General

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General is the most senior flag officer rank of a fighting organization (the only rank senior to a General ever devised was Marshal). In comparison to naval ranking systems, this rank is equivalent to the naval Admiral rank, the Cardassian Union's rank of Legate, or the Breen Confederacy's rank of Thot.

This grade exists in some form in many cultures' rank arrangements, such as Earth's American armed forces, Earth's MACOs, the Romulan Star Empire, Andorian Imperial Guard, Bajoran Militia and the Klingon Defense Force.

Many rank systems have several grades of the General officer rank, which include, in order from most senior: Commander General, General, Lieutenant General, Major General and Brigadier General (also known simply as Brigadier). Often, a founding hero of a nation will be given (sometimes posthumously) a special rank of General available to no other officer, such as "General of the Armies."

On Earth, the title derives from the addition of the adjective "General" to a rank to denote that the holder has overall authority (e.g., Colonel General, Captain General, Lieutenant General, or Sergeant-Major General).

	Enlisted ranks			Non-commissioned officer ranks						Etc	Commissioned ranks						Flag ranks
	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	E8	E9		O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6	O7	O8	O9	O10	O11
MACO	PV1	PV2	PFC	CPL	SGT	SSG	SFC	MSG	SGM CSM	WO	2LT	1LT	CPT	MAJ	LTC	COL	BG	MG	LTG	GEN
UESPA	REC	PVT	PFC	CPL	SGT	SSG	SFC	MSG	SGM SMU		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	GenCorps
Klingon ground troops	Bekk2		Bekk1	Cpl	Sgt			MSgt	SgtMaj		2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt (HoH)	Maj	LtCol	Col	Brig ('ech)		LtGen	Gen (Sa')
Klingon navy				PO2		PO1	CPO		MCPO		ENS	LTJG	LT (Sogh)	LCDR	CDR (la')	CAPT (HoD)	CDORE (totlh)		VADM	ADM
Romulan Ground Forces	Tpr			Sgt							SubLt	Lt	Capt	Maj		Cent/Col	Gen				Maj-Gen
Romulan Star Navy	UHL			PO							SLt	Lt	Cent	SCdr		Cdr	Adm/Ar'nal
Tal Shiar											2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj		Col	Gen
Bajoran Militia	(unknown)										2nd Lt	1st Lt	Capt	Maj	FCol	Col	BGen	MajGen	LtGen	Gen

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