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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 41 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, one in the Coast Guard ...
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).
The Joint Chiefs of Staff in May 2024. Clockwise from left: George, Smith, Franchetti, Allvin, Saltzman, Hokanson, Grady, and Brown. Although four-star officers appeared in organizations like the Continental Army before the United States of America was founded in 1776, the legislative history of four-star officers in the United States uniformed services began in 1799, when Congress authorized ...
Her four-star rank was pinned by the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General James C. McConville and her husband, Lieutenant General James M. Richardson. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The change of command ceremony took place on 29 October 2021, with her predecessor, Admiral Craig S. Faller , retiring after 38 years service.
The peacetime caps imposed by the Officer Personnel Act would have removed a star from the 3 four-star Army generals commanding field armies in the United States (Mark W. Clark, Thomas T. Handy, and Courtney Hodges) and the 2 four-star Navy admirals other than the chief of naval operations who were not commanding major fleets (Thomas C. Kinkaid ...
Stephen J. Townsend (born 1959) is a retired United States Army four-star general who served as Commander United States Africa Command from 26 July 2019 to 8 August 2022. He previously commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from March 2018 until June 2019 and XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018.
After the Civil War, the victorious general-in-chief of the Union Army, Ulysses S. Grant, and senior officer in the Navy, David G. Farragut, were rewarded with the first four-star promotions in United States history.
List of active duty United States four-star officers; List of United States Air Force four-star generals; 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