Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!mips!samsung!emory!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: military@cbnews Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Confusion... Message-ID: <1991Jun25.023759.26796@cbnews.cb.att.com> Date: 25 Jun 91 02:37:59 GMT Article-I.D.: cbnews.1991Jun25.023759.26796 References: <1991Jun21.014233.14421@cbnews.cb.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.cb.att.com (william.a.thacker) Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ Lines: 11 Approved: military@att.att.com From: att!bcr!mruxb!patter I'll take a stab at this. 1. The brigadier general directly commands a brigade. 2. The major general has majors as his direct subordinates? 3. The leutenant general, on the other hand, is a "leutenant" or apprentice general?