Re: [Service] Ranks and Designations

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:26:31 -0500 Thomas Barclay <kaladorn@magma.ca> 
wrote:

> Not that anyone would notice (*grin*) but the Canadian Forces (the 
Army Part) uses:
 
[Snip enlisted and field officer ranks]

> Brigadier General
> Major General
> Lieutenant General
> General
 
Are you sure that Lt Gen and General are in the right order? I ask 
because, IIRC, the Pom army (and, supposedly, those who follow their 
practise) has it the other way around, i.e., above Colonel, the order 
goes:

Brigadier
Major General
General
Lieutenant General
Field Marshal

Of course, Canada could well do its own thing, as they have, for 
instance, in introducing Master Corporal/Bombadiers and using the Yank 
"Brigadier General"... but I was curious.

What ranks do the Canadian Air Force use these days?

Phil
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