general officer
noun
: any of the officers in the army, air force, or marine corps above colonel compare company officer, field officer, flag officer
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If an investigation is launched, commanders worry that general officers will dispose of these allegations negatively rather than appear lenient.
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S.l. Nelson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
If multiple legacies are at risk, flag officers will develop and implement more objective metrics for recommending general officer positions.
—S.l. Nelson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
The governor was a Navy judge advocate general officer, a position that took him to Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
—Thomas Beaumont, Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
These purges have also called the military’s strength into question—in in the last two months, as many as half of the army’s general officers have been arrested or relieved of duty.
—Ryan Gingeras, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2016
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S.l. Nelson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
If multiple legacies are at risk, flag officers will develop and implement more objective metrics for recommending general officer positions.
—S.l. Nelson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
The governor was a Navy judge advocate general officer, a position that took him to Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
—Thomas Beaumont, Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
These purges have also called the military’s strength into question—in in the last two months, as many as half of the army’s general officers have been arrested or relieved of duty.
—Ryan Gingeras, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2016
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“General officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20officer. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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