List of United States Army four-star generals


This is a complete list of four-star generals in the United States Army, past and present. The rank of general is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Army. It ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army.
There have been 243 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army. Of these, 229 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army; eight were promoted after retirement; five were promoted posthumously; and one was appointed to that rank in the Continental Army, the U.S. Army's predecessor. Generals entered the Army via several paths: 156 were commissioned via the U.S. Military Academy, 47 via Reserve Officer Training Corps at a civilian university, 16 via direct commission, 13 via Officer Candidate School, seven via ROTC at a senior military college, one via ROTC at a military junior college, one via direct commission in the Army National Guard, one via the aviation cadet program, and one via battlefield commission.

List of generals

Entries in the following list of four-star generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army. Each entry lists the general's name, date of rank, active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank, number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank, year commissioned and source of commission, number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank, and other biographical notes.
#PhotoDate of rankPositionYrsCommissionYCNotes
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81775 0 Promoted to General of the Armies, July 4, 1976. U.S. President, 1789–1797. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1776.
1
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army, 1864–1869.
  • 51843 23 U.S. President, 1869–1877. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1863. Married great-aunt of Navy four-star admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr.
    2
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army, 1869–1883.
  • 141840 29 Superintendent, Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, 1860–1861. Brother of U.S. Secretary of State John Sherman.
    3
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army, 1883–1888.
  • 01853 35 Died in office.
    4
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1917–1918.
  • U.S. Military Representative, Allied Supreme War Council, 1918–1919.
  • 21875 42 Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1920–1927.
    5
  • Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, 1917–1921.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1921–1924.
  • 71886 42 Promoted to General of the Armies, 03 Sep 1919. Chairman, Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission, 1925–1926. Awarded Pulitzer Prize for History, 1932; Congressional Gold Medal, 1946.
    6
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1918–1921.
  • 21888 30
    7
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1926–1930.
  • 11892 37 President, The Citadel, 1931–1953.
    8
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1930–1935.
  • Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, as of August 24, 1936.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, 1941–1942.
  • Commander in Chief, South West Pacific Area, 1942–1945.
  • Commander in Chief, South West Pacific Area/Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific, 1945.
  • Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific, 1945–1947.
  • Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1947–1950.
  • Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1950–1951.
  • 151903 27 Promoted to general of the Army, 18 Dec 1944. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1919–1922. Awarded Medal of Honor, 1942; Congressional Gold Medal, 1962. Relieved, 1951.
    9
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1935–1939.
  • Chairman, War Department Personnel Board, 1941–1945.
  • 81898 37
    10
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1939–1945.
  • 61901 38 Promoted to general of the Army, 16 Dec 1944. Special Representative of the President in China, 1945–1947; U.S. Secretary of State, 1947–1949; President, American Red Cross, 1949–1950; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1950–1951. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1946; Nobel Peace Prize, 1953.
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  • 01891 49 Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1924–1926.
    11
  • Commander in Chief, Allied Force, 1942–1943.
  • Commander in Chief, Allied Forces/Commander in Chief, Mediterranean Theater of Operations/Commanding General, North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, 1943–1944.
  • Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force/Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, 1944–1945.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Forces, European Theater/Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany, 1945.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1945–1948.
  • Commander, European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 1951–1952.
  • 61915 28 Promoted to general of the Army, 20 Dec 1944. President, Columbia University, 1948–1953; U.S. President, 1953–1961.
    12
  • Commanding General, Army Air Forces, 1942–1946.
  • 31907 36 Promoted to general of the Army, December 21, 1944; to general of the Air Force, May 7, 1949.
    13
  • Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia/Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces, China Burma India Theater, 1943–1944.
  • Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, 1945.
  • Commanding General, Tenth Army, 1945.
  • Commanding General, Western Defense Command, 1945–1946.
  • Commanding General, Sixth Army, 1946.
  • 21904 40 Died in office.
    14
  • Commanding General, Sixth Army, 1943–1946.
  • 11901 44
    15
  • Commanding General, Army Service Forces, 1942–1946.
  • 11914 31
    16
  • Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean/Commanding General, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, 1944–1945.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Forces European Theater/Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany, 1945–1947.
  • Senior Member, United Nations Military Staff Committee, 1947.
  • Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, 1947–1949.
  • Chairman, Department of Defense Management Committee, 1949–1952.
