List of United States Army four-star generals
This is a complete list of four-star generals in the United States Army, past and present. The rank of general is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Army. It ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army.
There have been 243 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army. Of these, 229 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army; eight were promoted after retirement; five were promoted posthumously; and one was appointed to that rank in the Continental Army, the U.S. Army's predecessor. Generals entered the Army via several paths: 156 were commissioned via the U.S. Military Academy, 47 via Reserve Officer Training Corps at a civilian university, 16 via direct commission, 13 via Officer Candidate School, seven via ROTC at a senior military college, one via ROTC at a military junior college, one via direct commission in the Army National Guard, one via the aviation cadet program, and one via battlefield commission.
List of generals
Entries in the following list of four-star generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army. Each entry lists the general's name, date of rank, active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank, number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank, year commissioned and source of commission, number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank, and other biographical notes.# | Photo | Date of rank | Position | Yrs | Commission | YC | Notes | |
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| 8 | 1775 | 0 | Promoted to General of the Armies, July 4, 1976. U.S. President, 1789–1797. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1776. | |||
1 | 5 | 1843 | 23 | U.S. President, 1869–1877. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1863. Married great-aunt of Navy four-star admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. | ||||
2 | 14 | 1840 | 29 | Superintendent, Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, 1860–1861. Brother of U.S. Secretary of State John Sherman. | ||||
3 | 0 | 1853 | 35 | Died in office. | ||||
4 | 2 | 1875 | 42 | Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1920–1927. | ||||
5 | 7 | 1886 | 42 | Promoted to General of the Armies, 03 Sep 1919. Chairman, Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission, 1925–1926. Awarded Pulitzer Prize for History, 1932; Congressional Gold Medal, 1946. | ||||
6 | 2 | 1888 | 30 | |||||
7 | 1 | 1892 | 37 | President, The Citadel, 1931–1953. | ||||
8 | 15 | 1903 | 27 | Promoted to general of the Army, 18 Dec 1944. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1919–1922. Awarded Medal of Honor, 1942; Congressional Gold Medal, 1962. Relieved, 1951. | ||||
9 | 8 | 1898 | 37 | |||||
10 | 6 | 1901 | 38 | Promoted to general of the Army, 16 Dec 1944. Special Representative of the President in China, 1945–1947; U.S. Secretary of State, 1947–1949; President, American Red Cross, 1949–1950; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1950–1951. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1946; Nobel Peace Prize, 1953. | ||||
* | 0 | 1891 | 49 | Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1924–1926. | ||||
11 | 6 | 1915 | 28 | Promoted to general of the Army, 20 Dec 1944. President, Columbia University, 1948–1953; U.S. President, 1953–1961. | ||||
12 | 3 | 1907 | 36 | Promoted to general of the Army, December 21, 1944; to general of the Air Force, May 7, 1949. | ||||
13 | 2 | 1904 | 40 | Died in office. | ||||
14 | 1 | 1901 | 44 | |||||
15 | 1 | 1914 | 31 | |||||
16 | 7 | 1915 | 30 | |||||
17 | 4 | 1909 | 36 | |||||
18 | 6 | 1917 | 28 | |||||
19 | 8 | 1917 | 28 | President, The Citadel, 1954–1966. | ||||
20 | 3 | 1914 | 31 | |||||
