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Lieutenant General Samuel B. M. Young.
Rank is not determined by academic qualifications.
In 1798.
Congress authorized that rank on 25 July 1866.
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 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.
Washington held the rank of Lieutenant General (3-Star) until his death in 1799. In 1976 he was promoted posthumously to General of the Armies of the United States, the highest possible rank. Only Washington and Gen. John J. Pershing (1919) hold the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. During World War II the five-star rank of General of the Army was created. Both this and General of the Army of the United States are inferior to, and should not be confused with, General of the Armies of the United States.
They typically command corps-sized units (20,000 to 45,000 soldiers) Lieutenant General is a temporary rank given to officers only if they are appointed to positions that require the officer to hold such a rank.
They hold the rank of General and are usually titled as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
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.
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