  • 71915 30
    17
  • Commanding General, Sixth Army Group, 1944–1945.
  • Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, 1945–1948.
  • Chief, Army Field Forces, 1948–1949.
  • 41909 36
    18
  • Commanding General, Allied Air Forces, South West Pacific Area, 1942–1945.
  • Member, Military Staff Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1945–1946.
  • Commanding General, Strategic Air Command, 1946–1948.
  • Commander, Air University, 1948–1951.
  • 61917 28
    19
  • Commanding General, Fifteenth Army Group, 1944–1945.
  • U.S. High Commissioner, Austria/Commanding General, U.S. Forces Austria, 1945–1947.
  • Commanding General, Sixth Army, 1947–1949.
  • Chief, Army Field Forces, 1949–1952.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1952–1953.
  • 81917 28 President, The Citadel, 1954–1966.
    20
  • Commanding General, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 1945.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific, 1945.
  • Commanding General, Army Air Forces, 1946–1947.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, 1947–1948.
  • 31914 31
    21
  • Commanding General, Twelfth Army Group, 1944–1945.
  • Administrator, Veterans Administration, 1945–1947.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1948–1949.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff/Chairman, NATO Military Committee, 1949–1950.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff/U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1950–1953.
  • 81915 30 Promoted to general of the Army, 22 Sep 1950. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977.
    22
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1944–1947.
  • Commanding General, Fourth Army, 1947–1949.
  • Commander in Chief, European Command, 1949–1952.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1952.
  • Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1952–1954.
  • 91916 29
    23
  • Commanding General, Third Army, 1944–1945.
  • Commanding General, Fifteenth Army, 1945.
  • 01909 36 Died in office. Father-in-law of Army four-star general John K. Waters.
    24
  • Commanding General, First Army, 1944–1949.
  • 41909 36
    25
  • Commanding General, Fourth Army, 1946.
  • 11906 39 Awarded Medal of Honor, 1945.
    26
  • Commander in Chief, European Command/Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany, 1947–1949.
  • 21918 29 Special Representative of the President in Berlin, 1961–1962. Son of U.S. Senator Alexander S. Clay; father of Air Force four-star general Lucius D. Clay Jr.
    27
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1948–1949.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1949–1953.
  • U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1953–1956.
  • 71917 31 U.S. Special Representative to Vietnam, 1954–1955.
    28
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1949–1951.
  • 21912 37 Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1951–1966.
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  • 01912 39 Died in office. Father of Army four-star general Sam S. Walker.
    29
  • Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1951.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1951–1952.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 1952.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1952–1953.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1953–1955.
  • 41917 34 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1986; Congressional Gold Medal, 1990.
    30
  • Director of Central Intelligence, 1950–1953.
  • 21917 34 U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1946–1949; U.S. Under Secretary of State, 1953–1954.
    31
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1951–1953.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1953–1955.
  • 41917 34
    32
  • Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1951–1953.
  • 21915 36 Special Representative of the President in the Far East, 1954.
    33
  • Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, 1951–1953.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1953–1956.
  • 51917 34 President, American Red Cross, 1957–1964.
    34
  • Chief, Army Field Forces, 1952–1953.
  • 11917 35
    35
  • Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1953–1954.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Far East/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1954–1955.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1955.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1955–1959.
  • Military Representative of the President, 1961–1962.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962–1964.
  • 91922 31 Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1945–1949; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964–1965; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1966–1969.
    36
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1953.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1953–1955.
  • 21917 36
    37
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1953–1955.
  • 21916 37
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  • 01909 45 Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1940–1942.
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  • 01917 37
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  • 01911 43
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  • 01909 45
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  • 01901 53
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  • 01908 46 Killed in action. Son of Kentucky Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
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  • 01913 41 Died in office.
    *
  • 01904 50 Killed in action.
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  • 01898 56
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  • 01918 36 Special Representative of the President in China and Korea, 1947. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1985.
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  • 01904 50
    38
  • Chief, Army Field Forces, 1953–1955.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1955–1956.
  • 21917 37
    39
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1955–1956.
  • 11918 37
    40
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Far East/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1955.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command, 1955–1957.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1957–1959.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1959–1960.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1960–1962.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1962–1963.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1963–1969.
  • 141920 35 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1987.
    41
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1955–1957.
  • Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1957–1959.
