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  2. Tombstone promotion - Wikipedia

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    Although a tombstone promotion gave an officer only the rank of the next higher grade and not its retired pay, it could still increase the officer's retired pay if he retired with less than 30 years of service. Retired pay was computed by multiplying an officer's years of service by 2.5 percent of his highest active-duty pay, ranging from a ...

  3. Military retirement (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Years of service beyond 20 years applied a multiple of 3.5%, which allowed long-serving members who achieved 30 years of service to continue to receive the maximum 75% of their pay in retirement. This system remained in place until 1999, when President Clinton repealed the "REDUX" system as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of ...

  4. Fred V. Cherry - Wikipedia

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    He retired from the Air Force with over 30 years of service on 1 September 1981. ... Cherry's military pay and awarded him $38,449 in compensation. At the time of the ...

  5. Legislative history of United States four-star officers, 1980 ...

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    When Hayden was appointed CIA director in 2006, basic pay for a four-star general was capped at about $152,000 a year, with retired pay capped at 75 percent of basic pay after 30 years of service, for a combined annual income of $286,000 (equivalent to $432,258 in 2023) if he had retired when appointed CIA director. [111]

  6. List of brigadier generals in the United States Regular Army ...

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    Authorized promotion of Edward O. C. Ord to major general on the retired list. Act of June 30, 1882 22 Stat. 118: 16: 6 10 Mandated retirement at sixty-four years of age. Authorized retirement after forty years of service as an officer or soldier in the regular or volunteer service. Act of February 27, 1889 25 Stat. 748: 17: 7 10

  7. Larry R. Ellis - Wikipedia

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    Larry Rudell Ellis (born 30 June 1946) [1] is a former United States Army officer who served as the Commander of United States Army Forces Command from 19 November 2001, until 2004, following his assignment as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans of the Department of the Army.

  8. United States military seniority - Wikipedia

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    The office of general was discontinued after the Civil War, but revived in 1919 by the title of "General of the Armies of the United States" when General John J. Pershing was appointed to that office on 3 September 1919; accepted the appointment on 8 September 1919, was retired with that rank on 13 September 1924, and held it until his death on ...

  9. Archibald Roberts - Wikipedia

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    Lieutenant Colonel Archibald E. Roberts (1915–2006) was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army on 19 December 1942 and served as a paratrooper in the 11th Airborne Division. In 1959 he served as the information officer for Major General Edwin Walker who was the commander of the 24th Infantry Division in Germany. [ 3 ]