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Style and method of wear may vary between different uniforms and different service branches.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="nowrap"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_O9_(Army_greens).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_Army_O9_%28Army_greens%29.svg/50px-US_Army_O9_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_Army_O9_%28Army_greens%29.svg/75px-US_Army_O9_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_Army_O9_%28Army_greens%29.svg/100px-US_Army_O9_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/50px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/75px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/100px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Space-force_O9.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/US_Space-force_O9.svg/50px-US_Space-force_O9.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/US_Space-force_O9.svg/75px-US_Space-force_O9.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/US_Space-force_O9.svg/100px-US_Space-force_O9.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </span><div class="infobox-caption">Shoulder boards</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>LTG</b> (Army)</li><li><b>LtGen</b> (Marine Corps)</li><li><b>Lt Gen</b> (Air Force and Space Force)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Three-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-star rank">Three-star</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> <a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">rank code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO_armies_officers#Officers_(OF_1–10)" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers">OF-8</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Non-<a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Three-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-star rank">O-9</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next higher rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next lower rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (United States)">Major general</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Equivalent ranks</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">Vice admiral</a> in the other <a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">uniformed services</a> which use <a href="/wiki/Naval_officer_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval officer ranks">naval ranks</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>, a <b>lieutenant general</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Three-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-star rank">three-star</a> <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officer</a> in the United States <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a>. </p><p>A lieutenant general ranks above a <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a><sup id="cite_ref-Note01_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Note01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and below a <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">general</a>. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._uniformed_services_pay_grades" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. uniformed services pay grades">pay grade</a> of lieutenant general is O-9. It is equivalent to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">vice admiral</a> in the other United States <a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">uniformed services</a> which use <a href="/wiki/Naval_officer_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval officer ranks">naval ranks</a>. It is abbreviated as <b>LTG</b> in the Army, <b>LtGen</b> in the Marine Corps, and <b>Lt Gen</b> in the Air Force and Space Force. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statutory_limits">Statutory limits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Statutory limits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">U.S. lieutenant general flags</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_a_United_States_Army_lieutenant_general.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_a_United_States_Army_lieutenant_general.svg/200px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Army_lieutenant_general.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_a_United_States_Army_lieutenant_general.svg/300px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Army_lieutenant_general.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_a_United_States_Army_lieutenant_general.svg/400px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Army_lieutenant_general.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_officer" title="Flag officer">Rank flag</a> of a lieutenant general in the United States Army. The flag of a lieutenant general of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Army Medical Department</a> has a maroon background; the flag of a <a href="/wiki/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Chaplain Corps (United States Army)">chaplain</a> (lieutenant general) has a purple background.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_general.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_general.svg/200px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_general.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_general.svg/300px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_general.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_general.svg/400px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_general.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Flag of a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_a_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_general.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_a_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_general.svg/200px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_general.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_a_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_general.svg/300px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_general.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_a_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_general.svg/400px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_general.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Flag of a United States Air Force lieutenant general.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_a_United_States_Space_Force_lieutenant_general.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_a_United_States_Space_Force_lieutenant_general.svg/200px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Space_Force_lieutenant_general.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_a_United_States_Space_Force_lieutenant_general.svg/300px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Space_Force_lieutenant_general.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_a_United_States_Space_Force_lieutenant_general.svg/400px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Space_Force_lieutenant_general.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Flag of a United States Space Force lieutenant general.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> explicitly limits the total number of generals that may be concurrently active to 231 for the Army, 62 for the Marine Corps, and 198 for the Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the Army and Air Force, no more than about 25% of the service's active duty general officers may have more than two stars.