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Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff render a salute during the departure ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base for former President Ronald Reagan, 11 June 2004.. There are currently 43 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 11 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, nine in the Navy, 14 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, two in the Coast Guard ...
four-star admiral. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 279 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Flag of an Army four-star general. The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Army. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below general of the Army (five-star general). There have been 260 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army.
Star rank Five-star rank Four-star rank Three-star rank Two-star rank One-star rank Ref. [a] Australian Army [8] [9] General: Lieutenant general: Major general: Brigadier Royal Australian Navy [8] [9] Admiral: Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Commodore Royal Australian Air Force [8] [9] Air chief marshal: Air marshal: Air vice-marshal: Air commodore ...
George Dewey, third four-star admiral in the United States Navy, whose unique grade of Admiral of the Navy evolved during his lifetime to rank higher than four-star admiral. On March 2, 1899, Congress revived the grade of admiral to honor George Dewey for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. Although titled ...
List of United States Army four-star generals; List of United States Coast Guard four-star admirals; List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals; List of United States Navy four-star admirals; List of United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps four-star admirals; List of United States Space Force four-star generals
To prevent the return to peacetime caps from demoting half of the Navy's four-star admirals, the 1978 defense appropriation authorization act changed the Navy's four-star cap to be a percentage of the number of flag officers on the active list, using the same formula employed by the Army and Air Force (15 percent above two-star rank, of which ...
However, the rank of fleet admiral still remains listed on official rank insignia precedence charts and, if needed, this rank could be reestablished at the discretion of Congress and the President. All five-star officers are, technically, unable to retire from active duty. [5] The last living fleet admiral, Chester W. Nimitz, died in 1966.