  • Director of Military Assistance, 1959–1962.
  • 71919 36 Brother of Army four-star general Charles D. Palmer.
    42
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Far East/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1955–1957.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific, 1957–1961.
  • 61922 33
    43
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1956–1958.
  • 21919 37
    44
  • Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, 1953–1959.
  • 31922 34 Commissioner, New York State Office of General Services, 1960–1971.
    45
  • Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1956–1957.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1957–1959.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1959–1960.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1960–1962.
  • 61924 32
    46
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1956–1959.
  • 31920 36
    47
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1958–1960.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1960–1962.
  • 41925 33
    48
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1959–1960.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1960–1962.
  • 31924 35
    49
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1959–1961.
  • 21923 36
    50
  • Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1959–1962.
  • 31924 35 Brother of Army four-star general Williston B. Palmer.
    51
  • U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1960–1962.
  • 21924 36
    52
  • Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, 1959–1963.
  • 31924 36 U.S. High Commissioner, Ryukyu Islands, 1955–1958.
    53
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1960–1963.
  • 31926 34 U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1963–1967.
    54
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific, 1961–1964.
  • 31927 34 President, American Red Cross, 1964–1970.
    55
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1961–1963.
  • 21927 34
    56
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command, 1961–1963.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command/U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and South Asia, 1963–1966.
  • 51928 33
    57
  • Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1962–1964.
  • 21929 33
    58
  • Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1962.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1962–1964.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964–1970.
  • 81932 30 Widow married Army four-star general Frank S. Besson Jr.
    59
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1962–1964.
  • 21930 32 President, Norwich University, 1966–1972.
    60
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1962–1965.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1965–1967.
  • 51929 33
    61
  • Director of Military Assistance, 1962–1965.
  • 31930 32
    62
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1963–1964.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific, 1964–1966.
  • 31931 32 Son-in-law of Army four-star general George S. Patton
    63
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1961–1965.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group, 1965–1967.
  • 41930 33
    64
  • Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, 1963–1969.
  • 61931 32 Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation, 1969–1972.
    65
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1963–1965.
  • 21930 33
    66
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1964–1965.
  • 11931 33 President, The Citadel, 1965–1970.
    67
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1962–1969.
  • Chairman, Joint Logistics Review Board, 1969–1970.
  • 61932 32 Incorporator, National Rail Passenger Corporation, 1970–1971; Member, Board of Directors, AMTRAK, 1971–1974. Married widow of Army four-star general Earle G. Wheeler.
    68
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1964–1968.
  • 41933 31
    69
  • Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964–1968.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1968–1972.
  • 81936 28 Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1960–1963; candidate for Republican Party nomination for Governor of South Carolina, 1974.
    70
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1964–1967.
  • Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1967–1968.
  • Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1968–1972.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1972–1974.
  • 101936 28 Died in office. Father of Army four-star generals John N. Abrams and Robert B. Abrams.
    71
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1965–1969.
  • 41930 35
    72
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1965–1966.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific, 1966–1968.
  • 31932 33
    73
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1966–1969.
  • 31931 35
    74
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command/U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and South Asia, 1966–1969.
  • 31933 33
    75
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group, 1967–1971.
  • 41933 34 Distant cousin of U.S. President James K. Polk.
    76
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1967–1968.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific, 1968–1970.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1970–1973.
  • 61935 32
    77
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1967–1970.
  • 31932 35
    78
  • Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1968.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1969–1974.
  • 61939 29 Staff Secretary/Defense Liaison Officer to the President, 1954–1961; Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1977–1981; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1983–1985. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1961 and 1984.
    79
  • Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe, 1968–1971.
  • 31933 35
    80
  • U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1968–1971.
  • 31934 34
    81
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1968–1973.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1973–1974.
  • 61936 32
    82
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1969–1971.
  • 21932 37
    83
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1969–1970.
  • 11938 31
    84
  • Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1969–1970.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific, 1970–1973.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1973–1975.
  • 61940 29
    85
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command/U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and South Asia, 1969–1972.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1972–1973.
  • 41935 34
    86
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1969–1972.
  • 31936 33
    87
  • Presidential Advisor on Manpower Mobilization, 1970–1973.
  • 41913 56 Director, Selective Service System, 1941–1970.
    88
  • Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1970–1972.
  • Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1972–1973.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1973–1974.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1974–1976.
