List of United States Army three-star generals since 2010

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This is a list of three-star generals in the United States Army since 2010. The rank of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is the second-highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Army, and the first to have a specified number of appointments set by statute. It ranks above major general (two-star general) and below general (four-star general).

There have been 186 three-star generals in the United States Army since 1 January 2010, 30 of whom were promoted to four-star general. Of these, 186 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army; zero were promoted after retirement; and zero were promoted posthumously. Lieutenant generals entered the Army via several paths: 70 were commissioned via the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), 92 via Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at a civilian university, 14 via ROTC at a senior military college, seven via Officer Candidate School (OCS), two via ROTC at a military junior college, and one via direct commission (direct).

List of generals[]

Entries in the following list of three-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 or was promoted to four-star rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army. Each entry lists the general's name, date of rank,^[1] active-duty positions held while serving at three-star rank,^[2] number of years of active-duty service at three-star rank (Yrs),^[3] year commissioned and source of commission,^[4] number of years in commission when promoted to three-star rank (YC),^[5] and other biographical notes.^[6]

The list is sortable by last name, date of rank, number of years of active-duty service at three-star rank, year commissioned, and number of years in commission when promoted to three-star rank.

List of U.S. Army three-star generals since 2010

#	Name	Photo	Date of rank [1]	Position [2]	Yrs [3]	Commission [4]	YC [5]	Notes [6]
1			1 Feb 2010	Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)/Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (PMD(ASA(ALT))/DIRAAC), 2010–2014.	4	1972 (ROTC)[7]	38	-
2	Thomas P. Bostick		2 Feb 2010	Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Army Staff (DCS G-1), 2010–2012. U.S. Army Chief of Engineers/Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CoE/CG USACE), 2012–2016.	6	1978 (USMA)	32	(1956–       )
3	Robert L. Caslen Jr.		3 Mar 2010	Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College/Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG USACAC/CMDT CGSC/DCG-CA TRADOC), 2010–2011. Chief, Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq (COSC-I), 2011–2013. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 2013–2018.	8	1975 (USMA)	35	(1953–       ) President, University of South Carolina, 2019–2021.
4	John E. Sterling Jr.		3 May 2010	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (DCG/COFS TRADOC), 2010–2012.	2	1976 (USMA)	34	(1953–       )
5			5 May 2010	Commander, Allied Force Command Heidelberg (CDRAFC Heidelberg), 2010–2012.	2	1974 (ROTC)	36	-
6	Daniel P. Bolger		21 May 2010	Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Training, Army Staff (DCS G-3/5/7), 2010–2011. Commander, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CDRNTM-A/CDRCSTC-A), 2011–2013.	3	1978 (Citadel)	32	(1957–       )
7			5 Aug 2010	Director, Army Staff (DAS), 2010–2013.	3	1975 (USMA)	35	-
*	Curtis M. Scaparrotti		29 Sep 2010	Commanding General, I Corps, 2010–2011. Commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command/Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan/Commanding General, I Corps (CDRIJC/DCDRUSFOR-A), 2011–2012. Director, Joint Staff (DJS), 2012–2013.	3	1978 (USMA)	32	(1956–       )[8] Promoted to general, 2 Oct 2013.
*	Frank J. Grass		30 Sep 2010	Deputy Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Vice Commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command (DCDRUSNORTHCOM/VCDRNORAD), 2010–2012.	2	1981 (OCS)	29	(1951–       )[9] Promoted to general, 7 Sep 2012.
8	John D. Johnson		9 Nov 2010	Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army/Chief of Staff, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command (CG EUSA/COFS CFC), 2010–2013. Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (DIRJIEDDO), 2013–2015.	5	1977 (VMI)	33	(1952–       )
9			15 Dec 2010	Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command/Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense (CG USASMDC/ARSTRAT/CDRJFCC IMD), 2010–2013.	3	1977 (ROTC)	33	(1955–       )
