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Addressed as “General” (or four star). This is a senior level Commissioned Officer that has over 30 years of military experience. At this rank, they command all operations that fall under their geographical area. The Chief of Staff of the Army is a four star General.

In the U.S. army, something like 75%-80% of newly-commissioned Second Lieutenants are promoted to First Lieutenant (around age 25), perhaps 75%-80% of First Lieutenants are promoted to Captain (ages 28-29), and 75%-80% of Captains are promoted to Major (around ages 31-33).

In the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Space Force, a first lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer. It is just above the rank of second lieutenant and just below the rank of captain.

In the British Army and in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, a second lieutenant is the lowest ranking commissioned officer. The next higher rank is lieutenant junior grade (U.S. and British), followed by lieutenant and lieutenant commander.

No. If he’s not in a combat related MOS then he’s just the lowest officer in his field. In combat , however , due to casualties, etc. the leadership of an infantry platoon may change.

Originally Answered: Why are second lieutenants so hated by enlisted soldiers? Because the do not have much experience, and this leads them to make mistakes that more experienced officers would avoid.

Yes. In Armed Forces the junior ranks always salute senior officers.

O-6: $130,092. “Full bird” colonels and Navy captains, with an average 22 years of service, are compensated $10,841 per month. Officers who do not promote to become a general or admiral must retire after 30 years of service. At this point, they will be making $11,668 a month, or roughly $140,000 per year.

O-5 (Lt. Col): 39 (join + 16 years) O-6 (Col): 45 (join + 22 years)

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Lieutenants never get much respect. Every rank has some major archetypes, and lieutenants are no different.

He may be the youngest person to hold the rank of brigadier general in the US Army; at the age of 20, he remains the only general too young to vote for the president who appointed him….

He is also the only person to have ever held a five-star rank in two branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. These officers who held the rank of General of the Army remained officers of the United States Army for life, with an annual $20,000 in pay and allowances, equivalent to $294,000 in 2020.

GeneralMark A. Milley

The rarity of blacks in the top ranks is apparent in one startling statistic: Only one of the 38 four-star generals or admirals serving as of May was black. And just 10 black men have ever gained four-star rank – five in the Army, four in the Air Force and one in the Navy, according to the Pentagon.

A select few ascend to the top of the pyramid. In May 2020, there were 19 Black one-star generals in the Army, 15 two-stars, eight three-stars and one four-star, according to Defense Department data. Compare that with white Army generals: 107 one-stars, 90 two-stars, 37 three-stars and 11 four-stars.

(October 11, 1928 – July 22, 1993) was the first African American to become a four-star general in the United States Army.

William Goines (born 1936) is a retired Navy SEAL and the first African American to become a member of the Navy SEALs.

Chris Kyle