  • 61938 32
    89
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1970–1975.
  • 51940 30
    90
  • Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe, 1971–1973.
  • 21939 32
    91
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group, 1971–1975.
  • 41939 32 Aunt married Navy four-star admiral Arthur W. Radford.
    92
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1971–1973.
  • 21937 34
    93
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1972–1973.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific, 1973–1974.
  • 21940 32 Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1966–1969; Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969–1972.
    94
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1973.
  • White House Chief of Staff, 1973–1974.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1974–1979.
  • 51947 26 Deputy National Security Advisor, 1970–1973; U.S. Secretary of State, 1981–1982; candidate for Republican Party nomination for U.S. President, 1988.
    95
  • Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command, 1973.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1973–1974.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1974–1978.
  • 51939 34 Married widow of Marine Corps four-star general Keith B. McCutcheon.
    96
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1973–1977.
  • 41941 32
    97
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1973–1976.
  • 31938 35 U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 1981–1985.
    98
  • Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe, 1973–1976.
  • 31937 36
    99
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1974–1976.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1976–1979.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1979–1987.
  • 131943 31
    100
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1974–1979.
  • 51944 30
    101
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1975–1976.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command, 1976–1977.
  • 21942 33
    102
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group, 1975–1979.
  • 41944 31
    103
  • Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe, 1976–1977.
  • U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1977–1980.
  • 41943 33 Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1970–1974. Father-in-law of Army four-star general David H. Petraeus.
    104
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1976–1978.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1978–1979.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group, 1979–1983.
  • 71943 33
    105
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1976–1978.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1978–1979.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1979–1982.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1982–1985.
  • 91944 32 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1992.
    106
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1977–1981.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1981–1983.
  • 61948 29
    107
  • Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe, 1977–1978.
  • 11946 31 Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 1981–1988. Son of Army four-star general Walton H. Walker.
    108
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command, 1977–1981.
  • 41942 35
    109
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1978–1982.
  • 41946 32
    110
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1979–1983.
  • 41951 28
    111
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1979–1982.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1982–1983.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1983–1987.
  • 81950 29
    112
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1979–1981.
  • 21950 29
    113
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1981–1983.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group, 1983–1988.
  • 71953 28
    114
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command, 1981–1984.
  • 31949 32
    115
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1982–1984.
  • 21951 31
    116
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1982–1984.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1984–1986.
  • 41951 31
    117
  • U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1982–1985.
  • 31951 31 First African-American to achieve the rank of general in the Army.
    118
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1983–1986.
  • 31951 32
    119
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1983–1985.
  • 21950 33
    120
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1983–1985.
  • 21950 33
    121
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1983–1987.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1987–1989.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1989–1990.
  • 71953 30
    122
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1984–1987.
  • 31952 32
    123
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command, 1984.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1984–1987.
  • 31950 34
    124
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, 1983–1985.
  • 11949 35
    125
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1985–1987.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1987–1992.
  • 71954 31 U.S. Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994.
    126
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1985–1986.
  • 11955 30 Died in office.
    127
  • U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1985–1987.
  • 21953 32
    128
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1986–1987.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1987–1991.
  • 51957 29
    129
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1986–1987.
  • Commander in Chief, Forces Command, 1987–1989.
  • 31954 32
    130
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, 1986–1987.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command, 1987–1990.
  • 41953 33
    131
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1987–1989.
  • 21954 33
    132
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1987–1989.
  • 21955 32 Relieved, 1989.
    133
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1987–1989.
  • 21953 34
    134
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1987–1990.
  • 31953 34
    135
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group, 1988–1992.
  • 41958 30
    136
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, 1988–1991.
  • 31956 32 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991; Congressional Gold Medal, 1991.
    137
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1989–1990.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army, 1990–1992.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 1992–1993.
  • 41958 31
    138
  • Commander in Chief, Forces Command, 1989.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989–1993.
  • 41958 31 Deputy National Security Advisor, 1987; National Security Advisor, 1987–1989; U.S. Secretary of State, 2001–2005. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1991; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991 and, with distinction, 1993.
    139
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1989–1991.
  • 21956 33
    140
  • Commander in Chief, Forces Command, 1989–1993.
  • 41959 30
    141
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1989–1992.
  • 31958 31
    142
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1990–1991.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1991–1995.
  • 51959 31
    143
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command, 1990–1993.
