545–78, Spanish admiral and general, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
John of Austria 1545–78, Spanish admiral and general; illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was acknowledged in his father's will and was recognized by his half brother, Philip II of Spain.
His victorious general, Alessandro Farnese, succeeded him as governor-general on his death.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JohnAust1.html   (292 words)

  
 HHS - Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Surgeon General
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona was sworn in as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service on August 5, 2002.
While enlisted he received his Army General Equivalency Diploma, joined the Army's Special Forces, ultimately becoming a combat-decorated Vietnam veteran, and began his career in medicine.
Prior to being named Surgeon General, Dr. Carmona was the chairman of the State of Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical System, a professor of surgery, public health and family and community medicine at the University of Arizona, and the Pima County Sheriff's Department surgeon and deputy sheriff.
www.hhs.gov /about/bios/sg.html   (439 words)

  
 US People--Nimitz, Chester W. -- Activities and Group Photographs
Is sworn in as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by Rear Admiral Walter B. Woodson, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, at the Navy Department in June 1939.
At left is the outgoing Chief of the Bureau, Rear Admiral James O. Richardson.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific Fleet commander, pays his respects at the Marine Corps cemetary on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, while inspecting the newly-conquered island, 6 February 1944.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-n/c-nimz3.htm   (863 words)

  
 Military and Paramilitary Ranks of Singapore
The rank structures applicable for each of these schemes of service are generally different from one another (such as maximum and minimum attainable ranks for conscripts and for career staff, entry-level rank, etc.).
The rank insignias apparent in the two models are generally quite unique to Singapore, with the enforcement services model being closer to historical rank models, which have a smaller number of ranks.
Generally speaking, holders of these ranks lead the rank-and-file personnel, and/or oversee the services' various line and staff departments/formations.
www.geocities.com /inescutcheon/RanksMilitary.htm   (5499 words)

  
 Iwate Buddy: Admiral Yonai & General Itagaki
Seishiro Itagaki was appointed minister of war in 1937 and led the Japanese army in Manchuria.
Promoted to general in 1941 he was convicted of war crimes in 1945 and executed in 1948.
"Tohoku, homeland of today’s admirals and generals, has had a long history of famine conditions which still frequently necessitate the sale of daughters to brothels and brings wholesale deaths from starvation.
iwatebuddy.blogspot.com /2006/07/admiral-yonai-general-itagaki.html   (423 words)

  
 Pay Grade of AC Commissioned Officers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The last four pay grades are reserved for general officers in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and flag officers in the Navy.
The ranks associated with each pay grade are as follows: in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, brigadier general (O-7), major general (O-8), lieutenant general (O-9), and general (O-10); in the Navy, rear admiral-lower half, rear admiral-upper half, vice admiral, and admiral.
This pay grade distribution is influenced not only by the military's emphasis on youth and fitness, but also by the choices and competition engendered by "up or out" career progression policies.
www.dod.gov /prhome/poprep98/html/4-pay_grade.html   (224 words)

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