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Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General
Major General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derieved from the older rank of "Sergeant Major General". A major general is a high-ranking officer subordinate to a full General.
In the United States Army, Marine Corps and Air Force, a Major General ranks immediately below a Lieutenant General and above a Brigadier General. An American Major General is also called a two-star general because of his insignia. A Major General is equivalent to a Rear Admiral (upper half) in the US Navy.
In the British Army the Major General ranks below Lieutenant General and above Brigadier. For insignia in the British Army see General.The Major General is equivalent to Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy. Its equivalent rank in the Royal Air Force and airforces of many Commonwealth countries is Air Vice Marshal
In the Israeli Defence Forces a Major General is called Aluf and it is the second highest rank. It is outranked by Rav Aluf (Lieutenant General or General).
In fiction, the best-known Major General is Major General Stanley, the "modern major general" from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. Stanley satirizes the aristocratic, learned officers in the British army of the day. He sings the immortal "Major General's Song."
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