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Marine Corps Brigadier GeneralO-7 General Officer, U.S. Marine Corps |
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Marine Corps Ranks » Brigadier General Rank • BGen Pay • BGen Rank History • Promotion Information
History of the Marine Corps Brigadier General Rank
A Brigadier General is a General Officer in the United States Marine Corps at DoD paygrade O-7.
"Brigadier" is the title for a Brigade Commander, with a Brigade being a group of Battalions. It wasn't a Flag rank until Napoleon created the title of "Brigadier General" for his army in the 1800s.
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History of the Marine Corps
As far back as the Revolutionary War, Marines were known as Naval Infantry, and were assigned to ships to repel boarders, assault land-based targets, and discipline unruly Sailors. In WWI and WWII, Marines very successfully augmented Army units in war theaters throughout the world, with their most brutal and historic fighting on islands in the Pacific. In contrast with the Army, the Marines were not originally made to be self-sufficient to fight land wars for long periods of time. Doctors, Chaplains, and Medics who deploy with Marines are all Navy Sailors.