21 | 8 | 1915 | 30 | Promoted to general of the Army, 22 Sep 1950. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977. | ||||
22 | 9 | 1916 | 29 | |||||
23 | 0 | 1909 | 36 | Died in office. Father-in-law of Army four-star general John K. Waters. | ||||
24 | 4 | 1909 | 36 | |||||
25 | 1 | 1906 | 39 | Awarded Medal of Honor, 1945. | ||||
26 | 2 | 1918 | 29 | Special Representative of the President in Berlin, 1961–1962. Son of U.S. Senator Alexander S. Clay; father of Air Force four-star general Lucius D. Clay Jr. | ||||
27 | 7 | 1917 | 31 | U.S. Special Representative to Vietnam, 1954–1955. | ||||
28 | 2 | 1912 | 37 | Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1951–1966. | ||||
* | 0 | 1912 | 39 | Died in office. Father of Army four-star general Sam S. Walker. | ||||
29 | 4 | 1917 | 34 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1986; Congressional Gold Medal, 1990. | ||||
30 | 2 | 1917 | 34 | U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1946–1949; U.S. Under Secretary of State, 1953–1954. | ||||
31 | 4 | 1917 | 34 | |||||
32 | 2 | 1915 | 36 | Special Representative of the President in the Far East, 1954. | ||||
33 | 5 | 1917 | 34 | President, American Red Cross, 1957–1964. | ||||
34 | 1 | 1917 | 35 | |||||
35 | 9 | 1922 | 31 | Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1945–1949; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964–1965; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1966–1969. | ||||
36 | 2 | 1917 | 36 | |||||
37 | 2 | 1916 | 37 | |||||
* | 0 | 1909 | 45 | Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1940–1942. | ||||
* | 0 | 1917 | 37 | |||||
* | 0 | 1911 | 43 | |||||
* | 0 | 1909 | 45 | |||||
* | 0 | 1901 | 53 | |||||
* | 0 | 1908 | 46 | Killed in action. Son of Kentucky Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. | ||||
* | 0 | 1913 | 41 | Died in office. | ||||
* | 0 | 1904 | 50 | Killed in action. | ||||
* | 0 | 1898 | 56 | |||||
* | 0 | 1918 | 36 | Special Representative of the President in China and Korea, 1947. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1985. | ||||
* | 0 | 1904 | 50 | |||||
38 | 2 | 1917 | 37 | |||||
39 | 1 | 1918 | 37 | |||||
40 | 14 | 1920 | 35 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1987. | ||||
41 | 7 | 1919 | 36 | Brother of Army four-star general Charles D. Palmer. | ||||
42 | 6 | 1922 | 33 | |||||
43 | 2 | 1919 | 37 | |||||
44 | 3 | 1922 | 34 | Commissioner, New York State Office of General Services, 1960–1971. | ||||
45 | 6 | 1924 | 32 | |||||
46 | 3 | 1920 | 36 | |||||
47 | 4 | 1925 | 33 | |||||
48 | 3 | 1924 | 35 | |||||
49 | 2 | 1923 | 36 | |||||
50 | 3 | 1924 | 35 | Brother of Army four-star general Williston B. Palmer. | ||||
51 | 2 | 1924 | 36 | |||||
52 | 3 | 1924 | 36 | U.S. High Commissioner, Ryukyu Islands, 1955–1958. | ||||
53 | 3 | 1926 | 34 | U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1963–1967. | ||||
54 | 3 | 1927 | 34 | President, American Red Cross, 1964–1970. | ||||
55 | 2 | 1927 | 34 | |||||
56 | 5 | 1928 | 33 | |||||
57 | 2 | 1929 | 33 | |||||
58 | 8 | 1932 | 30 | Widow married Army four-star general Frank S. Besson Jr. | ||||
59 | 2 | 1930 | 32 | President, Norwich University, 1966–1972. | ||||
60 | 5 | 1929 | 33 | |||||
61 | 3 | 1930 | 32 | |||||
62 | 3 | 1931 | 32 | Son-in-law of Army four-star general George S. Patton | ||||
63 | 4 | 1930 | 33 | |||||
64 | 6 | 1931 | 32 | Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation, 1969–1972. | ||||
65 | 2 | 1930 | 33 | |||||
66 | 1 | 1931 | 33 | President, The Citadel, 1965–1970. | ||||
67 | 6 | 1932 | 32 | Incorporator, National Rail Passenger Corporation, 1970–1971; Member, Board of Directors, AMTRAK, 1971–1974. Married widow of Army four-star general Earle G. Wheeler. | ||||
68 | 4 | 1933 | 31 | |||||
