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Old 04-20-2006, 08:47 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ray

A Major General is junior to a Lieutenant General.

A Major is senior to Lieutenant and yet with the Generals, it is the opposite.

Why?

It is because originally a Major General was a Sergeant Major General and a Sergeant Major was junior to a Lieutenant!
But what if the Major General is the very model of a modern Major General?
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