page_title: Three-star rank
section_title: Brazil
hierarchical_section_title: Three-star rank / Brazil
caption_attribution_description: Vertical version of File:Insígnia de General de Divisão.gif
context_page_description: An officer of three-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-8. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members. Typically, three-star officers hold the rank of vice admiral, lieutenant general, or in the case of those air forces with a separate rank structure, air marshal.
context_section_description: Vice Almirante (Brazilian Navy three-star rank)
  General de Divisão (Brazilian Army three-star rank)
  Major Brigadeiro (Brazilian Air Force three-star rank)
  The three-star rank in Brazil is the second rank in a general career. The officers in this position are normally divisional commanders.
caption: General de Divisão