<sup id="cite_ref-distribution_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-distribution-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these slots can be reserved by statute. Officers serving in certain intelligence positions are not counted against either limit, including the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency">deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The president may also add three-star slots to one service if they are offset by removing an equivalent number from other services.<sup id="cite_ref-distribution_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-distribution-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All statutory limits may be waived at the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a>'s discretion during time of war or national emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointment_and_tour_length">Appointment and tour length</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Appointment and tour length"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The three-star grade goes hand-in-hand with the position of office to which it is linked, so the rank is temporary. Officers may only achieve three-star grade if they are appointed to positions that require the officer to hold such a rank.<sup id="cite_ref-Positions_of_importance_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Positions_of_importance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their rank expires with the expiration of their term of office, which is usually set by statute.<sup id="cite_ref-Positions_of_importance_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Positions_of_importance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lieutenant generals are nominated for appointment by the president from any eligible officers holding the rank of brigadier general or above, who also meet the requirements for the position, with the advice of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Positions_of_importance_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Positions_of_importance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nominee must be confirmed via majority vote by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> before the appointee can take office and thus assume the rank.<sup id="cite_ref-Positions_of_importance_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Positions_of_importance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The standard tour length for most lieutenant general positions is three years but some are set four or more years by statute. </p><p>Extensions of the standard tour length can be approved, within statutory limits, by their respective service secretaries, the Secretary of Defense, the president, or <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> but these are rare, as they block other officers from being promoted. Some statutory limits under the U.S. Code can be waived in times of national emergency or war. Three-star ranks may also be given by an act of Congress but this is extremely rare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other than voluntary retirement, the statute sets a number of mandates for retirement. Lieutenant generals must retire after 38 years of service unless appointed for promotion or reappointed to grade to serve longer.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Otherwise, all general officers must retire the month after their 64th birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Secretary of Defense can defer a three-star officer's retirement until the officer's 66th birthday and the president can defer it until the officer's 68th birthday. </p><p>General officers typically retire well in advance of the statutory age and service limits, so as not to impede the upward career mobility of their juniors. Since there is a finite number of three-star slots available to each service, typically one officer must leave office before another can be promoted.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maintaining a three-star rank is a game of musical chairs; once an officer vacates a position bearing that rank, they have 60 days to be appointed or reappointed to a position of equal or higher importance or involuntarily retire.<sup id="cite_ref-Positions_of_importance_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Positions_of_importance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, officers leaving three-star positions were allowed to revert to their permanent two-star ranks to mark time in lesser jobs until statutory retirement, but now such officers are expected to retire immediately to avoid obstructing the promotion flow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/General_officers_in_the_United_States" title="General officers in the United States">General officers in the United States</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Quasi_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Quasi War">Quasi War</a> with France, President <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> promoted <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> to lieutenant general to celebrate his service in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. The rank of lieutenant general would not be awarded to an active American military commander until <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> was promoted sixty years later, shortly before the end of the American Civil War, to recognize his position as overall commander of Union forces in the East.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 28, 1855, President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a> nominated <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a> to be <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">breveted</a> lieutenant general, effective March 29, 1847, as an honor for his capture <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Veracruz" title="Siege of Veracruz">Veracruz</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Juan_de_Ul%C3%BAa" title="San Juan de Ulúa">San Juan de Ulúa</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The grade was re-established by a vote in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> on 1 February 1864, with 96 for and 41 against.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 1, 1888, the rank was merged with <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> and discontinued.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_use">Modern use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Army or Marine Corps lieutenant general typically commands a <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">corps</a>-sized unit (20,000 to 45,000 soldiers for an Army Corps and a similar number of Marines for a Marine Expeditionary Force), while an Air Force lieutenant general commands a large <a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Force</a> consisting of several wings or a smaller USAF Major Command (MAJCOM) such as the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">Air Force Special Operations Command</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a>. Additionally, lieutenant generals of all services serve as high-level staff officers at various major command headquarters and <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a>, often as the heads of their departments. In 2014 five women were serving as lieutenant generals in the US Army.