Within hours after taking office, Stevens was ousted in a bloodless military coup led by the commander of the army Brigadier General David Lansana, a close ally of Sir Albert Margai who had appointed him to the position in 1964.

On March 23, 1968, A group of senior military officers in the Sierra Leone Army led by Brigadier Anrew Juxon-Smith overrode this action by seizing control of the government, arresting Brigadier Lansana, and suspending the constitution.

On 19 July 1975, 14 senior army and government officials including Brigadier David Lansana, former cabinet minister Mohamed Sorie Forna, Brigadier General Ibrahim Bash Taqi and Lieutenant Habib Lansana Kamara were executed after being convicted for allegedly attempting a coup to topple president Stevens ' government.

Brigadier David Lansana was appointed army commander of Sierra Leone in 1964.

Brigadier Lansana took control of the army from British colonial adviser, Brigadier R. D.

APC victory in the elections in 1967 confirmed that the SLPP would no longer lead the country, and in an attempt to remain in control, Margai convinced the military, under the command of Brigadier Lansana, to stage a coup and declare martial law.

Brigadier Lansana was quickly ousted in a counter-coup ( March 23, 1967 ) led by Major Charles Blake, with the purpose of keeping Albert Margai and the SLPP out of power.

Other prominent Sierra Leonean politicians from the Mende ethnic group include the country's second prime minister Sir Albert Margai, who was also the younger brother of Milton Margai ; former commander of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and former Sierra Leone's head of state Brigadier David Lansana ; former Head of State of Sierra Leone Brigadier General Julius Maada Bio ; former Sierra Leone's vice president Albert Joe Demby ; former Sierra Leone's vice president and attorney general Solomon Berewa ; former Sierra Leone's vice president minister of Justice and Attorney General Francis Minah ; former Sierra Leone's attorney general and one of the founding members of the Sierra Leone People's Party ( SLPP ) Banja Tejan-Sie.

Brigadier David Lansana ( 1922 – 1975 ) was one of the very few Sierra Leoneans to be educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England during the colonial period.

Brigadier Lansana took control of the army from British colonial adviser, Brigadier R. D.

Harding placed a reformer, Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, in charge of the Veterans Bureau who immediately cleared up the mess left by Forbes.

The American unit was activated by newly promoted Brigadier General Truscott on June 19, 1942 as the 1st Ranger Battalion, and placed under the command of William Orlando Darby.

Brigadier Dyer designated the spot where Miss Marcella Sherwood was assaulted sacred and daytime pickets were placed at either end of the street.

He placed 3, 000 troops from the la Reine and Berry regiments under Brigadier General François-Charles de Bourlamaque for the defense south of Montreal, of which around 2, 300 were assigned to Fort Carillon.

He was commissioned as a Brigadier General, and placed in charge of the defenses for the port of New York.

Rising through the ranks to Brigadier General, he was placed in command of the 25th Infantry Brigade.

Hammond is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and is placed in command of the new Homeworld Security department afterwards ; Brigadier General Jack O ' Neill takes over command of Stargate Command in the season 8 opener " New Order ".

The Massachusetts authorities mobilized more than 1, 000 militia, acquired six small field cannons, and placed Brigadier General Solomon Lovell in command of the land forces.

U. S. Army Brigadier General Frederick Funston was placed in control of the administration of the port.

Floyd, seeking to deflect the blame, placed the responsibility for the defeat on his co-commander Brigadier General Henry A.

McMichael soon provided Stone with guns and placed him in a team whose purpose was to fill McMichael's hit list, a list of high-profile republican targets the Brigadier wanted killed.

By order of Maj. Gen. Blunt ( General Field Orders No. 2 ) the militia regiments of William H. M. Fishbeck, Brigadier General of Militia, were placed under the command of Charles W. Blair, Colonel of Volunteers ; Fishbeck was infuriated that his command had been subordinated to a volunteer officer.

Loudoun assigned his best troops to the Louisbourg expedition, and placed Brigadier General Daniel Webb in command of the New York frontier.

The next year, in 1941, it was activated and placed under the command of Brigadier General Omar Bradley, commanding officer at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Brigadier General Bangura, who had reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister, was widely considered the only person who could put the brakes on Stevens.

On March 23, 1971, soldiers loyal to the executed Brigadier John Amadu Bangura held a Mutiny in Freetown and other parts of the country in opposition of Stevens ' government.

Late in the day, Jackson clashed with Union forces under Brigadier General Isaac Stevens and Major General Philip Kearny near Ox Hill, west of Fairfax.

* Brigadier B. G Stevens ( 1995 – 96 )

* 1942 – World War II: The most famous ( and first international ) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore ( with 25 fellow Texas A & M graduates who are under his command ), while 1. 8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.

Marlborough quickly moved forward two brigades under the command of General Wilkes and Brigadier Rowe to secure the narrow strip of land between the Danube and the wooded Fuchsberg hill, at the Schwenningen defile.

A committee that was headed by psychiatrist Brigadier General William C. Menninger developed a new classification scheme called Medical 203 that was issued in 1943 as a War Department Technical Bulletin under the auspices of the Office of the Surgeon General.

He was mentioned once more for his service during the Second Mohmand Campaign in Mohamad Province from August to October of the same year, serving under Brigadier Claude Auchinleck.

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.

* 1780 – American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

On 26 January 2012, military personnel under the command of the retired officer Colonel Yaura Sasa arrested the commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Brigadier General Francis Agwi.

* February 25 – The majority of the Yavapai ( Wipukyipai ) and Tonto Apache ( Dil Zhéé ) tribes are forced by the U. S. Cavalry under command of Brigadier General George Crook to walk at gunpoint from the Arizona's Verde Valley, to the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, 180 miles to the southeast.

* November 13 – American Revolution – Battle of Montreal: American forces under Brigadier General Richard Montgomery capture Montreal.

In 1940, Lt. Col. Eisenhower petitioned Brigadier General Patton, offering to serve under the tank corps commander.

Following the British capture of Ticonderoga, it and the surrounding defenses were garrisoned by 700 British and Hessian troops under the command of Brigadier General Henry Watson Powell.

The 82nd Airborne Division, under Brigadier General James M. Gavin, would drop northeast of them to take the bridges at Grave and Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne Division, under Major-General Roy Urquhart, with the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, under Brigadier General Stanisław Sosabowski, attached would drop at the extreme north end of the route, capturing the road bridge at Arnhem and the rail bridge at Oosterbeek.

The BDF, National Coast Guard, and the Immigration Department are under the Minister of Defence and Immigration, which is headed by Carlos Perdomo ; the BDF itself is commanded by Brigadier General Dario Tapia.

At the end of his one-year tour, Alexander Haig returned to the continental United States to become Regimental Commander of the Third Regiment of the Corps of Cadets at West Point, under the also newly arrived Commandant, Brigadier General Bernard W. Rogers.

The 2, 100 men who volunteered were organized into a brigade of five regiments under Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside.

Fianna, under their new Brigadier, Seán Harling, took over 35 North Great Georges Street as a barracks.

American Civil War Brigadier General Robert H. Chilton ( Chief of Staff under Robert E. Lee ) was a native of Loudoun County.

In 1790 he was assigned to the South Carolina militia under Brigadier General Francis “ Swamp Fox ” Marion