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The Army, Air Force and Marine Corps ranks for General (Flag) officers are: Brigadier General (one star) Major General (two stars) Lieutenant General (three stars) General (four stars) Ergo, the rank "above" Lieutenant General is General.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe President, as the civilian Commander in Chief, is above any general but the US doesn't have a commissioned rank above that of General.
At the current time there are only 4 "star" grades in the US Army: Brigadier (1 star), Major General (2 stars), Lieutenant General (3) and General (4).
During WWII a new 5-star rank of General of the Army was created for the top allied commanders - Eisenhower, Bradley, Arnold, Marshall, and MacArthur - because a position was needed that would allow these officers to command many other generals who were themselves already at a 4-star rank. The Navy also created a parallel rank of Fleet Admiral. These positions were equivalent to the European rank of Field Marshal. That name was considered in the US but wasn't used due to the connotations that it held at the time.
During WWI General John Pershing, as sole commander of the US forces, was given the special rank of General of the Armies (plural). No additional stars were assigned but technically it would have been a six-star rank.
About 20 years ago Congress (very) posthumously promoted George Washington to the rank of General of the Armies and declared that no other individual would hold that rank, with the intent that no future commander would be at a higher grade than the first President.
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∙ 15y agoThese are the Officer Ranks for the Marines, Army, and Air Force from greatest to least:
General ----Highest
Lieutenant General
Major General
Brigadier General
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
1st Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant ----Lowest
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∙ 10y agoAny General or Admiral rank. Those would be the one star ranks (Brigadier General in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps; Commodore in the Navy and Coast Guard), the two star ranks (Major General in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps; Rear Admiral in the Navy and Coast Guard), the three star ranks (Lieutenant General in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps; Vice Admiral in the Navy and Coast Guard), and the four star ranks (General in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps; Admiral in the Navy and Coast Guard). This would also include the five star ranks (General of the Army, General of the Air Force, and Admiral of the Navy), if they were put back into service.
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∙ 14y agoIn the US Army and Airforce, a Major is one rank higher than a Captain. In the US Navy a Rear Admiral lower half (1 Star) is one rank higher than a Captain.
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∙ 8y agoBrigadier General.
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∙ 14y agobrigadier (one star)
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∙ 12y agoBrigadier General
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What rank is colonial in us army?
There is no rank called "colonial." The rank "Colonel" is below General and above Lt. Colonel, Major, Captain, and so on.
What rank in army above colonel UK?
Brigander
What is the rank above major?
Lieutenant Colonel, the insignia is a silver oak leaf.
What is Cadet lieutenant colonel?
Very basically speaking, the difference is one step in rank. While a Lt. Colonel is normally referred to a Colonel, a Colonel is sometimes to referred to as a "full bird colonel" to distinguish the difference. In the Army at least, a Lt. Colonel wears a clover leaf rank insignia (silver, I think) but a full Colonel wears an eagle insignia, hence the reference "full bird."
What military rank starts with b above colonel but below major general?
Brigadier general;)
What us officer in the army wears a silver eagle?
An officer in the United States Army who wears a silver eagle is typically a Colonel, which is a rank above Lieutenant Colonel and below Brigadier General. The silver eagle is worn on their collar insignia denoting their rank.
Which is higher rank in US ARMYColonel vs major rank?
It depends which country and branch of service one is speaking of. The American military does not have the rank of Major-Colonel, the ranks of Major, Lt. Colonel and Colonel all out rank a Captain, unless the Captain is Navy or Coast Guard, then he would be equal in rank to the Colonel. In US Military, in all but the Navy, the order of these three ranks from lowest to highest is: * Captain * Major * Lieutentant Colonel * Colonel A Captiain in the Navy is the equivalent in rank of a Colonel in the Army, USAF or USMC
What is higher in rank a major or a colonel?
A Major is an Commissioned Officer is the military where as a Sergeant is an Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO). So yes a Major is higher in rank than a Sergeant.
Is first officer a higher rank than colonel on the titanic?
No, first officer is not a higher rank than colonel on the Titanic. First Officer was a rank within the crew of a ship, while Colonel is a military rank.
What rank follows Major?
Lieutenant Colonel.
How did the word colonel originate?
a colonel is a rank for the u.s army
What was john glenn's final military rank?
colonel
