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The highest ranking officer of the US Marine Corps is Commandant of the Marine Corps Paygrade O-10.
General P.X.Kelley, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, had four stars.
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Because there has never been a General to surrender in that rank like the other ranks
Four Stars for a General. Three Stars for a Lieutenant General. Two Stars for a Major General. One Star for a Brigadier General.
General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps
A 5 star general in the Marine Corps would be called an imposter because there is no such person. The generals in the USMC are Brigadier General ( 1 star ) Major General ( 2 star ) Lieutenant General ( 3 star ) and General ( 4 star ). There is no 5 star general in the USMC. The general who outranks a 4 star general is the Commandant of the Marine Corps but is himself a General ( 4 star ). He is outranked by the Secretary of the Navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
One star: Brigadier General. Two stars: Major General Three Stars: Lieutenant General Four Stars: General Five Stars: General of the Armies (rare).
Harvey Keitel
The stars are used for the various ranks of General, and may be of 1 to 5 stars.
The word is "constellation". No. Most of the stars in a constellation are unrelated; they just happen to be in the same general direction, from our point of view.
A star (1 - 4) Brigadier General = 1 star Major General = 2 stars Lieutenant General = 3 stars General = 4 stars