Lord General Militant

Lord General Militant, also known as Lord Militant, is a general officer rank of the Astra Militarum. Lord General Militant is the highest operational rank within the Imperial Guard, and its holder serves as the supreme military commander of an entire designated theatre of operations or Imperial Crusade, assigned to those responsibilities by the Departmento Munitorum or directly by decree of the High Lords of Terra. The promotion to Lord General Militant usually comes to a Lord General or General of the Astra Militarum through his or her powerful noble family connections as well as a combination of the achievements earned during their prior command experiences and service to the Emperor. Those who rise to the rank of Lord General Militant often receive additional organisational training to prepare them to effectively lead potentially tens of millions of personnel across multiple Imperial organisations. Every Lord General Militant forms a General Staff comprised of lower ranking Astra Militarum general officers who provide counsel and serve as the pool of officers from which the Lord General Militant can select new subordinate commanders within the theatre. Only one Lord General Militant is ever appointed per sector of the Imperium of Man.