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This category is for senior military leaders such as admirals, generals and air marshals. It includes military leaders with strategic influence who pre-dated the formal establishment of ranks as well as senior commanders in irregular militaries who may not hold rank. For middle and junior ranking officers, see Category:Military officers.
100: French Resistance fighter (Compagnon de la Libération) [31] Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford: 1917–2017: 100: British Royal Navy officer and submariner [32] Susan Ahn Cuddy: 1915–2015: 100: American Navy officer; first female gunnery officer in U.S. Navy [33] Donald L. Custis: 1917–2021: 103: American Navy vice admiral [34] Aaron S ...
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces [2] and the principal military advisor to the president, the National Security Council, [3] the Homeland Security Council, [3] and the secretary of defense.
Authorized three- and four-star officers to retire in the highest grade held on active duty, at the discretion of the president and subject to confirmation by the Senate, with no time-in-grade requirement [changed in 1996 to certification by secretary of defense and three-year time-in-grade requirement (110 Stat. 292)]. Act of January 28, 2008
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U.S. Army Military District of Washington Joint Task Force – National Capital Region: Commanding General, U.S. Army Military District of Washington (MDW) and Commander, Joint Task Force – National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) Not applicable: Major General Trevor J. Bredenkamp [143] [144] U.S. Army
Name Born Died Notes 19 April 1690 [1] Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg: 1641 1719 Promoted in the English Army before the Act of Union. Full general rank was general of horse. Note that while Haydn's Book of Dignities gives Schomberg's promotion date as 16 August 1703, [2] this is disputed on the grounds of its inaccuracy. [3] 3 July ...