Brigadier (Sri Lanka)

Brigadier
Brigadier;
	Commodore (Sri Lanka Navy) Air commodore (Sri Lanka Air Force; )

Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the

field officer

rank (hence the absence of the word "general"), whereas brigadier-general is the lowest "general" rank in many armies. However, the two ranks are considered equal.

Initially Brigadier was not considered to be a

single star, currently brigadiers do not get the 'general' status. The rank insignia for a Brigadier is a Sri Lanka emblem over three "pips", in the British style. An officer serving as a Brigadier would be retired after four years in the substantive rank, which is the maximum permissible service in the rank, due to lack of vacancies or not been selected for further career progression.^[1]

From 1949 to 1958, the Commander of the Ceylon Army held the rank of Brigadier. From the late 1960s to the late 1980s the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army was an officer of the rank of Brigadier. The first regular officer to hold the rank was Anton Muttukumaru, while Christopher Allan Hector Perera Jayawardena was the first volunteer officer to the rank.

References

^ "RETIREMENT - REGULATION PROCESS AND PRACTICE". army.lk. Sri Lanka Army. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999,
ISBN 955-8089-02-8

External links

[1] "RETIREMENT - REGULATION PROCESS AND PRACTICE". army.lk. Sri Lanka Army. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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