69 | 8 | 1936 | 28 | Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1960–1963; candidate for Republican Party nomination for Governor of South Carolina, 1974. | ||||
70 | 10 | 1936 | 28 | Died in office. Father of Army four-star generals John N. Abrams and Robert B. Abrams. | ||||
71 | 4 | 1930 | 35 | |||||
72 | 3 | 1932 | 33 | |||||
73 | 3 | 1931 | 35 | |||||
74 | 3 | 1933 | 33 | |||||
75 | 4 | 1933 | 34 | Distant cousin of U.S. President James K. Polk. | ||||
76 | 6 | 1935 | 32 | |||||
77 | 3 | 1932 | 35 | |||||
78 | 6 | 1939 | 29 | Staff Secretary/Defense Liaison Officer to the President, 1954–1961; Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1977–1981; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1983–1985. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1961 and 1984. | ||||
79 | 3 | 1933 | 35 | |||||
80 | 3 | 1934 | 34 | |||||
81 | 6 | 1936 | 32 | |||||
82 | 2 | 1932 | 37 | |||||
83 | 1 | 1938 | 31 | |||||
84 | 6 | 1940 | 29 | |||||
85 | 4 | 1935 | 34 | |||||
86 | 3 | 1936 | 33 | |||||
87 | 4 | 1913 | 56 | Director, Selective Service System, 1941–1970. | ||||
88 | 6 | 1938 | 32 | |||||
89 | 5 | 1940 | 30 | |||||
90 | 2 | 1939 | 32 | |||||
91 | 4 | 1939 | 32 | Aunt married Navy four-star admiral Arthur W. Radford. | ||||
92 | 2 | 1937 | 34 | |||||
93 | 2 | 1940 | 32 | Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1966–1969; Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969–1972. | ||||
94 | 5 | 1947 | 26 | Deputy National Security Advisor, 1970–1973; U.S. Secretary of State, 1981–1982; candidate for Republican Party nomination for U.S. President, 1988. | ||||
95 | 5 | 1939 | 34 | Married widow of Marine Corps four-star general Keith B. McCutcheon. | ||||
96 | 4 | 1941 | 32 | |||||
97 | 3 | 1938 | 35 | U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 1981–1985. | ||||
98 | 3 | 1937 | 36 | |||||
99 | 13 | 1943 | 31 | |||||
100 | 5 | 1944 | 30 | |||||
101 | 2 | 1942 | 33 | |||||
102 | 4 | 1944 | 31 | |||||
103 | 4 | 1943 | 33 | Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1970–1974. Father-in-law of Army four-star general David H. Petraeus. | ||||
104 | 7 | 1943 | 33 | |||||
105 | 9 | 1944 | 32 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1992. | ||||
106 | 6 | 1948 | 29 | |||||
107 | 1 | 1946 | 31 | Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 1981–1988. Son of Army four-star general Walton H. Walker. | ||||
108 | 4 | 1942 | 35 | |||||
109 | 4 | 1946 | 32 | |||||
110 | 4 | 1951 | 28 | |||||
111 | 8 | 1950 | 29 | |||||
112 | 2 | 1950 | 29 | |||||
113 | 7 | 1953 | 28 | |||||
114 | 3 | 1949 | 32 | |||||
115 | 2 | 1951 | 31 | |||||
116 | 4 | 1951 | 31 | |||||
117 | 3 | 1951 | 31 | First African-American to achieve the rank of general in the Army. | ||||
118 | 3 | 1951 | 32 | |||||
119 | 2 | 1950 | 33 | |||||
120 | 2 | 1950 | 33 | |||||
121 | 7 | 1953 | 30 | |||||
122 | 3 | 1952 | 32 | |||||
123 | 3 | 1950 | 34 | |||||
124 | 1 | 1949 | 35 | |||||
125 | 7 | 1954 | 31 | U.S. Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994. | ||||
126 | 1 | 1955 | 30 | Died in office. | ||||
127 | 2 | 1953 | 32 | |||||
128 | 5 | 1957 | 29 | |||||
129 | 3 | 1954 | 32 | |||||
130 | 4 | 1953 | 33 | |||||
131 | 2 | 1954 | 33 | |||||
132 | 2 | 1955 | 32 | Relieved, 1989. | ||||
133 | 2 | 1953 | 34 | |||||
134 | 3 | 1953 | 34 | |||||
135 | 4 | 1958 | 30 | |||||
136 | 3 | 1956 | 32 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991; Congressional Gold Medal, 1991. | ||||
137 | 4 | 1958 | 31 | |||||
138 | 4 | 1958 | 31 | Deputy National Security Advisor, 1987; National Security Advisor, 1987–1989; U.S. Secretary of State, 2001–2005. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1991; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991 and, with distinction, 1993. | ||||
139 | 2 | 1956 | 33 | |||||
140 | 4 | 1959 | 30 | |||||
141 | 3 | 1958 | 31 | |||||
