How is a Major-General referred to?

[aurchaepiyo]

Is a Major General referred to as General So'n'So, Major So'n'so, or Major-General So'n'so? What's the correct title to use when referring to them in the third person? What about when you talk to them directly? Do you say, "Yes, sir Major-General, SIR!" or how?

 

[blain2]

If its official correspondence or introduction, then proper rank i.e. Maj Gen along with the name is mentioned. If its being discussed privately, a "general so and so" suffices without getting into the details of the officer being a Maj or Lt or a 4 star general. When you are junior, you just refer to them as "sir", yes sir, no sir, the usual. When in 3rd person in an official comm., they are referred to as Maj Gen so and so. As their senior, you just use their name which they feel comfortable with. If of equal rank, then whosoever is senior in terms of their PA number, they deserve a "sir" but most of the time this is left to the two officers and their comfort level with each other.

 

[aurchaepiyo]

Terrific! Thank you for the clarification!

 

[Jango]

I have seen a Colonel and a Maj-Gen being very frank, they were family friends, and were really like brothers.

In informal situations, depends on your level of closeness.

 

[gambit]

GENERAL:
Leaps tall buildings with a single bound, is more powerful than a locomotive, is faster than a speeding bullet, walks on water amid typhoons, gives policy to God.

COLONEL:
Leaps short buildings with a single bound, is more powerful than a switch engine, is just as fast as a speeding bullet, walks on water if sea is calm, talks to God.

LT. COLONEL:
Leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable winds, is almost as powerful as a switch engine, is faster than a speeding BB, walks on water in indoor swimming pool, talks to God if a DA-4187 request form is approved.

MAJOR:
Barely clears Quonset hut, loses tug-of-war with switch-engine, can fire a speeding bullet, swims well, is occasionally addressed by God.

CAPTAIN:
Makes high marks by trying to leap buildings, is run over by locomotive, can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self injury, dog paddles, talks to animals.

1ST LIEUTENANT:
Runs into buildings, recognizes locomotives two out of three times, is not issued ammunition, can stay afloat if properly instructed in the Mae-West, talks to walls.

2ND LIEUTENANT:
Falls over doorstep when trying to enter buildings, says look at the Choo-Choo, wets himself, plays in mud puddles, mumbles to himself.

CHIEF and SERGEANT MAJOR
Lifts tall buildings and walks under them, kicks locomotives off the tracks, catches speeding bullets in his teeth and eats them, freezes water with a single glance, HE IS GOD.

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Moral of the story: Fear the stripes...!!!

 

[third eye]

If its official correspondence or introduction, then proper rank i.e. Maj Gen along with the name is mentioned. If its being discussed privately, a "general so and so" suffices without getting into the details of the officer being a Maj or Lt or a 4 star general. When you are junior, you just refer to them as "sir", yes sir, no sir, the usual. When in 3rd person in an official comm., they are referred to as Maj Gen so and so. As their senior, you just use their name which they feel comfortable with. If of equal rank, then whosoever is senior in terms of their PA number, they deserve a "sir" but most of the time this is left to the two officers and their comfort level with each other.

The same applies to a Col / Lt Col as well.

During conversation both are referred to as ' Colonel'. For correspondence, The ranks are specified. As with Maj Gen / LT Gen, they too are reffered to as " General".