Brigadier (Sri Lanka)
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Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
.
Brigadier is a superior rank to Colonel, but subordinate to Major-General
Major-General (Sri Lanka)
Major general is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka Army. The Director of the National Cadet Corps holds the rank of major general.A major general is superior to a brigadier but subordinate to lieutenant general...
. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, equivalent to Commodore in the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Commodore
Air Commodore
Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
in the Sri Lanka Air Force.
Initially Brigadier was not considered to be a General Officer rank by the Sri Lanka Army, however since the 1980s the rank has been coincided a General Officer rank some times designated with a single star. The rank insignia for a Brigadier is a Sri Lanka emblem over three "pips".
From 1949 to 1958, the Commander of the Ceylon Army
Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)
Commander of the Army is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army. The current Commander of the Army is Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya...
held the rank of Brigadier.
See also
- List of Sri Lankan Generals
- Sri Lanka Army rank insigniaMilitary ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka ArmyThe following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Army. These ranks generally correspond with those of Western or Commonwealth Nations militaries, and reflect those of the British Warrant Officer, Non Commissioned Officer and enlisted ranks and the Commissioned officer...
- Sri Lanka Navy rank insigniaMilitary ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka NavyThe following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Navy. These ranks generally correspond with those of Western or Commonwealth Nations militaries, and reflect those of the British Warrant Officer, Non Commissioned Officer and enlisted ranks and the Commissioned officer...
- Sri Lanka Air Force rank insigniaMilitary ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Air ForceThe following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Upon the formation of the Sri Lanka Air Force in 1951, rank titles and badges for ORs were adopted from the Royal Air Force officer ranks and enlisted ranks, specifically the Royal Flying Corps...
- Sri Lanka Army
- Military of Sri Lanka
- Comparative military ranksComparative military ranksThis article is a list of various states' armed forces ranking designations. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another. Several of these lists mention NATO reference codes. These are the NATO rank reference...
- Military rankMilitary rankMilitary rank is a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms...