[amazinglygraceless]

In the military a Major outranks a Lieutenant, but a a Lieutenant General
outranks a Major General. Why?

[Tripster]

I will get back to you on that, AG. Unless someone can answer now? I used to know, lol!

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[BergerKing]

The Straight Dope: Why does a lt. gen. outrank a maj. gen., but a maj. outranks a lt.?

This may help.

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[vdubguy2k]

I was in the Marines so can answer that...........it's because the military is part of the government, and most of the time the government does things that make no sense at all!

See....its all done backwards because that's how they operate 8-)

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[amazinglygraceless]

The Straight Dope: Why does a lt. gen. outrank a maj. gen., but a maj. outranks a lt.?

This may help.

Thanks. That helps a lot. That question was vexing me all day.

[BergerKing]

Had to look it up, even with a military background, I didn't have a concise answer.

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