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the close of the Second World War, generals were normally promoted permanently to brigadier general and major general, with temporary promotions to lieutenant general and general to fill senior positions as needed. In theory, a general vacates their three or four-star rank at the termination of their assignment unless placed in an equal ranking billet. <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a>, who served as a four-star general and Army Chief of Staff, reverted to two stars after his CoS tour ended but chose to stay on active duty in the United States Army. </p><p>The practice of using lieutenant general and general grades as a temporary rank continues, with the President and the Department of Defense creating temporary or indefinite three- and four-star assignments, with a fixed term of office, with the approval of the Senate. Even with the temporary status, such officers are also almost always granted permanent retirement in the last grade they held with the satisfactory completion of at least two or three years in grade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_lieutenant_generals">Famous lieutenant generals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Famous lieutenant generals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Famous plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-famous" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list of "famous" or "notable" people <b>has no clear <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">inclusion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">exclusion criteria</a></b>. Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit">improve this article</a> by defining clear inclusion criteria to contain only subjects that fit those criteria. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William-Hood-Simpson-LIFE-1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/William-Hood-Simpson-LIFE-1945.jpg/300px-William-Hood-Simpson-LIFE-1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="408" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/William-Hood-Simpson-LIFE-1945.jpg/450px-William-Hood-Simpson-LIFE-1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/William-Hood-Simpson-LIFE-1945.jpg/600px-William-Hood-Simpson-LIFE-1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="932" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/William_Hood_Simpson" title="William Hood Simpson">William Hood Simpson</a> wearing three-star rank, 1945</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic">Historic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Listed in order of receiving the rank: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, the first officer to be appointed to the grade of lieutenant general. He was later posthumously promoted to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies#American_Revolutionary_War_era" title="General of the Armies">General of the Armies of the United States</a> in 1976.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a>, received a <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">brevet</a> promotion to lieutenant general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a>, later promoted to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)#Post–American_Civil_War_era" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William T. Sherman</a>, later promoted to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)#Post–American_Civil_War_era" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Sheridan" title="Philip Sheridan">Philip Sheridan</a>, later promoted to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)#Post–American_Civil_War_era" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schofield" title="John Schofield">John Schofield</a>, while serving as <a href="/wiki/Commanding_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Commanding General of the United States Army">Commanding General of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_A._Miles" title="Nelson A. Miles">Nelson A. Miles</a>, while serving as <a href="/wiki/Commanding_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Commanding General of the United States Army">Commanding General of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holcomb" title="Thomas Holcomb">Thomas Holcomb</a>, the first U.S. Marine promoted to the rank as <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a> in January 1942</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Maxwell_Andrews" title="Frank Maxwell Andrews">Frank Maxwell Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a>, commander of U.S. Forces in the <a href="/wiki/European_Theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theatre of World War II">European Theater</a>, killed in an air crash</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr." title="Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.">Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Tenth_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Tenth Army">U.S. Tenth Army</a>, posthumously promoted to General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">Jimmy Doolittle</a>, U.S. Army Air Forces, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Doolittle_Raid" title="Doolittle Raid">Doolittle Raid</a> on Japan in World War II and commander of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a>, later promoted to <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>, after retirement</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Aloysius_Drum" title="Hugh Aloysius Drum">Hugh Aloysius Drum</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/U.S._First_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. First Army">U.S. First Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucian_Truscott" title="Lucian Truscott">Lucian Truscott</a>, commander of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">U.S. Fifth Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a>, U.S. Army Air Forces, commander of U.S. <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, later posthumously promoted to general in 1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delos_Carleton_Emmons" title="Delos Carleton Emmons">Delos Carleton Emmons</a>, commander of the Hawaiian Department</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Fredendall" title="Lloyd Fredendall">Lloyd Fredendall</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Second_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Second Army">U.S. Second Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Groves" title="Leslie Groves">Leslie Groves</a>, who ran the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a> and oversaw <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a> design and construction.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millard_Harmon" title="Millard Harmon">Millard Harmon</a>, U.S. Army Air Forces, commander of <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> Pacific, lost during plane flight</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holcomb" title="Thomas Holcomb">Thomas Holcomb</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a> during the first half of World War II, later promoted to general on retirement</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Knudsen" title="William S. Knudsen">William S. Knudsen</a>, director of production, Office of the Under Secretary of War. The first civilian to enter the Army at that rank.