  • 31958 32
    144
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1990–1993.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1993–1997.
  • 71961 29
    145
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1991–1993.
  • Commander in Chief, Forces Command, 1993.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1993–1995.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1995–1999.
  • 81962 29
    146
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1991–1994.
  • 31959 32
    147
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1992–1994.
  • 21958 34
    148
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1992–1993.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1993–1997.
  • 51959 33 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1997.
    149
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group, 1992–1993.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 1993–1994.
  • 21960 32
    150
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1993–1994.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, 1994–1997.
  • 41962 31 Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 2003–present.
    151
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command, 1993–1996.
  • 31962 31 Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, 2001–2002.
    152
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 1993–1996.
  • 31960 33
    153
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1994–1996.
  • 21959 35
    154
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1994–1996.
  • 21964 30 Director, National Drug Control Policy, 1996–2001.
    155
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1994–1995.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1995–1996.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 1996–1999.
  • 51963 31
    156
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1994–1998.
  • 41963 31
    157
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 1994–1996.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Allied Land Forces Central Europe, 1996–1997.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1997–1998.
  • 31963 32
    158
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1995–1997.
  • 21960 35
    159
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command, 1996–1997.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997–2001.
  • 51964 32 Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 2002.
    160
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1996–1999.
  • 31967 29
    161
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command, 1996–1997.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1997–2000.
  • 41966 30 Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for U.S. President, 2004. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000.
    162
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1996–1998.
  • 21964 32
    163
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Allied Land Forces Central Europe, 1997–1998.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 1998.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1998–1999.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1999–2003.
  • 61965 32 U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009–2014
    164
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command, 1997–2000.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2003–2007.
  • 71969 28 Brother of Eric Schoomaker
    165
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1998–1999.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 1999–2002.
  • 41967 31
    166
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1998–2002.
  • 41968 30 Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams and brother of Army four-star general Robert B. Abrams.
    167
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 1998–2002.
  • 41967 31 Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, 2005–2007. Distant cousin of Navy four-star admiral Montgomery M. Taylor and great-great-great grandnephew of Montgomery C. Meigs.
    168
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1999–2003.
  • 41966 33
    169
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1999–2001.
  • 21963 36
    170
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1999–2001.
  • 21965 34
    171
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Joint Forces Command, 2000–2002.
  • 21968 32
    172
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, 2000–2002.
  • Commander, U.S. Central Command, 2002–2003.
  • 31967 33 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2004.
    173
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2001–2004.
  • 31969 32
    174
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2001–2004.
  • 31967 34
    175
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2002.
  • Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2002–2006.
  • 41968 34
    176
  • Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command, 2002.
  • Commander, U.S. Southern Command, 2002–2004.
  • 21968 34
    177
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2002–2005.
  • 31969 33 Relieved, 2005.
    178
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 2002–2005.
  • Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2006–2008.
  • 61969 33
    179
  • Commander, U.S. Central Command, 2003–2007.
  • 41973 30
    180
  • Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, 2003–2007.
  • 41970 33
    181
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2003–2004.
  • Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq, 2004–2007.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2007–2011.
  • 81970 33
    182
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2004–2008.
  • 41972 32
    183
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2004–2007.
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force, 2007–2008.
  • 41968 36
    184
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2004–2008.
  • 41970 34
    185
  • Commander, U.S. Southern Command, 2004–2006.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander, U.S. European Command, 2006–2009.
  • 41971 33
    186
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2005–2008.
  • 31969 36
    187
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 2005–2008.
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force, 2008.
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, 2008–2009.
  • 41972 33 Resigned, 2009.
    188
  • Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command, 2006–2007.
  • Commander, U.S. Africa Command, 2007–2011.
  • 51971 35 U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority, 2005.
    189
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2007–2010.
  • 31970 37
    190
  • Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq, 2007–2008.
  • Commander, U.S. Central Command, 2008–2010.
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, 2010–2011.
  • 41974 33 Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–2012. Son-in-law of Army four-star general William A. Knowlton.
    191
  • Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2008–2011.
  • 31974 34
    192
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2008–2012.
  • 41972 36
    193
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, 2008–2011.
  • Commander, U.S. Africa Command, 2011–2013.
  • 51976 32
    194
  • Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq, 2008–2009.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Forces - Iraq, 2010.
  • Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, 2010–2011.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2011–2015.
