No. You're dumb.
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Because a Major General use to be refered as a Sergeant Major General which made the Lieutenant General the higher rank.
A major is an officer that is two ranks from general. The major rank is between the captain (lower rank) and colonel (higher rank.) The major takes over if the general and colonel cannot preform their their duties. A major has control over these ranks: captain, commander, lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, and a private. They can also promote, which means to give higher rank, or demote, which means to give lower rank, to any of men or women under the rank of major.
A major is an officer that is two ranks from general. The major rank is between the captain (lower rank) and colonel (higher rank.) The major takes over if the general and colonel cannot preform their their duties. A major has control over these ranks: captain, commander, lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, and a private. They can also promote, which means to give higher rank, or demote, which means to give lower rank, to any of men or women under the rank of major.
General. But I've heard of people calling major generals "general" out of respect. As in if they have 2 or 3 disignations, always refer to the highest. Wouldn't want to call a major general "major."
Adjutant General is a position held by a general grade officer. Major General is a rank. The Adjutant General of the U.S. Army is a Lieutenant General which is higher than a Major General. At the state level, i.e. National Guard, the State Adjutant General is typically a Major General.
The ranks probably originated in the 18th Century as armies became larger. My guess is that the rank of major general was created first to outrank the general of a brigade, or brigadier general as it was later known, and lt. general was created to denote a general who next in line to become as a general as a lt. governor is next in line to be a governor, but I do not know for sure. Today, a major general usually commands a division, and a lt. general usually commands a corps, but a major in the army is still higher than a lt.
The actual tern should be senior, not powerful. The rank of Major is senior to the rank of Captain in the Army. HOWEVER, the NAVY rank of Captain is the equivalent of an Army Colonel, which is senor to that of Major.
General.
Yes. Major General is also referred to as a "two star" General, for their rank insignia of two stars.
major is a higher rank than sargeant rank.
Major General is the lower rank.
Colonel is the higher rank.