Brig Gen

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Brig Gen
Stands forBrigadier General (US Air Force and Space Force)
CategoriesMilitary

Brig Gen stands for Brigadier General (US Air Force and Space Force), a US Air Force and Space Force rank abbreviation.

One-star general officer rank in the Air Force and Space Force, pay grade O-7. Brigadier generals command large wings and centers, serve as vice commanders of numbered air forces and lead directorates on major command and Pentagon staffs.

Example: Brig Gen Holt, the wing commander, welcomed families at the deployment homecoming.

Usage notes

Written Brig Gen in Air Force style, BGen by the Marine Corps, BG by the Army and Brig. Gen. by AP. In the British Army and Royal Marines the equivalent is brigadier, abbreviated Brig, which is not considered a general officer rank.

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