142 | 5 | 1959 | 31 | |||||
143 | 3 | 1958 | 32 | |||||
144 | 7 | 1961 | 29 | |||||
145 | 8 | 1962 | 29 | |||||
146 | 3 | 1959 | 32 | |||||
147 | 2 | 1958 | 34 | |||||
148 | 5 | 1959 | 33 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1997. | ||||
149 | 2 | 1960 | 32 | |||||
150 | 4 | 1962 | 31 | Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 2003–present. | ||||
151 | 3 | 1962 | 31 | Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, 2001–2002. | ||||
152 | 3 | 1960 | 33 | |||||
153 | 2 | 1959 | 35 | |||||
154 | 2 | 1964 | 30 | Director, National Drug Control Policy, 1996–2001. | ||||
155 | 5 | 1963 | 31 | |||||
156 | 4 | 1963 | 31 | |||||
157 | 3 | 1963 | 32 | |||||
158 | 2 | 1960 | 35 | |||||
159 | 5 | 1964 | 32 | Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 2002. | ||||
160 | 3 | 1967 | 29 | |||||
161 | 4 | 1966 | 30 | Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for U.S. President, 2004. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000. | ||||
162 | 2 | 1964 | 32 | |||||
163 | 6 | 1965 | 32 | U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009–2014 | ||||
164 | 7 | 1969 | 28 | Brother of Eric Schoomaker | ||||
165 | 4 | 1967 | 31 | |||||
166 | 4 | 1968 | 30 | Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams and brother of Army four-star general Robert B. Abrams. | ||||
167 | 4 | 1967 | 31 | Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, 2005–2007. Distant cousin of Navy four-star admiral Montgomery M. Taylor and great-great-great grandnephew of Montgomery C. Meigs. | ||||
168 | 4 | 1966 | 33 | |||||
169 | 2 | 1963 | 36 | |||||
170 | 2 | 1965 | 34 | |||||
171 | 2 | 1968 | 32 | |||||
172 | 3 | 1967 | 33 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2004. | ||||
173 | 3 | 1969 | 32 | |||||
174 | 3 | 1967 | 34 | |||||
175 | 4 | 1968 | 34 | |||||
176 | 2 | 1968 | 34 | |||||
177 | 3 | 1969 | 33 | Relieved, 2005. | ||||
178 | 6 | 1969 | 33 | |||||
179 | 4 | 1973 | 30 | |||||
180 | 4 | 1970 | 33 | |||||
181 | 8 | 1970 | 33 | |||||
182 | 4 | 1972 | 32 | |||||
183 | 4 | 1968 | 36 | |||||
184 | 4 | 1970 | 34 | |||||
185 | 4 | 1971 | 33 | |||||
186 | 3 | 1969 | 36 | |||||
187 | 4 | 1972 | 33 | Resigned, 2009. | ||||
188 | 5 | 1971 | 35 | U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority, 2005. | ||||
189 | 3 | 1970 | 37 | |||||
190 | 4 | 1974 | 33 | Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–2012. Son-in-law of Army four-star general William A. Knowlton. | ||||
191 | 3 | 1974 | 34 | |||||
192 | 4 | 1972 | 36 | |||||
193 | 5 | 1976 | 32 | |||||
194 | 7 | 1976 | 32 | |||||
195 | 4 | 1975 | 33 | First woman to achieve four-star rank in any service. | ||||
196 | 7 | 1974 | 34 | |||||
197 | 1 | 1976 | 33 | Resigned, 2010. | ||||
198 | 4 | 1974 | 36 | Director, National Security Agency, 2005–2014. | ||||
199 | 3 | 1975 | 35 | |||||
200 | 6 | 1975 | 35 | |||||
201 | 3 | 1979 | 32 | |||||
202 | 3 | 1978 | 33 | |||||
203 | 5 | 1976 | 35 | |||||
204 | 4 | 1980 | 32 | |||||
205 | 4 | 1981 | 31 | Served 12 years in the enlisted ranks before receiving his commission in 1981. First Army National Guard officer to achieve the rank of general. | ||||
206 | 3 | 1979 | 34 | |||||
207 | 4 | 1981 | 32 | |||||
208 | 5 | 1980 | 33 | |||||
209 | 6 | 1978 | 35 | |||||
210 | 5 | 1980 | 34 | |||||
211 | 6 | 1980 | 34 | |||||
212 | 5 | 1980 | 34 | |||||
213 | 5 | 1982 | 33 | Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams and brother of Army four-star general John N. Abrams. | ||||
214 | 2 | 1982 | 34 | |||||
215 | 3 | 1980 | 36 | |||||
216 | 3 | 1981 | 35 | |||||
217 | 4 | 1981 | 35 | |||||
218 | 3 | 1981 | 36 | |||||
219 | 2 | 1982 | 36 | |||||
220 | 2 | 1986 | 32 | |||||
221 | 2 | 1983 | 35 | |||||
222 | 2 | 1982 | 36 | |||||
223 | 2 | 1983 | 35 | |||||
224 | 1 | 1984 | 35 | |||||
