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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Hegseth this week directed the Pentagon to reduce the number of four-star admirals and generals by a minimum of 20 percent, while also cutting the number of general officers in the National Guard by the same percentage.
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Tom Bowman, NPR, 6 May 2025
Hegseth orders ‘historic’ reduction of general officers in the military.
—FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
The memo also directs the Pentagon to cut the number of general officers in the National Guard by 20 percent, and to slash the total of general and flag officers across the military by 10 percent.
—Adeola Adeosun
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
That was the case this past weekend when social media claims were made that among the houses destroyed in the tragic Los Angeles fires were homes belonging to at least eight Ukrainian military general officers.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Tom Bowman, NPR, 6 May 2025
Hegseth orders ‘historic’ reduction of general officers in the military.
—FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
The memo also directs the Pentagon to cut the number of general officers in the National Guard by 20 percent, and to slash the total of general and flag officers across the military by 10 percent.
—Adeola Adeosun
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
That was the case this past weekend when social media claims were made that among the houses destroyed in the tragic Los Angeles fires were homes belonging to at least eight Ukrainian military general officers.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“General officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20officer. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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