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The rank of 6-star general is so high in the US military’s hierarchy that it’s only ever been given out three times. One recipient was promoted while he was still alive, while the other two received it posthumously.
In the United States Armed Forces, a six-star rank is a proposed rank immediately superior to a five-star rank, possibly to be worn by the General of the Armies.
The grade is sometimes described as a six-star general, as being senior to the five-star grade of General of the Army, but no six-star insignia was ever officially created and Pershing, the only person to be General of the Armies during his own lifetime, never wore more than four stars. [4]
General is the 28th rank in the United States Army , ranking above Lieutenant General and directly below General of the Army. A general is a General Officer at DoD paygrade O-10, with a starting monthly pay of $18,492.
Ulysses S. Grant posthumously promoted to 'General of the Armies'. President Grant is only the third person to achieve the highest military rank in the United States Army. ST. LOUIS — Former ...
Thanks to a law passed in 1976, our nation's first president—who died more than 200 years ago—is still the military's highest-ranking official.
In the United States Armed Forces, a six-star rank is a proposed rank immediately superior to a five-star rank, possibly to be worn by the General of the Armies or Admiral of the Navy; however, this proposal was never officially recognized by the military or by Congress.
Today, it is the equivalent of a six-star general with autonomous authority equal to the Admiral of the Navy, but senior to General of the Army, General of the Air Force, and Fleet Admiral. How did one attain this an honor and the right to exercise complete control over our Armed Forces?
We previously discussed the nine U.S. Generals and Admirals who attained the prestigious five-star rank. But is there any rank higher than five stars?
In 1976, George Washington was posthumously awarded the American supreme rank of general of the armies, which was described in an Oregon newspaper as a six-star rank. At his death in December 1799, Washington was a three-star lieutenant-general.