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The Officer Personnel Act of 1947 gave the Army its first up-or-out promotion system, eliminating officers after a maximum number of years in each grade. Before 1947, Army officers were promoted by seniority up to the grade of colonel, with a mandatory retirement age of 60 for colonels, 62 for brigadier generals, and 64 for major generals.
In 1947, Congress consolidated Army and Navy officer management legislation into the Officer Personnel Act (OPA). With the encouragement of the Army (notably by General Dwight Eisenhower ), the OPA extended the "up or out" system across the military and required officers to go before promotion boards at set times based on cohorts, normally ...
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 ...
Act of August 7, 1947 [Officer Personnel Act of 1947] 61 Stat. 886: Assigned ex officio rank of lieutenant general to general officers serving in positions designated by the President to carry that rank. Assigned ex officio rank of lieutenant general to senior members of the Military and Naval Staff Committee of the United Nations.
Army Officer Candidate (AOC) Course (Fort Riley, Kansas) [1947–1953]. Army Officer Candidate School (AOCS) [1946–1947] Fort Benning, Georgia. Army Air Forces Administration (Miami Beach, Florida) [February 1942 – June 1944] Moved to San Antonio, Texas in June 1944, Moved to Maxwell Field, Alabama in June 1945.
The four-star insignia of a Space Force general is displayed at the promotion ceremony for General B. Chance Saltzman, November 2, 2022. Modern four-star officer appointments are governed by the unified officer promotion framework established by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) of 1980, as amended. [1]
A handwritten script from the much loved sitcom Dad's Army has sold at auction for £6,500. The script recently featured on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and was sold as part of an annual New Year's ...
Major General Frank Parker (September 21, 1872 – March 13, 1947) was a United States Army officer who had a distinguished military career spanning over forty years, which included service in the Spanish–American War and World War I. He served with distinction during the latter conflict, commanding a regiment, a brigade, and a division, and ...