Brigadier

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	File:German Wehrmacht army Generalmajor.jpg
Klingon brigadier.	Wehrmacht brigadier general.
File:Ekosian SS Brigadier.jpg	File:Ekosian SS general major.jpg
Ekosian SS brigadiers, a SS-Oberführer (l) and a SS-Brigadefüher.
Ekosian Wehrmacht brigadier general.

Brigadier was a military officer's rank, the equivalent of which was used by the service organizations of many civilizations. As a traditional grade, brigadier (also known as brigadier general) was the most junior flag officer rank, or the most senior field officer rank, of a fighting organization; by definition it was the officer in charge of a brigade. In comparison to naval ranking systems, this rank was equivalent to the naval commodore (or rear admiral lower half) ranks.

This grade existed in some form in many other cultures' rank arrangements, such as the Klingon Defense Force. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

In an alternate World War II-era on Earth, the German Wehrmacht army brigadier general equivalent, called Generalmajor in German, wore an insignia of gold shoulder knots. (ENT: "Storm Front")

On the planet Ekos, there were two equivalent ranks carried by their SS in 2268; One was "SS-Oberführer", and the other was the slightly higher "SS-Brigadeführer". The historical Earth Wehrmacht too, had a counterpart on Ekos, along with its brigadier general, the Generalmajor. (TOS: "Patterns of Force")

Obviously patterned after the historical Earth SS and Wehrmacht, both the SS Ekosian Oberführer – equaling the British brigadier rank – , and Brigadeführer – comparable to the US brigadier general rank – were wearing older versions of their insignia (though historically, the brigadier should have had his insignia mounted on a black field), which however had by 1944 become obsolete, the year in which "Storm Front" took place, superseded by new, April 1942 designs.

Noted brigadiers

• Unnamed Wehrmacht Generalmajor (Human)
• Brigadier Kerla (Klingon)

This chart shows only general equivalencies based on the ranks used by many governments on Earth, as well as the rest of the galaxy.