225 | 1 | 1984 | 35 | |||||
226 | 1 | 1984 | 35 | |||||
227 | 1 | 1986 | 33 | |||||
228 | 1 | 1985 | 34 | |||||
229 | 0 | 1987 | 33 |
Timeline
1775–1799
In 1775, George Washington was appointed "General and Commander in Chief of the United Colonies" and all its forces. Although Washington ranked as a full general in the Continental Army, he resigned his commission prior to the establishment of the U.S. Army in 1784 and he is therefore considered never to have held the U.S. Army rank of general. In 1798, Washington was commissioned lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and appointed Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States. The following year, Congress created the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, but Washington died before accepting it and the rank lapsed until 1866. Washington was finally promoted to General of the Armies in 1976.ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:10
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1866–1941
The grade of General of the Armies of the United States was revived in 1866, under the name "General of the Army of the United States" to honor the Civil War achievements of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the U.S. Army. When Grant resigned his commission to become President in 1869, William T. Sherman was promoted to fill the vacant grade. Congress specified in 1870 that the rank would expire upon Sherman's retirement, but made an exception in 1888 to promote an ailing Philip H. Sheridan. This title is not to be confused with the later five-star rank of General of the Army.In 1917, the rank of general was recreated in the National Army, a temporary force of conscripts and volunteers authorized for the duration of the World War I emergency. To give American commanders parity of rank with their Allied counterparts, Congress allowed the President to appoint two emergency generals in the National Army, specified to be the chief of staff of the Army, Tasker H. Bliss and later Peyton C. March; and the commander of United States forces in France, John J. Pershing. When March replaced Bliss as chief of staff, Bliss was continued in four-star rank by brevet as the U.S. military representative to the Supreme War Council. In contrast to the previous grade of general held by Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, which was a permanent promotion, this new rank was a temporary appointment that was lost when the officer vacated the position bearing that rank, and while Pershing was ultimately advanced to General of the Armies in 1919, March and Bliss reverted to their permanent grades of major general in the Regular Army when the National Army disbanded in 1920.
In 1929, the temporary rank of general in the Regular Army was reauthorized for the office of chief of staff, whose occupant reverted to major general at the end of his term but was allowed to retire as a full general. When the draft force was reconstituted for World War II as the Army of the United States in 1941, the President was authorized to appoint as many temporary generals in that organization as he deemed necessary. As with the National Army emergency generals, these appointments expired after the end of the war, although postwar legislation allowed officers to retire in their highest active-duty rank.
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bar:taylor from: 1955 till: 1959 color:csa
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bar:porter from: 1965 till: 1969 color:joint text:"Robert W. Porter Jr."
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bar:rosson from: 1969 till: 1970 color:macv
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bar:garrett from: 2019 till: $now color:general text:"Michael X. Garrett"
