A Brigadier General is the equivalent of a one star general.
general army is a higher position than general police as general police is two star rank whereas general army has five star rank.
The rank of one star in the US Army is a Brigadier General.
The rank of the Chief of Staff of the Army is a 4-star general. General Raymond T. Odierno is the CSA (as of December 2014). General Odierno has two bosses; he reports to both the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army.
General of the Army - a 5 star General
General of the Army.
General of the Army- 5 stars, arranged in a circle.
The highest rank is Field Marshal, currently held by Queen Elizabeth's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. It is a purely ceremonial role. Following that is the rank of General which is held by the Chief of the Defence Force (a role that rotates through the heads of the three services) and then Lieutenant General. Therefore if the current Chief of the Defence Force is from the Army then the highest Army rank is General, otherwise it is Lieutenant General.
General of the Army/General of the Navy/Admiral of the Fleet (five stars), which is a special rank reserved for wartime. The highest rank currently is General/Admiral (four stars), with the possibility of holding the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Eisenhower was General of the Army (5 star general) when he retired.
The highest two-star army rank that one can achieve is Major General.
Army, Air Force and Marine Corps: One-star general: Brigadier GeneralTwo-star general: Major GeneralThree-star general: Lieutenant GeneralFour-star general: General Navy: One-star admiral: Rear Admiral (Lower Half)Two-star admiral: Rear Admiral (Upper Half)Three-star admiral: Vice AdmiralFour-star admiral: Admiral Rear Admiral (Lower Half) used to be called Commodore. They got rid of this rank because too many higher-ranking commanders would reject Commodores assigned to their commands with the phrase "send me a real admiral." So now they're real admirals. The Army and Air Force also have a five-star general rank--the Army calls theirs General of the Army, the Air Force calls theirs General of the Air Force. The five-star rank in the Navy is Fleet Admiral. The Marine Corps' rank structure has no five-star rank. Nine men have worn the five-star rank: Generals of the Army
General of the Army (Five Star) Douglas MacArthur is the only person to rise to the rank of Field Marshall of the Philippine Army.