  • 71976 32
    195
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2008–2012.
  • 41975 33 First woman to achieve four-star rank in any service.
    196
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2008–2011.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2011.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2011–2015.
  • 71974 34
    197
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, 2009–2010.
  • 11976 33 Resigned, 2010.
    198
  • Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, 2010–2014.
  • 41974 36 Director, National Security Agency, 2005–2014.
    199
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2010–2011.
  • Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2011–2013.
  • 31975 35
    200
  • Commanding General, U.S. Forces - Iraq, 2010–2011.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2012–2013.
  • Commander, U.S. Central Command, 2013–2016.
  • 61975 35
    201
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2011–2014.
  • 31979 32
    202
  • Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, 2011–2014.
  • 31978 33
    203
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2011–2013.
  • Commander, U.S. Africa Command, 2013–2016.
  • 51976 35
    204
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2012–2016
  • 41980 32
    205
  • Chief, National Guard Bureau, 2012–2016
  • 41981 31 Served 12 years in the enlisted ranks before receiving his commission in 1981. First Army National Guard officer to achieve the rank of general.
    206
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2013–2014.
  • Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, 2014–2015.
  • Commander, Resolute Support Mission/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, 2015–2016.
  • 31979 34
    207
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2013–2014.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2014–2017.
  • 41981 32
    208
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific, 2013–2016.
  • Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2016–2018.
  • 51980 33
    209
  • Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2013–2016.
  • Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander, U.S. European Command, 2016–2019.
  • 61978 35
    210
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2014–2018.
  • 51980 34
    211
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2014–2015.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2015–2019.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2019–present.
  • 61980 34
    212
  • Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, 2014–2016.
  • Commander, U.S. Central Command, 2016–2019.
  • 51980 34
    213
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2015–2018.
  • Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, 2018–present.
  • 51982 33 Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams and brother of Army four-star general John N. Abrams.
    214
  • Commander, Resolute Support Mission/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, 2016–2018.
  • 21982 34
    215
  • Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, 2016–2019.
  • 31980 36
    216
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific, 2016–2019.
  • 31981 35
    217
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2016–2020.
  • Chief Operating Officer, Operation Warp Speed, 2020–present.
  • 41981 35
    218
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2017–2019.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2019–present.
  • 31981 36
    219
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2018–2019.
  • Commander, U.S. Africa Command, 2019–present.
  • 21982 36
    220
  • Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, 2018–present.
  • 21986 32
    221
  • Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, 2018–present.
  • 21983 35
    222
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command, 2018–present.
  • 21982 36
    223
  • Commander, Resolute Support Mission/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, 2018–present.
  • 21983 35
    224
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2019–present.
  • 11984 35
    225
  • Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, 2019–present.
  • 11984 35
    226
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2019–present.
  • 11984 35
    227
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 2019–present.
  • 11986 33
    228
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific, 2019–present.
  • 11985 34
    229
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2020–present.
  • 01987 33

    Timeline

    1775–1799

    In 1775, George Washington was appointed "General and Commander in Chief of the United Colonies" and all its forces. Although Washington ranked as a full general in the Continental Army, he resigned his commission prior to the establishment of the U.S. Army in 1784 and he is therefore considered never to have held the U.S. Army rank of general. In 1798, Washington was commissioned lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and appointed Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States. The following year, Congress created the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, but Washington died before accepting it and the rank lapsed until 1866. Washington was finally promoted to General of the Armies in 1976.

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    1866–1941

    The grade of General of the Armies of the United States was revived in 1866, under the name "General of the Army of the United States" to honor the Civil War achievements of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the U.S. Army. When Grant resigned his commission to become President in 1869, William T. Sherman was promoted to fill the vacant grade. Congress specified in 1870 that the rank would expire upon Sherman's retirement, but made an exception in 1888 to promote an ailing Philip H. Sheridan. This title is not to be confused with the later five-star rank of General of the Army.
    In 1917, the rank of general was recreated in the National Army, a temporary force of conscripts and volunteers authorized for the duration of the World War I emergency. To give American commanders parity of rank with their Allied counterparts, Congress allowed the President to appoint two emergency generals in the National Army, specified to be the chief of staff of the Army, Tasker H. Bliss and later Peyton C. March; and the commander of United States forces in France, John J. Pershing. When March replaced Bliss as chief of staff, Bliss was continued in four-star rank by brevet as the U.S. military representative to the Supreme War Council. In contrast to the previous grade of general held by Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, which was a permanent promotion, this new rank was a temporary appointment that was lost when the officer vacated the position bearing that rank, and while Pershing was ultimately advanced to General of the Armies in 1919, March and Bliss reverted to their permanent grades of major general in the Regular Army when the National Army disbanded in 1920.