bar:clarke from: 2019 till: $now color:joint text:"Richard D. Clarke"
bar:funk from: 2019 till: $now color:general text:"Paul E. Funk II"
bar:martin from: 2019 till: $now color:vcsa text:"Joseph M. Martin"
bar:lacamera from: 2019 till: $now color:general text:"Paul LaCamera"
bar:daly from: 2020 till: $now color:general text:"Edward M. Daly"
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id:csa value:rgb legend: CSA
id:vcsa value:rgb legend: VCSA
id:saceur value:rgb legend: SACEUR
id:usareur value:rgb legend: USAREUR
id:fareast value:rgb legend: FECOM/USFK
id:macv value:rgb legend: MACV/MNF-I/ISAF
id:nato value:rgb
id:intel value:rgb
id:joint value:rgb legend: Other_joint
id:general value:rgb legend: Other_Army
id:usa value:rgb
id:usaf value:rgb legend: Non-Army_joint
id:usn value:rgb
id:usmc value:rgb
id:time value:rgb
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color:time
at:1870
at:1880
at:1890
at:1900
at:1910
at:1920
at:1930
at:1940
at:1950
at:1960
at:1970
at:1980
at:1990
at:2000
at:2010
at:$now
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barset:PM
bar:cgusalabel
bar:cgusa
bar:csa
bar:dcsa
bar:vcsa
bar:aef
bar:cincalliedforces
bar:scaef
bar:cgusfet
bar:cinceur
bar:cincusareurcomcentag
bar:cincusareur
bar:cincusareurcomlandcent
bar:cgusareurcomlandcent
bar:cgusareur
bar:cgusaffe
bar:cincswpacgusaffe
bar:scapcincafpac
bar:scap
bar:scapcincfe
bar:scapcincunccincfe
bar:cincunccincfe
bar:cincunccomusfkcgeusa
bar:cincunccinccfccomusfkcgeusa
bar:cincunccinccfccomusfk
bar:cdrunccdrcfccomusfk
bar:cgeusa
bar:cgusaffecgeusa
bar:cincusarpac
bar:cgusarpac
bar:dirmilasst
bar:comusmacv
bar:dcomusmacv
bar:cgagf
bar:cgaff
bar:cgconarc
bar:cgtradoc
bar:cgforscom
bar:cincfor
bar:cgamc
bar:cgdarcom
bar:cjcsusmilrep
bar:cjcs
bar:vjcs
bar:usmilrep
bar:saceur
bar:saceuruscinceur
bar:saceurcdruseucom
bar:dcinceur
bar:dcdruseucom
bar:cdrusafricom
bar:cofsshape
bar:comlandsoutheast
bar:uscincstrike
bar:uscincstrikeuscincmeafsa
bar:uscincred
bar:uscincsoc
bar:cdrussocom
bar:uscinccent
bar:cdruscentcom
bar:cgmnfi
bar:cgusfi
bar:comisaf
bar:comisafcdrusfora
bar:comrscdrusfora
bar:uscincso
bar:cdrussouthcom
bar:saclantuscincjfcom
bar:saclantcdrusjfcom
bar:sactcdrusjfcom
bar:cdrusjfcom
bar:dirnsacomuscybercom
bar:cgafc
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barset:PM
bar:cgusalabel from: 1877 till: 1877 color:white text:"CGUSA"
bar:cgusa from: 1866 till: 1883 color:csa
bar:cgusa from: 1888 till: 1888 color:csa
bar:csa from: 1917 till: 1920 color:csa text:"CSA"
bar:csa from: 1921 till: 1924 color:csa
bar:csa from: 1929 till: $now color:csa
bar:dcsa from: 1945 till: 1947 color:vcsa text:"DCSA"
bar:vcsa from: 1948 till: $now color:vcsa text:"VCSA"
bar:aef from: 1917 till: 1921 color:usareur text:"CG AEF"
bar:cincalliedforces from: 1942 till: 1944 color:usareur text:"CINC Allied Forces"
bar:scaef from: 1944 till: 1945 color:usareur text:"SCAEF"
bar:cgusfet from: 1945 till: 1947 color:usareur text:"CG USFET"
bar:cinceur from: 1947 till: 1952 color:usareur text:"CINCEUR"
bar:cincusareurcomcentag from: 1953 till: 1993 color:usareur text:"CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG"
bar:cincusareur from: 1993 till: 1996 color:usareur text:"CINCUSAREUR"
bar:cincusareurcomlandcent from: 1996 till: 1997 color:usareur text:"CINCUSAREUR/COMLANDCENT"
bar:cgusareurcomlandcent from: 1997 till: 1998 color:usareur text:"CG USAREUR/COMLANDCENT"
bar:cgusareur from: 1998 till: 2011 color:usareur text:"CG USAREUR"
bar:cgusaffe from: 1941 till: 1942 color:fareast text:"CG USAFFE"
bar:cincswpacgusaffe from: 1942 till: 1945 color:fareast text:"CINC SWPA/CG USAFFE"
bar:scapcincafpac from: 1945 till: 1946 color:fareast text:"SCAP/CINCAFPAC"
bar:scap from: 1946 till: 1947 color:fareast text:"SCAP"
bar:scapcincfe from: 1947 till: 1950 color:fareast text:"SCAP/CINCFE"
