Brigadier general is a one-star general officer
A Nigerian woman has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General in the United States Army.
Amanda Azubuike whose father and mother hail from Nigeria and Zimbabwe, serves at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky. She joined the US Army in 1994, becoming an aviator after passing the Army Aviation Officer Basic Course.
In the United States Armed Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer ranking above a colonel and below a major general.