10	Howard B. Bromberg		4 Jan 2011	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command (DCG/COFS FORSCOM), 2011–2012. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2011. Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Army Staff (DCS G-1), 2012–2014.	3	1977 (ROTC)	36	-
11	Michael Ferriter		5 Jan 2011	Deputy Commanding General Advising and Training, United States Forces – Iraq/Commander, NATO Training Mission – Iraq (DCG (A&T)/CDRNTM-I), 2011. Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management, Army Staff/Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command (ACSIM/CG IMCOM), 2011–2014.	3	1979 (Citadel)	32	(c. 1958–       ) President/CEO, National Veterans Memorial and Museum, 2018–present.
12	Francis J. Wiercinski		21 Mar 2011	Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific (CG USARPAC), 2011–2013.	2	1979 (USMA)	32	(1956–       )
13	Rhett A. Hernandez		25 Mar 2011	Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command (CG ARCYBER), 2010–2013.	2	1976 (USMA)	35	(1953–       )
14			25 Mar 2011	Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 (CIO/G-6), 2011–2013.	2	1973 (ROTC)	38	-
15	J. Michael Bednarek		6 Apr 2011	Commanding General, First Army, 2011–2013. Chief, Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq (COSC-I), 2013–2015.	4	1975 (ROTC)	36	-
16	Donald M. Campbell Jr.		21 Apr 2011	Commanding General, III Corps, 2011–2012. Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe (CG USAREUR), 2012–2014.	3	1978 (ROTC)	33	(1956–       )
*	Vincent K. Brooks		3 Jun 2011	Commanding General, U.S. Army Central/Commanding General, Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CG USARCENT/CG CFLCC), 2011–2013.	2	1980 (USMA)	31	(1958–       ) Promoted to general, 2 Jul 2013.
*	Joseph L. Votel		3 Jun 2011	Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations Command Forward, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRJSOC/CDRJSOC-F), 2011–2014.	3	1980 (USMA)	31	(1958–       )[10] Promoted to general, 28 Aug 2014.
*	John F. Campbell		Aug 2011	Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Training, Army Staff (DCS G-3/5/7), 2011–2013.	2	1979 (USMA)	32	(1957–       )[11] Promoted to general, 8 Mar 2013.
17			2 Aug 2011	Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command/Director, U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center (DCG-F TRADOC/DIRARCIC), 2011–2014.	3	1976 (USMA)	35	-
18	Michael T. Flynn		23 Sep 2011	Assistant Director of National Intelligence, Partner Engagement, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ADNI PE), 2011–2012. Director, Defense Intelligence Agency/Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (DIRDIA/CDRJFCC ISR), 2012–2014.	3	1981 (ROTC)	30	(1958–       ) National Security Advisor, 2017. Brother of Army four-star general Charles A. Flynn.
19			23 Sep 2011	Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, J5/Senior Member, U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Military Staff Committee (Sr. Member MSC), 2011–2013.	2	1979 (USMA)	32	[12]
20			11 Oct 2011	Director, Army Office of Business Transformation (DIROBT), 2011–2013. Director, Army Staff (DAS), 2013–2015.	4	1976 (USMA)	35	-
21			3 Nov 2011	Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics (DCS G-4), 2011–2014.	3	1978 (ROTC)	33	-
22			10 Nov 2011	Director, Program Analysis & Evaluation, U.S. Department of Defense, 2009–2012. Military Deputy for Budget to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (MILDEP ASA(FM&C)), 2012–2014.	3	1979 (USMA)	32	-
23	William E. Ingram Jr.		14 Nov 2011	Director, Army National Guard (DIRARNG), 2011–2014.	3	1970 (OCS)	41	(1948–       )
24			14 Nov 2011	Inspector General, U.S. Army (IG), 2011–2014.	3	1977 (ROTC)	34	(1955–       )
*	David G. Perkins		22 Nov 2011	Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College/Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG USACAC/CMDT CGSC/DCG-CA TRADOC), 2011–2014.	3	1980 (USMA)	31	(1957–       ) Promoted to general, 14 Mar 2014.
25	Patricia D. Horoho		5 Dec 2011	Surgeon General, U.S. Army/Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (TSG/CG MEDCOM), 2011–2015.	4	1982 (ROTC)	29	(1960–       )[13]
26	James L. Terry		10 Jan 2012	Commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command/Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan/Commanding General, V Corps (CDRIJC/DCDRUSFOR-A), 2012–2013. Commanding General, U.S. Army Central/Commanding General, Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CG USARCENT/CG CFLCC), 2013–2014. Commander, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve/Commanding General, U.S. Army Central/Commanding General, Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CDRCJTF-OIR/CG USARCENT/CG CFLCC), 2014–2015.	3	1978 (NGC)	34	(1957–       )