bar:scapcincunccincfe from: 1950 till: 1951 color:fareast text:"SCAP/CINCUNC/CINCFE"
bar:cincunccincfe from: 1951 till: 1957 color:fareast text:"CINCUNC/CINCFE"
bar:cincunccomusfkcgeusa from: 1957 till: 1978 color:fareast text:"CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA"
bar:cincunccinccfccomusfkcgeusa from: 1978 till: 1992 color:fareast text:"CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA"
bar:cincunccinccfccomusfk from: 1992 till: 2002 color:fareast text:"CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK"
bar:cdrunccdrcfccomusfk from: 2002 till: $now color:fareast text:"CDRUNC/CDRCFC/COMUSFK"
bar:cgeusa from: 1951 till: 1954 color:general text:"CG EUSA"
bar:cgusaffecgeusa from: 1954 till: 1957 color:general text:"CG USAFFE/CG EUSA"
bar:cincusarpac from: 1957 till: 1974 color:general text:"CINCUSARPAC"
bar:cgusarpac from: 2013 till: $now color:general text:"CG USARPAC"
bar:dirmilasst from: 1960 till: 1965 color:joint text:"Director of Military Assistance"
bar:comusmacv from: 1962 till: 1973 color:macv text:"COMUSMACV"
bar:dcomusmacv from: 1967 till: 1968 color:macv text:"Deputy COMUSMACV"
bar:dcomusmacv from: 1969 till: 1972 color:macv
bar:cgagf from: 1945 till: 1948 color:general text:"CG AGF"
bar:cgaff from: 1948 till: 1955 color:general text:"CG AFF"
bar:cgconarc from: 1955 till: 1973 color:general text:"CG CONARC"
bar:cgtradoc from: 1973 till: $now color:general text:"CG TRADOC"
bar:cgforscom from: 1973 till: 1987 color:general text:"CG FORSCOM"
bar:cgforscom from: 1993 till: $now color:general
bar:cincfor from: 1987 till: 1993 color:general text:"CINCFOR"
bar:cgamc from: 1964 till: 1976 color:general text:"CG AMC"
bar:cgamc from: 1984 till: $now color:general
bar:cgdarcom from: 1976 till: 1984 color:general text:"CG DARCOM"
bar:cjcsusmilrep from: 1949 till: 1953 color:cjcs text:"CJCS/USMILREP"
bar:cjcs from: 1953 till: 1957 color:usn text:"CJCS"
bar:cjcs from: 1957 till: 1960 color:usaf
bar:cjcs from: 1960 till: 1970 color:cjcs
bar:cjcs from: 1970 till: 1974 color:usn
bar:cjcs from: 1974 till: 1982 color:usaf
bar:cjcs from: 1982 till: 1985 color:cjcs
bar:cjcs from: 1985 till: 1989 color:usn
bar:cjcs from: 1989 till: 2001 color:cjcs
bar:cjcs from: 2001 till: 2005 color:usaf
bar:cjcs from: 2005 till: 2007 color:usmc
bar:cjcs from: 2007 till: 2011 color:usn
bar:cjcs from: 2011 till: 2015 color:cjcs
bar:cjcs from: 2015 till: 2019 color:usmc
bar:cjcs from: 2019 till: $now color:cjcs
bar:vjcs from: 1987 till: 1990 color:usaf text:"VJCS"
bar:vjcs from: 1990 till: 1996 color:usn
bar:vjcs from: 1996 till: 2001 color:usaf
bar:vjcs from: 2001 till: 2005 color:usmc
bar:vjcs from: 2005 till: 2007 color:usn
bar:vjcs from: 2007 till: 2011 color:usmc
bar:vjcs from: 2011 till: 2015 color:usn
bar:vjcs from: 2015 till: $now color:usaf
bar:usmilrep from: 1953 till: 1956 color:nato text:"USMILREP"
bar:usmilrep from: 1956 till: 1958 color:usaf
bar:usmilrep from: 1958 till: 1960 color:usn
bar:usmilrep from: 1960 till: 1962 color:nato
bar:usmilrep from: 1962 till: 1965 color:usaf
bar:usmilrep from: 1965 till: 1968 color:usn
bar:usmilrep from: 1968 till: 1971 color:nato
bar:usmilrep from: 1971 till: 1974 color:usaf
bar:usmilrep from: 1974 till: 1977 color:usn
bar:usmilrep from: 1977 till: 1980 color:nato
bar:usmilrep from: 1980 till: 1981 color:usaf
bar:usmilrep from: 1981 till: 1982 color:usn
bar:usmilrep from: 1982 till: 1987 color:nato
bar:usmilrep from: 1987 till: 1993 color:usn
bar:saceur from: 1951 till: 1952 color:saceur text:"SACEUR"
bar:saceuruscinceur from: 1952 till: 1956 color:saceur text:"SACEUR/USCINCEUR"
bar:saceuruscinceur from: 1956 till: 1962 color:usaf
bar:saceuruscinceur from: 1962 till: 2000 color:saceur
bar:saceuruscinceur from: 2000 till: 2002 color:usaf
bar:saceurcdruseucom from: 2002 till: 2003 color:usaf text:"SACEUR/CDRUSEUCOM"
