Star General was created in 1996.
General Campaign Star - Canada - was created on 2004-07-07.
1 . . . Brigadier General 2 . . . Major General 3 . . . Lietenant General 4 . . . General 5 . . . General of the Armies
The very fact that he is addressed as 'General' makes his rank a general. 1 star ; Brigadier 2 star ; major general 3 star ; lieutenant general 4 star ; general 5 star ; field marshal These are the British titles for one to five star.
Star General happened in 1996.
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.
A Brigadier General is the equivalent of a one star general.
A star (1 - 4) Brigadier General = 1 star Major General = 2 stars Lieutenant General = 3 stars General = 4 stars
Admiral of the Fleet is a five-star admiral. This was a rank created near the end of WWII in the US Navy, and bestowed upon King, Nimitz, Halsey and Leahy. At the same time the rank of General of the Army was created as a five star general. There were a total of nine officers promoted to five star rank, and there have been none since.
No, General Colin Powell retired as a Four Star General.
A two star general is a Major General; he or she holds the rank of O-8.
There has never been a black 5-star general. The most recent 5-star general was Douglas McArthur.
Assuming you are talking about the U.S. Military, the rankings are as follows: 4-Star General 3-Star Lt. General 2-Star Major General 1-Star Brigadier General Colonel and so on...