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four-star general. The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Army. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below general of the Army (five-star general). There have been 260 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army.
Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff render a salute during the departure ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base for former President Ronald Reagan, 11 June 2004.. There are currently 38 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 11 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, eight in the Navy, 12 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, one in the Coast Guard ...
The four-star grade caps of 7 Army generals, 6 Navy admirals, 9 Air Force generals, 2 Marine Corps generals, and 20 joint-duty four-star officers remained unchanged from 2009 until 2020, when the Army asked for an eighth general to command its forces in Europe and Africa. Congress kept the total number of four-star officers constant by ...
Admirals Ernest J. King, William D. Leahy, and General George C. Marshall at the White House, 1942.. From 1899, when the Navy's Civil War-era four-star grade was recreated after the Spanish-American War, through 1947, when the Officer Personnel Act defined the post-World War II military establishment, four-star grades evolved along two parallel tracks, one decorative and one functional.
Pages in category "United States Army generals of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 543 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The four-star rank of General remained unique to the Chief of Staff, as authorized by the act of 23 February 1929. [14] During World War II most American Generals held temporary or "theater" appointments in the Army of the United States.
In July 1941, retired four-star general Douglas MacArthur was recalled to active duty and appointed temporary lieutenant general as Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East. [73] Dozens of officers were promoted to temporary lieutenant general during World War II.
Unlike the Air Force and Navy, the Army was initially content with its peacetime allotment of 5 four-star officers under the Officer Personnel Act, having had only 1 four-star officer before World War II. Its 5 postwar four-star designations went to the chief of staff, vice chief of staff, and commanding generals of Army Ground Forces and ...