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Grand marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "marshal" with the first usage of the term "grand marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. The following are some additional usages of the term grand marshal:
Past 'acting rank' provincial grand officers may be considered for promotion to either a higher provincial office ('acting' or 'past') or, in due time, even at UGLE (Grand Lodge) level. Holders of UGLE Grand Rank are distinguished from provincial grand officers by wearing aprons that are of a larger size and of slightly different design. UGLE ...
The Spanish rank mariscal presidente de los ejércitos (English: "marshal president of the armies") was a rank given by the Paraguayan Congress to Francisco Solano López at the beginning of the Paraguayan War. It is equivalent to the rank of grand marshal.
The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order, or relative preeminence, for domestic and foreign government officials (military and civilian) at diplomatic, ceremonial, and social events within the United States and abroad.
Air vice marshal: Air commodore: Star rank Five-star rank Four-star rank Three-star rank Two-star rank One-star rank Ref. [a] Sri Lanka Army [14] [15] Field marshal: General: Lieutenant general: Major general: Brigadier Sri Lanka Navy [14] [15] Admiral: Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Commodore Sri Lanka Air Force [14] [15] Air Chief Marshal: Air ...
The officers-commanders were sometimes called grand officers, in order to distinguished them from the lowest rank of officers. The Order of Saint Louis, created in 1694 by King Louis XIV, had one rank of commanders. This was the second highest rank of the order, destined to honor military officers. They were only 24 commanders at a time ...
The parade named two grand marshals: a Purple Heart recipient and a 99-year old WWII vet. Check out their story and our list of local MDW events.
The four highest Royal Air Force ranks are marshal of the Royal Air Force, air chief marshal, air marshal and air vice marshal (although the first named, which has generally been suspended as a peacetime rank, is the only one which can properly be considered a marshal). The five-star rank of marshal of the Air Force is used by some Commonwealth ...