What is a general? What are the responsibilities, characteristics and types?

A general is a person who serves as a senior commander of the army and is one of the highest honors and positions in the army. In different countries and different military organizations, the duties and ranks of generals are also different. But generals usually bear the leading role of war, careful strategic planning and important responsibility of leading troops.

General has many characteristics, such as broad vision, quick thinking, bold decision-making, courage and fearlessness, good use of people and so on. At the same time, they also need to have super leadership, strong military strategy, management ability and traditional military etiquette and moral demeanor.

In the army, generals usually have the following types:

1. Commander of the Military Region: responsible for commanding the troops in this region and giving core guidance to the security and defense work in this region;

2. divisional generals (divisional generals directly lead tens of thousands of troops and can command the staff of several divisional troops): responsible for solving tactical problems in the upcoming campaign, such as providing operational command planning and objectives;

3. General at the battalion level (above the regiment level): responsible for commanding a battalion or regiment, usually a small combat unit;

4. Professional generals: leaders in various military fields, such as armored commanders, pilots, naval colonels, etc.

In short, the general is a military leader with a high success rate. In order to complete the mission of the war, he led his troops efficiently and successfully completed various tasks.