Brigadier general is a military officer's rank, the equivalent of which is used by the service organizations of many civilizations. As a traditional grade, brigadier general (sometimes shortened to brigadier) is the most junior flag officer rank of a fighting organization, by definition it is the officer in charge of a brigade. In comparison to naval ranking systems, this rank is equivalent to the naval commodore (or rear admiral lower half) ranks.

'ech was the Klingon term for a brigadier general. A brigade of 2,500 warriors was commanded by a 'ech. (The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon)

		Enlisted ranks					Etc	Officer ranks						Flag ranks
Bajoran Militia								2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj	FCol	Col	BGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen
Klingon Defense Force (Ground forces & navy)		Bekk	Cpl	Sgt	MSgt	SgtMaj		2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt (HoH)	Maj	LtCol	Col	Brig ('ech)		LtGen	Gen (Sa')
			PO2	PO1	CPO	MCPO		ENS	LTJG	LT (Sogh)	LCDR	CDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)	CDRE (totlh)		VADM	ADM
MACO		PV1 PV2 PFC	CPL SGT	SSG SFC	MSG	SGM CSM	WO	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	MSHL
Federation Marine Corps		Pvt PFC	LCpl Cpl	Sgt SSgt GySgt	MSgt 1st Sgt	MGySgt SgtMaj SMOMC	WO Cdt	2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj	LtCol	Col	BGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen	GCorps
UESPA		REC PVT PFC	CPL SGT	SSG SFC	MSG	SGM SMU		2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN	MSHL

External linksEdit

Brigadier article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.