<sup id="cite_ref-knudsencivilian_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knudsencivilian-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_J._McNair" title="Lesley J. McNair">Lesley J. McNair</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/Army_Ground_Forces" title="Army Ground Forces">Army Ground Forces</a>, later posthumously promoted to General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_K._Sutherland" title="Richard K. Sutherland">Richard K. Sutherland</a>, chief of staff to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a>, present on the <a href="/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)" title="USS Missouri (BB-63)">USS <i>Missouri</i> (BB-63)</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Empire of Japan's surrender signing</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Third_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Third Army">U.S. Third Army</a>, later promoted to General</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stilwell" title="Joseph Stilwell">Joseph Stilwell</a>, Commander of the China Burma India Theater and later Deputy Allied Commander in China.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s_through_1980s;_Korean_War,_Vietnam_War,_Cold_War"><span id="1950s_through_1980s.3B_Korean_War.2C_Vietnam_War.2C_Cold_War"></span>1950s through 1980s; Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1950s through 1980s; Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chesty_Puller" title="Chesty Puller">Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a>, the most decorated Marine in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> history (only Marine ever to be awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> five times)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Blaine_Hershey" title="Lewis Blaine Hershey">Lewis Blaine Hershey</a>, head of the <a href="/wiki/Selective_Service_System" title="Selective Service System">Selective Service System</a> 1940–70, lieutenant general 1956–70, then promoted to general, retired 1973 at age 79.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_S._Harris_Jr." title="Edgar S. Harris Jr.">Edgar S. Harris Jr.</a>, former chief of staff and vice commander in chief of the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> and former commander of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sink" title="Robert Sink">Robert Sink</a>, former commander of the <a href="/wiki/506th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="506th Parachute Infantry Regiment">506th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a> (<a href="/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)">Band of Brothers</a>), the <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">XVIII Airborne Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Army_Corps" title="Strategic Army Corps">Strategic Army Corps</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Moore" title="Hal Moore">Hal Moore</a>, former commander of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Forrester" title="Eugene Forrester">Eugene Forrester</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">United States Army Pacific</a> (Western Command) from 1981 through .1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_W._Becton_Jr." title="Julius W. Becton Jr.">Julius W. Becton Jr.</a>, former commander of the <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a> in Europe, director of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Disaster_Assistance" title="Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance">Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance</a> in the United States Agency for International Development (US AID), and Director of <a href="/wiki/FEMA" class="mw-redirect" title="FEMA">FEMA</a> from 1985 to 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Eldridge_Odom" title="William Eldridge Odom">William Eldridge Odom</a>, head of the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> under president <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, outspoken opponent of the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warrant_(law)" title="Warrant (law)">warrantless</a> <a href="/wiki/Wiretap" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiretap">wiretapping</a> of US citizens.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._Stafford" title="Thomas P. Stafford">Thomas P. Stafford</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> astronaut, flew on <a href="/wiki/Gemini_6A" title="Gemini 6A">Gemini 6A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gemini_9" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemini 9">Gemini 9</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apollo_10" title="Apollo 10">Apollo 10</a> & <a href="/wiki/Apollo-Soyuz_Test_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo-Soyuz Test Project">Apollo-Soyuz Test Project</a>. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1979 as deputy chief of staff, research development and acquisition, Headquarters USAF, <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Cold_War">Post-Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_L._Baptiste" title="Thomas L. Baptiste">Thomas L. Baptiste</a>, deputy chairman, NATO Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Barno" title="David Barno">David Barno</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a> (Ret): former commander of <a href="/wiki/Combined_Forces_Command-Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan">Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan</a> during the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Mutter" title="Carol Mutter">Carol A. Mutter</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a> (Ret): first woman to be promoted to lieutenant general (1 September 1996)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudia_J._Kennedy" title="Claudia J. Kennedy">Claudia J. Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a> (Ret): first woman to be promoted to lieutenant general in the United States Army (17 June 1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Sanchez" title="Ricardo Sanchez">Ricardo Sanchez</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a> (Ret): former commander <a href="/wiki/U.S._V_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. V Corps">U.S. V Corps</a>, former commander of US ground forces in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_V._Wilson" title="Samuel V. Wilson">Samuel V. Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a> (Ret): <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Rangers">Ranger Hall of Fame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delta_Force" title="Delta Force">Delta Force</a> co-founder, former commander of the 6th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">Special Forces</a>: former Deputy to director, <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>, former director of the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a>, former President of <a href="/wiki/Hampden-Sydney_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampden-Sydney College">Hampden-Sydney College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Sylvester" title="John B. Sylvester">John B. Sylvester</a>: former deputy chief of staff for <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bosnia-Herzegovina" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosnia-Herzegovina">Bosnia-Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hertling" title="Mark Hertling">Mark Hertling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Bergman" title="Jack Bergman">Jack Bergman</a>, USMC (Ret): <a href="/wiki/US_Congressman" class="mw-redirect" title="US Congressman">US Congressman</a>, former commander <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">United States Marine Corps Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Helms" title="Susan Helms">Susan Helms</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (Ret): former commander <a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Air Force">14th Air Force</a> and former NASA astronaut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_T._Flynn" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael T. Flynn">Michael T. Flynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a> (Ret): former <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency">Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency</a> (2012-2014) and <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" title="National Security Advisor (United States)">National Security Advisor</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._R._McMaster" title="H. R. McMaster">H. R. McMaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a>: <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" title="National Security Advisor (United States)">National Security Advisor</a> (2017-2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_M._Armagno" class="mw-redirect" title="Nina M. Armagno">Nina M. Armagno</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">USSF</a>: first Director of Staff, Space Staff (Since 2020)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">List of active duty United States three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">United States Army officer rank insignia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_officer_rank_insignia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps officer rank insignia">United States Marine Corps officer rank insignia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">United States Air Force officer rank insignia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Army_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960">List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960">List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960">List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_tombstone_lieutenant_generals" title="List of United States Marine Corps tombstone lieutenant generals">List of United States Marine Corps tombstone lieutenant generals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_leaders_by_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military leaders by rank">List of United States military leaders by rank</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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Then, Congress Stepped In"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Military.com" title="Military.com">Military.com</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 21,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Military.com&rft.atitle=Space+Force+Was+Set+to+Announce+Its+New+Rank+Structure.+Then%2C+Congress+Stepped+In&rft.date=2020-08-27&rft.aulast=Pawlyk&rft.aufirst=Oriana&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.military.com%2Fdaily-news%2F2020%2F08%2F27%2Fspace-force-was-set-announce-its-new-rank-structure-then-congress-stepped.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALieutenant+general+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/526-">10 USC § 526. Authorized strength: general and flag officers on active duty</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-distribution-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-distribution_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-distribution_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/10/subtitles/a/parts/ii/chapters/32/sections/section_525.html">[1]</a> 10 USC 525. Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general officer and flag officer grades.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/10/subtitles/a/parts/ii/chapters/32/sections/section_528.html">[2]</a> 10 USC 528. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 27,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=history.army.mil&rft.atitle=How+many+U.S.+Army+five-star+generals+have+there+been+and+who+were+they%3F&rft.date=2021-01-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.army.mil%2Fhtml%2Ffaq%2F5star.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALieutenant+general+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.army.mil/article/131731/Army_finance_officer_attains_historic_third_star/">Army finance officer attains historic third star (2014-08-13)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-knudsencivilian-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-knudsencivilian_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D14F73D5D157B93C5A8178AD85F468485F9">"Knudsen the Only Civilian To Enter Army at His Rank"</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, p. 9, January 17, 1942</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Knudsen+the+Only+Civilian+To+Enter+Army+at+His+Rank&rft.pages=9&rft.date=1942-01-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fselect.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Fabstract.html%3Fres%3DFA0D14F73D5D157B93C5A8178AD85F468485F9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALieutenant+general+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Tracey" class="mw-redirect" title="Patricia Tracey">Patricia Tracey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral (United States)">VADM</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a> (Ret), was the first woman to be promoted to three-star rank (vice admiral, the Navy rank equivalent to lieutenant general, both being the <a href="/wiki/Military_rank#General,_Flag,_or_Air_Officers" title="Military rank">military grade of O-9</a>), on 13 May 1996.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Note01-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Note01_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The rank of major general originally began as <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_major_general" title="Sergeant major general">sergeant major general</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, and was junior to the rank of lieutenant general. Over time, "sergeant" was dropped and by the late 17th/early 18th century it had been shortened to major general. It was first used in the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Colonies" title="United Colonies">United Colonies</a> (soon to be United States) on 17 June 1775, assigned to <a href="/wiki/Artemas_Ward" title="Artemas Ward">Artemas Ward</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lee_(general)" title="Charles Lee (general)">Charles Lee</a> – second and third in command to Lt. General (rank at that time, as commander of the Continental Army) <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>. As a result, the rank of lieutenant general continues to be senior to major general, even though the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">major</a> has always been senior to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant (United States)">lieutenant</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_general_(United_States)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071228084516/http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/triv4-5m.htm">The Origin of the Ranks and Rank Insignia Now Used by the United States Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120717030648/http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/stories/Ike-fifth-star.htm">Abandoned proposal for six-star rank in Second World War</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/armyorank/blgoa.htm">General of the Armies of the United States and General of the Army of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output 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data-file-width="1883" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=General / Admiral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/70px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/105px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/140px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O11_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=General