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DOPMA standardized four-star appointments across all services, replacing the previous service-specific mechanisms. Under the Officer Personnel Act, four-star officers held that grade ex officio while serving in a position of importance and responsibility designated to carry that grade, and upon vacating that position reverted to two-star major general or rear admiral, the highest permanent ...
The National Emergencies Act of 1976 terminated all existing national emergencies effective September 14, 1978, so 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 ...
The Career Compensation Act of 1949 defined officer pay grades ranging from O-1 to a maximum of O-8 for a major general or rear admiral, the highest permanent grade to which an officer could be promoted on the active list under the Officer Personnel Act. Three-, four-, and five-star officers also held the O-8 pay grade, plus annual personal ...
Admiral William F. Moran was nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate to be chief of naval operations, but declined the appointment.. Starting in 1981, four-star officers were appointed under the unified officer promotion framework established by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) of 1980.
The current Title 10 was the result of an overhaul and renumbering of the former Title 10 and Title 34 into one title by an act of Congress on August 10, 1956. Title 32 outlines the related but different legal basis for the roles, missions and organization of the United States National Guard in the United States Code.
Congressionally-imposed limits on the size of the Army officer corps, an extremely low turnover (resignations, retirements, and dismissals), and a "hump" of over-age officers in the middle grades caused by aborted provisions in the National Defense Act of 1920 caused a significant logjam in promotions during the interwar period.
Raised statutory rank of the directors of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, under standard promotion procedures, to lieutenant general (Roger C. Schultz). Repealed special requirement for senior reserve component officers, [ai] per Section 12505 of Title 10, for appointment to grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral.
In March 2024, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau signed an updated Chief of the National Guard Bureau Instruction (CNGBI) 5500.01A National Guard Interaction with State Defense Forces. In this new regulation, it outlined new uniform requirements of SDFs who wear modified US Army Utility Uniforms.