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In the aftermath of World War II, Congress drafted legislation that attempted to address three (sometimes competing) objectives: create "uniform" rules for officer management between Army and Navy (and later Air Force), promote a "young and vigorous" officer corps, and retain the capacity to rapidly remobilize if necessary. [4]
[76] [77] Two years later, Senator Chuck Grassley, who was not on the Senate Armed Services Committee, cited the Hickey precedent when trying to block the three-star retirement of Lieutenant General Buster C. Glosson, who had been slated for promotion to four-star Air Force vice chief of staff in late 1993 but was instead forced to retire for ...
The promotion was effective on July 4, 1976, the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence. Although Pershing accepted the rank in 1919 and technically had a date of rank that preceded Washington's, the new law specified that no other officer of the United States Army should ever outrank Washington, including Pershing.
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A frocking ceremony on board the USS Peleliu. In the United States military, frocking is the practice of a commissioned or non-commissioned officer selected for promotion wearing the insignia of the higher grade before the official date of promotion (the "date of rank").
For positions of office reserved by statute, the President nominates an officer for appointment to fill that position. For all five uniformed services, because the grade of brigadier general is a permanent rank, the nominee may still be screened by an in-service promotion board. The rank does not expire when the officer vacates a one-star position.
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For example, John G. Rossi, who had been confirmed for promotion to lieutenant general [37] and assignment as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command in April 2016 [38] committed suicide two days before his scheduled promotion and assumption of command. [39]