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The rank flag of a major general in the United States Army. This is a list of active duty United States Army major generals collected from publicly available and accessible information.
Position InsigniaPositionPart OfIncumbentU.S. Africa CommandDeputy Director of Operations (J-3), U.S.Not applicableMajor General Tina B. Boyd [9]U.S. Africa CommandDirector, Strategy, Engagement, and ...Not applicableMajor General Garrick M. Harmon [10]U.S. Africa CommandSpecial Assistant to the Commander, U.S.Not applicableMajor General Jeffrey M. Farris [11]U.S. Central CommandChief of Staff, U.S. Central Command ...Not applicableMajor General Brandon R. Tegtmeier [12]Der General mit der längsten Dienstzeit in den Streitkräften überhaupt war Lewis Hershey (USA), der sich 1911 im Alter von 18 Jahren zunächst der Army National Guard des Bundesstaates Indiana verpflichtete und ab Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges in der U.S. Army diente.
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The United States Code explicitly limits the total number of general officers that may be on active duty at any given time. The total number of active duty general officers is capped at 231 for the Army, 62 for the Marine Corps, and 198 for the Air Force. Some of these slots are reserved or finitely set by statute. For example, the Deputy Judge Adv...
To be promoted to the permanent grade of major general, officers who are eligible for promotion to this rank are screened by an in-service promotion board composed of other general officers from their branch of service. This promotion board then generates a list of officers it recommends for promotion to general rank. This list is then sent to the ...
Other than voluntary retirement, statute sets a number of mandates for retirement of general officers (called flag officers in the Navy and Coast Guard). All major generals must retire after five years in grade or 35 years of service, whichever is later, unless appointed for promotion or reappointed to grade to serve longer.Otherwise, all general o...
U.S. Army
The Continental Army was established on June 15, 1775, when the Continental Congress commissioned George Washington as a general and placed him in command of the Army of Observation then besieging Boston. The rank of major general was first established two days later on June 17, 1775, when two major generals were commissioned by Congress. Two more major generals were appointed on June 19. Following the disbanding of the Continental Army at the end of 1783 only one major general, Henry Knox, r...
U.S. Marine Corps
There was no major general in the U.S. Marine Corps until Commandant Charles Heywoodwas specially promoted by Act of Congress in July 1902. From his retirement on October 3, 1903, brigadier general was again the highest rank in the Marine Corps until May 21, 1908, when the rank held by the commandant was raised to major general. It remained the highest rank in the Marine Corps until January 20, 1942, when the rank held by the commandant was raised to lieutenant general.
U.S. Air Force
Given that the United States Air Force evolved from its predecessors, the United States Army Air Service, the United States Army Air Corps (1926–1941), and the United States Army Air Forces(1941–1947), the rank of major general in the Air Force coincides with its establishment as an independent service in 1947.
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This is a list of active duty United States Army major generals collected from publicly available and accessible information. Contents. 1 Joint positions. 1.1 Department of Defense. 1.1.1 Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1.1.2 Defense Agencies. 1.1.3 Joint Staff. 1.1.4 Unified Combatant Commands. 1.2 National Guard. 1.3 Other joint positions.
They are the General of the Army (in the Army, equivalent to the foreign rank of field marshal), Fleet Admiral (in the Navy), and General of the Air Force (in the Air Force). Nine Americans have held five-star ranks, but none currently.
Der General of the Army (deutsch General des Heeres) ist ein Fünfsternegeneral (OF-10) und der zweithöchste mögliche Dienstgrad in der U.S. Army. Der Rang wurde nur an fünf Personen vergeben. Das Äquivalent in der US-Marine dazu ist der Fleet Admiral und in der US Air Force der General of the Air Force.