bar:saceurcdruseucom from: 2003 till: 2006 color:usmc
bar:saceurcdruseucom from: 2006 till: 2009 color:saceur
bar:saceurcdruseucom from: 2009 till: 2013 color:usn
bar:saceurcdruseucom from: 2013 till: 2016 color:usaf
bar:saceurcdruseucom from: 2016 till: $now color:saceur
bar:comlandsoutheast from: 1968 till: 1978 color:nato text:"COMLANDSOUTHEAST"
bar:dcinceur from: 1952 till: 1954 color:joint text:"DCINCEUR"
bar:dcinceur from: 1954 till: 1956 color:usaf
bar:dcinceur from: 1956 till: 1962 color:joint
bar:dcinceur from: 1962 till: 1998 color:usaf
bar:dcinceur from: 1998 till: 2000 color:usn
bar:dcinceur from: 2000 till: 2002 color:usmc
bar:dcinceur from: 2002 till: 2002 color:usaf
bar:dcdruseucom from: 2002 till: 2006 color:usaf text:"DCDRUSEUCOM"
bar:dcdruseucom from: 2006 till: 2007 color:joint
bar:cdrusafricom from: 2007 till: 2016 color:joint text:"CDRUSAFRICOM"
bar:cdrusafricom from: 2016 till: $now color:usmc
bar:cofsshape from: 1951 till: 1953 color:nato text:"COFS SHAPE"
bar:cofsshape from: 1956 till: 1959 color:nato
bar:cofsshape from: 1960 till: 1969 color:nato
bar:cofsshape from: 1969 till: 1993 color:usaf
bar:uscincstrike from: 1961 till: 1963 color:joint text:"USCINCSTRIKE"
bar:uscincstrikeuscincmeafsa from: 1963 till: 1972 color:joint text:"USCINCSTRIKE/USCINCMEAFSA"
bar:uscincred from: 1972 till: 1987 color:joint text:"USCINCRED"
bar:uscincsoc from: 1987 till: 2000 color:joint text:"USCINCSOC"
bar:uscincsoc from: 2000 till: 2002 color:usaf
bar:cdrussocom from: 2002 till: 2003 color:usaf text:"CDRUSSOCOM"
bar:cdrussocom from: 2003 till: 2007 color:joint
bar:cdrussocom from: 2007 till: 2014 color:usn
bar:cdrussocom from: 2014 till: $now color:joint
bar:uscinccent from: 1984 till: 1985 color:joint text:"USCINCCENT"
bar:uscinccent from: 1985 till: 1988 color:usmc
bar:uscinccent from: 1988 till: 1991 color:joint
bar:uscinccent from: 1991 till: 1994 color:usmc
bar:uscinccent from: 1994 till: 1997 color:joint
bar:uscinccent from: 1997 till: 2000 color:usmc
bar:uscinccent from: 2000 till: 2002 color:joint
bar:cdruscentcom from: 2002 till: 2007 color:joint text:"CDRUSCENTCOM"
bar:cdruscentcom from: 2007 till: 2008 color:usn
bar:cdruscentcom from: 2008 till: 2010 color:joint
bar:cdruscentcom from: 2010 till: 2013 color:usmc
bar:cdruscentcom from: 2013 till: $now color:joint
bar:cgmnfi from: 2004 till: 2010 color:macv text:"CG MNF-I"
bar:cgusfi from: 2010 till: 2012 color:macv text:"CG USF-I"
bar:comisaf from: 2007 till: 2008 color:macv text:"COMISAF"
bar:comisafcdrusfora from: 2008 till: 2011 color:macv text:"COMISAF/CDRUSFOR-A"
bar:comisafcdrusfora from: 2011 till: 2014 color:usmc
bar:comisafcdrusfora from: 2014 till: 2015 color:macv
bar:comrscdrusfora from: 2015 till: $now color:macv text:"COMRS/CDRUSFOR-A"
bar:uscincso from: 1963 till: 1975 color:joint text:"USCINCSO"
bar:uscincso from: 1983 till: 1997 color:joint
bar:uscincso from: 1997 till: 2001 color:usmc
bar:uscincso from: 2002 till: 2002 color:joint
bar:cdrussouthcom from: 2002 till: 2006 color:joint text:"CDRUSSOUTHCOM"
bar:cdrussouthcom from: 2006 till: $now color:usn
bar:saclantuscincjfcom from: 1999 till: 2000 color:usn text:"SACLANT/USCINCJFCOM"
bar:saclantuscincjfcom from: 2000 till: 2002 color:joint
bar:saclantcdrusjfcom from: 2002 till: 2003 color:usn text:"SACLANT/CDRUSJFCOM"
bar:sactcdrusjfcom from: 2003 till: 2005 color:usn text:"SACT/CDRUSJFCOM"
bar:sactcdrusjfcom from: 2005 till: 2007 color:usaf
bar:sactcdrusjfcom from: 2007 till: 2009 color:usmc
bar:cdrusjfcom from: 2009 till: 2011 color:joint text:"CDRUSJFCOM"
bar:dirnsacomuscybercom from: 2009 till: 2014 color:joint text:"CDRUSCYBERCOM/DIRNSA"
bar:dirnsacomuscybercom from: 2014 till: 2018 color:usn
bar:dirnsacomuscybercom from: 2018 till: $now color:joint
bar:cgafc from: 2018 till: $now color:general text:"CG AFC"