This article is about a United States Army acronym; for other meanings, see Dago (disambiguation)

Dago (disambiguation)

Dago is an ethnic slur for people of Hispanic, Italian or Portuguese descent, used specifically in the US and Australia for Italians.Dago can also refer to:...

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DAGO is an acronym which stands for Department of the Army General Officer. It is not typically used outside of the Department of the Army headquarters and staff sections, however it is sometimes seen in memorandums and other forms of correspondence to lower level echelons. It is also sometimes used to refer to General

General

A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

 Officers that are part of the Department of the Army by personnel that are within other sections of the Department of Defense

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There are also certain orders issued by the Department of the Army that are called DAGOs or Department of the Army General Orders that pertain to base closures, unit citations, the creation of JROTC units, certain awards such as the Medal of Honor and Legion of Merit and structural changes to the Army. These are listed by year on the Army Publishing Directorate's website.