27	Mary A. Legere		2 Apr 2012	Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Army Staff (DCS G-2), 2012–2016.	4	1982 (ROTC)	30	-
28			26 Apr 2012	Director for Defense Intelligence (Warfighter Support) (DDIWS), 2012–2015.	3	1981 (USMA)	31	(1956–       )
29			24 May 2012	Assistant Director of National Intelligence, Partner Engagement, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ADNI PE), 2012–2015.	3	1978 (ROTC)	34	-
30	David D. Halverson		4 Jun 2012	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (DCG/COFS TRADOC), 2012–2014. Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management, Army Staff/Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command (ACSIM/CG IMCOM), 2014–2015. Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management, Army Staff (ACSIM), 2015–2016.	4	1979 (USMA)	33	-
31	Jeffrey W. Talley		9 Jun 2012	Chief, U.S. Army Reserve/Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command (CAR/CG USARC), 2012–2016.	4	1981 (ROTC)	31	(1959–       )
*	Daniel B. Allyn		22 Jun 2012	Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, 2012–2013.	1	1981 (USMA)	30	(1959–       )[11] Promoted to general, 10 May 2013.
*	Robert B. Brown		4 Jul 2012	Commanding General, I Corps, 2012–2014. Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College/Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG USACAC/CMDT CGSC/DCG-CA TRADOC), 2014–2015. Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College/Executive Vice Chancellor, Army University/Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG USACAC/CMDT CGSC/EVC ArmyU/DCG-CA TRADOC), 2015–2016.	4	1981 (USMA)	31	(1959–       ) Promoted to general, 30 Apr 2016.
32	William B. Garrett III		20 Jul 2012	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command (DCG/COFS FORSCOM), 2012–2014. Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command (DCDRUSEUCOM), 2014–2016.	4	1981 (NGC)	31	(1953–       )
33	Charles T. Cleveland		24 Jul 2012	Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (CG USASOC), 2012–2015.	3	1978 (USMA)	34	(1956–       )
34	David R. Hogg		26 Jul 2012	U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 2012–2015.	3	1981 (USMA)	31	(1958–       )
35			27 Jul 2012	Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs, Army Staff (DCS G-8), 2012–2014.	2	1978 (USMA)	34	-
36	Patricia E. McQuistion		2 Aug 2012	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command (DCG/COFS AMC), 2012–2015.	3	1980 (ROTC)	31	-
37			22 Sep 2012	Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber, Joint Staff, J6, 2012–2016.	4	1978 (Norwich)	34	-
38	Frederick B. Hodges III		30 Nov 2012	Commander, Allied Land Command (CDRLANDCOM), 2012–2014. Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe (CG USAREUR), 2014–2018.	6	1980 (USMA)	32	(1958–       )
*	Mark A. Milley		20 Dec 2012	Commanding General, III Corps, 2012–2013. Commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command/Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan/Commanding General, III Corps (CDRIJC/DCDRUSFOR-A), 2013–2014.	2	1980 (ROTC)	32	(1958–       )[14][15] Promoted to general, 15 Aug 2014.
39	Kenneth E. Tovo		13 Feb 2013	Commander, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CDRNTM-A/CDRCSTC-A), 2013. Military Deputy Commander, U.S. Southern Command (MILDEPUSSOUTHCOM), 2013–2015. Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (CG USASOC), 2015–2018.	5	1983 (USMA)	30	(1961–       )
40			8 Mar 2013	Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Training, Army Staff (DCS G-3/5/7), 2013–2015.	2	1980 (ROTC)	34	-
41	Joseph Anderson		6 Jun 2013	Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, 2013–2014. Commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command/Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan/Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps (CDRIJC/DCDRUSFOR-A), 2014. Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, 2014–2015. Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Training, Army Staff (DCS G-3/5/7), 2015–2019.	6	1981 (USMA)	32	(1959–       )
42			27 Jun 2013	Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army/Chief of Staff, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command (CG EUSA/COFS CFC), 2013–2016.	3	1977 (OCS)	36	-
43	Michael S. Linnington		27 Jun 2013	Military Deputy for Readiness to the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (MILDEP USD(P&R)), 2013–2015.	2	1980 (USMA)	33	(1958–       ) Director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 2015–2016.
44			17 Jul 2013	Director, Army Office of Business Transformation (DIROBT), 2013–2016.	3	1980 (ROTC)	33	-
45	Michael S. Tucker		2 Aug 2013	Commanding General, First Army, 2013–2016.	3	1980 (OCS)	33	(1959–       )
