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USA: Nigerian Woman Promoted From Lieutenant Colonel To Brigadier General

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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.