four-star general
Army's highest rank
A four-star general is a military officer of the second-highest rank in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, just below a five-star general.
The rank is indicated by four stars worn on the uniform.
Four-star generals typically command major military organizations or serve in top Pentagon positions: She was promoted to four-star general and given command of the entire theater.
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- PentagonU.S. military headquarters
- war roomStrategic planning headquarters
- armyOrganized land-based military
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- generalsfield marshal, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Washington
- military officerscolonel, officers, major, admirals, field marshals
- military rankscaptain, major, sergeant, private, officer
- Top Brassadmiral, commander, colonel, brigadier, commodore
- Air Force Ranksairman, staff sergeant, master sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant
- Army Rankscolonel, major, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, first lieutenant
four-star generalprivate
Restricted to certain parties
buck private · enlisted soldier · recruit · private first class · corporal
four-star generalcivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · conscientious objector · pacifist · draft dodger · private citizen
four-star generalfoot soldier
Basic infantry combatant
grunt · subordinate · rank and file · enlisted man · cannon fodder
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