    In 1929, the temporary rank of general in the Regular Army was reauthorized for the office of chief of staff, whose occupant reverted to major general at the end of his term but was allowed to retire as a full general. When the draft force was reconstituted for World War II as the Army of the United States in 1941, the President was authorized to appoint as many temporary generals in that organization as he deemed necessary. As with the National Army emergency generals, these appointments expired after the end of the war, although postwar legislation allowed officers to retire in their highest active-duty rank.

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    1947–present

    The modern rank of general was established by the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, which authorized the President to designate certain positions of importance to carry that rank. Officers appointed to such positions bear temporary four-star rank while so serving, and are allowed to retire at that rank if their performance is judged satisfactory. The total number of active-duty four-star generals in the Army is limited to a fixed percentage of the number of Army general officers serving at all ranks.
    Within the Army, the chief of staff and vice chief of staff are four-star generals by statute. Since World War II, the commanders of the Army formations in Europe and East Asia have been designated four-star generals by reason of importance. Other designated four-star Army commands have included the various training, readiness, and materiel organizations.
    The Army also competes with the other services for a number of joint four-star positions, the most prestigious of which are the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the NATO supreme allied commander in Europe. Other joint four-star positions have included unified combatant commanders; certain NATO staff positions; and the wartime theater commanders in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

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    bar:mcchrystal from: 2009 till: 2010 color:macv text:"Stanley A. McChrystal"
    bar:alexander from: 2010 till: 2014 color:intel text:"Keith B. Alexander"
    bar:jamesdthurman from: 2010 till: 2011 color:general
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    bar:austin from: 2010 till: 2012 color:macv
    bar:austin from: 2012 till: 2013 color:vcsa
    bar:austin from: 2013 till: 2016 color:joint text:"Lloyd J. Austin III"
    bar:cone from: 2011 till: 2014 color:general text:"Robert W. Cone"
    bar:jacoby from: 2011 till: 2014 color:joint text:"Charles H. Jacoby Jr."
    bar:rodriguez from: 2011 till: 2013 color:general
    bar:rodriguez from: 2013 till: 2016 color:joint text:"David M. Rodriguez"
    bar:via from: 2012 till: 2016 color:general text:"Dennis L. Via"
    bar:grass from: 2012 till: 2016 color:joint text:"Frank J. Grass"
    bar:johnfcampbell from: 2013 till: 2014 color:vcsa
    bar:johnfcampbell from: 2014 till: 2016 color:macv text:"John F. Campbell"
    bar:allyn from: 2013 till: 2014 color:general
    bar:allyn from: 2014 till: 2017 color:vcsa text:"Daniel B. Allyn"
    bar:brooks from: 2013 till: 2016 color:general
    bar:brooks from: 2016 till: 2018 color:fareast text:"Vincent K. Brooks"
    bar:scaparrotti from: 2013 till: 2016 color:fareast
    bar:scaparrotti from: 2016 till: 2019 color:joint text:"Curtis M. Scaparrotti"
    bar:perkins from: 2014 till: 2018 color:general text:"David G. Perkins"
    bar:milley from: 2014 till: 2015 color:general text:"
    bar:milley from: 2015 till: 2019 color:csa text:"
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    bar:votel from: 2014 till: 2019 color:joint text:"Joseph L. Votel"
    bar:robertabrams from: 2015 till: 2018 color:general
    bar:robertabrams from: 2018 till: $now color:fareast text:"Robert B. Abrams"
    bar:nicholson from: 2016 till: 2018 color:macv text:"John W. Nicholson Jr."