of the Air Force / General of the Army / Fleet Admiral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US-O11_insignia.svg/50px-US-O11_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US-O11_insignia.svg/75px-US-O11_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US-O11_insignia.svg/100px-US-O11_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1676" data-file-height="1541" /></a></span> </td> <td><sup>[2]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet#United_States" title="Officer cadet">CDT</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Army" title="Officer candidate">OC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">2LT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">1LT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">CPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">MAJ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">LTC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">COL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">BG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">MG</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LTG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">GEN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">GA</a><sup>[3]</sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies" title="General of the Armies">GAS</a><sup>[2]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="5940" data-file-height="4680" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midshipman#United_States_Navy_and_Marine_Corps" title="Midshipman">Midn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Marine_Corps" title="Officer candidate">Cand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">2ndLt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">1stLt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Capt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Maj</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">LtCol</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">BGen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">MajGen</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LtGen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="520" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midshipman#United_States_Navy_and_Marine_Corps" title="Midshipman">MIDN</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Navy" title="Officer candidate">OC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ENS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">LTJG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">LT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">LCDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">CDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">ADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">FADM</a><sup>[3]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet#United_States" title="Officer cadet">Cdt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Air_Force" title="Officer candidate">OT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">2d Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">1st Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Capt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Maj</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lt Col</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig Gen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Maj Gen</a></span> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lt Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Air_Force" title="General of the Air Force">GAF</a><sup>[3]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="708" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet#United_States" title="Officer cadet">Cdt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Air_Force" title="Officer candidate">OT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">2d Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">1st Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Capt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Maj</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lt Col</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig Gen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Maj Gen</a></span> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lt Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="803" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet#United_States" title="Officer cadet">CDT</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Coast_Guard" title="Officer candidate">OC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ENS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">LTJG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">LT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">LCDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">CDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">ADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">PHS Corps</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#PHS_Corps" title="Officer candidate">OC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ENS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">LTJG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">LT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">LCDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">CDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">ADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/NOAA_Flag.svg/23px-NOAA_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/NOAA_Flag.svg/35px-NOAA_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/NOAA_Flag.svg/46px-NOAA_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="691" data-file-height="418" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/NOAA_Commissioned_Officer_Corps" title="NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps">NOAA Corps</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#NOAA_Corps" title="Officer candidate">OC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ENS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">LTJG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">LT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">LCDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">CDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[4]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:lightsteelblue;" colspan="15"><sup>[1]</sup> No universal insignia for officer candidate rank<br /><sup>[2]</sup> No official insignia and not currently listed by the Army as an obtainable rank. <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a>'s GAS insignia: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="General of the Armies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/20px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/30px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/40px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="476" /></a></span> (collar) <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="General of the Armies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/45px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/68px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/90px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> (epaulettes)<br /><sup>[3]</sup> These ranks are reserved for wartime use only, and are still listed as ranks within their respective services<br /><sup>[4]</sup> Grade is authorized by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">U.S. Code</a> for use but has not been created<br /><sup>[5]</sup> Grade has never been created or authorized<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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