12 Facts About Lieutenant General

1. Lieutenant General receives an automatic raise to their basic pay every one to two years.

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2. Lieutenant General is the 27th rank in the United States Army , ranking above Major General and directly below General.

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3. Lieutenant General is a three-star General Officer rank, one pay grade above the highest permanent rank of Major General.

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4. Lieutenant General has completed his research on military media strategic studies and was awarded Doctorate of Philosophy from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut in 2011.

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5. Lieutenant General was the only major general to conduct drills with his division at Centreville.

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6. Lieutenant General was wounded in the Mexican American war at the battle of Chapultepec.

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7. Lieutenant General attended United States Military Academy and after graduating became a second lieutenant in the 4th US Infantry.

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8. Lieutenant General sent Smith back to Lee with his request, then he ordered Early and Rodes to get into position.

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9. Lieutenant General urged Ewell to attack if his corps commander thought it advantageous to do so.

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10. Lieutenant General met Captain Robert E Lee at Contreras, who would become his future commander.

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11. Lieutenant General has commanded an Infantry Brigade in the high altitude area and a Mountain Division in the North East region.

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12. Lieutenant General stressed that the joint training project Nusrat Al-Haq came at the end of this year to crown the great efforts of the Armed Forces to qualify itself and keep abreast with the global progress and technology in the military field.

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