    bar:thomas from: 2016 till: 2019 color:joint text:"Raymond A. Thomas III"
    bar:robertbrown from: 2016 till: 2019 color:general text:"Robert B. Brown"
    bar:perna from: 2016 till: 2020 color:general
    bar:perna from: 2020 till: $now color:joint text:"Gustave F. Perna"
    bar:mcconville from: 2017 till: 2019 color:vcsa
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    bar:townsend from: 2018 till: 2019 color:general text:"Stephen J. Townsend"
    bar:nakasone from: 2018 till: $now color:joint text:"Paul M. Nakasone"
    bar:lyons from: 2018 till: $now color:joint text:"Stephen R. Lyons"
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    bar:miller from: 2018 till: $now color:macv text:"Austin S. Miller"
    bar:garrett from: 2019 till: $now color:general text:"Michael X. Garrett"
    bar:clarke from: 2019 till: $now color:joint text:"Richard D. Clarke"
    bar:funk from: 2019 till: $now color:general text:"Paul E. Funk II"
    bar:martin from: 2019 till: $now color:vcsa text:"Joseph M. Martin"
    bar:lacamera from: 2019 till: $now color:general text:"Paul LaCamera"
    bar:daly from: 2020 till: $now color:general text:"Edward M. Daly"

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    id:intel value:rgb
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    id:usmc value:rgb
    id:time value:rgb
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    at:1940
    at:1950
    at:1960
    at:1970
    at:1980
    at:1990
    at:2000
    at:2010
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    bar:cincusareurcomlandcent
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    bar:cgusareur
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    bar:cincunccinccfccomusfk
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    bar:cgeusa
    bar:cgusaffecgeusa
    bar:cincusarpac
    bar:cgusarpac
    bar:dirmilasst
    bar:comusmacv
    bar:dcomusmacv
    bar:cgagf
    bar:cgaff
    bar:cgconarc
    bar:cgtradoc
    bar:cgforscom
    bar:cincfor
    bar:cgamc
    bar:cgdarcom
    bar:cjcsusmilrep
    bar:cjcs
    bar:vjcs
    bar:usmilrep
    bar:saceur
    bar:saceuruscinceur
    bar:saceurcdruseucom
    bar:dcinceur
    bar:dcdruseucom
    bar:cdrusafricom
    bar:cofsshape
    bar:comlandsoutheast
    bar:uscincstrike
    bar:uscincstrikeuscincmeafsa
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    bar:uscincsoc
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    bar:uscinccent
    bar:cdruscentcom
    bar:cgmnfi
    bar:cgusfi
    bar:comisaf
    bar:comisafcdrusfora
    bar:comrscdrusfora
    bar:uscincso
    bar:cdrussouthcom
    bar:saclantuscincjfcom
    bar:saclantcdrusjfcom
    bar:sactcdrusjfcom
    bar:cdrusjfcom
    bar:dirnsacomuscybercom
    bar:cgafc
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    bar:cgusareurcomlandcent from: 1997 till: 1998 color:usareur text:"CG USAREUR/COMLANDCENT"
    bar:cgusareur from: 1998 till: 2011 color:usareur text:"CG USAREUR"
    bar:cgusaffe from: 1941 till: 1942 color:fareast text:"CG USAFFE"
    bar:cincswpacgusaffe from: 1942 till: 1945 color:fareast text:"CINC SWPA/CG USAFFE"
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    bar:scap from: 1946 till: 1947 color:fareast text:"SCAP"
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    bar:cincunccincfe from: 1951 till: 1957 color:fareast text:"CINCUNC/CINCFE"
    bar:cincunccomusfkcgeusa from: 1957 till: 1978 color:fareast text:"CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA"
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    bar:cgusaffecgeusa from: 1954 till: 1957 color:general text:"CG USAFFE/CG EUSA"
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    bar:cgusarpac from: 2013 till: $now color:general text:"CG USARPAC"
    bar:dirmilasst from: 1960 till: 1965 color:joint text:"Director of Military Assistance"
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    bar:dcomusmacv from: 1969 till: 1972 color:macv
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    bar:cgconarc from: 1955 till: 1973 color:general text:"CG CONARC"
    bar:cgtradoc from: 1973 till: $now color:general text:"CG TRADOC"
    bar:cgforscom from: 1973 till: 1987 color:general text:"CG FORSCOM"
    bar:cgforscom from: 1993 till: $now color:general
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    bar:cjcs from: 2001 till: 2005 color:usaf
    bar:cjcs from: 2005 till: 2007 color:usmc
    bar:cjcs from: 2007 till: 2011 color:usn
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    bar:vjcs from: 2001 till: 2005 color:usmc
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