46			12 Aug 2013	Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command/Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense (CG USASMDC/ARSTRAT/CDRJFCC IMD), 2013–2017.[16]	4	1981 (ROTC)	32	-
47	Edward C. Cardon		2 Sep 2013	Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command (CG ARCYBER), 2013–2014. Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command/Commanding General, Second U.S. Army (CG ARCYBER), 2014–2016. Director, Army Office of Business Transformation (DIROBT), 2016–2018.	5	1982 (USMA)	31	(1960–       )
*	Robert B. Abrams		3 Sep 2013	Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, 2013–2015.	2	1982 (USMA)	31	(1960–       ) Promoted to general, 10 Aug 2015. Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams and brother of Army four-star general John N. Abrams.
48	Flora D. Darpino		4 Sep 2013	Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army (TJAG), 2013–2017.	4	1987 (direct)	26	(1961–       ) First woman to become Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
49	Perry L. Wiggins		4 Sep 2013	Commanding General, U.S. Army North (CG ARNORTH), 2013–2016.	3	1983 (ROTC)	30	(1962–       )
50	William C. Mayville Jr.		6 Nov 2013	Director, Operations, Joint Staff, J3, 2013–2015. Director, Joint Staff (DJS), 2015–2017. Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (DCDRUSCYBERCOM), 2017–2018.[17]	5	1982 (USMA)	31	-
51			23 Dec 2013	Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 (CIO/G-6), 2013–2017.	4	1983 (ROTC)	30	First African-American to serve as Army chief information officer.
52	Stephen R. Lanza		7 Feb 2014	Commanding General, I Corps, 2014–2017.	3	1980 (USMA)	34	(1957–       )
53	Bennet S. Sacolick		21 Mar 2014	Deputy Director, Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center, 2014–2016.	2	1982 (OCS)	32	-
54	Kevin W. Mangum		28 Mar 2014	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (DCG/COFS TRADOC), 2014–2017.	3	1982 (USMA)	32	(1960–       )
55			4 Apr 2014	Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)/Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (PMD(ASA(ALT))/DIRAAC), 2014–2017.	3	1983 (ROTC)	31	-
*	Raymond A. Thomas III		22 May 2014	Associate Director, Military Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency (ADMA), 2013–2014. Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations Command Forward, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRJSOC/CDRJSOC-F), 2014–2016.	2	1980 (USMA)	34	(1958–       )[10] Promoted to general, 30 Mar 2016.
56	Anthony G. Crutchfield		6 Jun 2014	Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (DCDRUSPACOM), 2014–2017.	3	1982 (ROTC)	32	(1960–       )
57	H. R. McMaster		15 Jul 2014	Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command/Director, U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center (DCG-F TRADOC/DIRARCIC), 2014–2017. National Security Advisor, 2017–2018.	4	1984 (USMA)	30	(1962–       )
58	Patrick J. Donahue II		29 Jul 2014	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command (DCG/COFS FORSCOM), 2014–2017.	3	1980 (USMA)	34	(1957–       )
*	James C. McConville		4 Aug 2014	Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Army Staff (DCS G-1), 2014–2017.	3	1981 (USMA)	33	(1959–       )[11][14] Promoted to general, 16 Jun 2017.
59	Sean B. McFarland		8 Aug 2014	Commanding General, III Corps, 2014–2015. Commander, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve/Commanding General, III Corps (CDRCJTF-OIR), 2015–2016. Commanding General, III Corps, 2016–2017. Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (DCG/COFS TRADOC), 2017–2018.	4	1981 (USMA)	33	(1959–       )
60			12 Aug 2014	Military Deputy for Budget to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (MILDEP ASA(FM&C)), 2014–2017.	3	1981 (ROTC)	34	(1959–       ) First female finance officer in any service to achieve three-star rank.
*	John W. Nicholson Jr.		17 Sep 2014	Commander, Allied Land Command (CDRLANDCOM), 2014–2016.	2	1982 (USMA)	32	(1960–       ) Promoted to general, 2 Mar 2016.
*	Gustave F. Perna		17 Sep 2014	Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Army Staff (DCS G-4), 2014–2016.	2	1981 (VFMAC)	33	(1960–       ) Promoted to general, 30 Sep 2016.
61	Anthony R. Ierardi		11 Dec 2014	Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs, Army Staff (DCS G-8), 2014–2015. Director, Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, Joint Staff, J8, 2015–2019.	5	1982 (ROTC)	32	(1960–       )
62	David E. Quantock		11 Dec 2014	Inspector General, U.S. Army (IG), 2014–2018.	4	1980 (Norwich)	34	-
63			11 Dec 2014	U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority (USSC PNA), 2015–2017.	2	1981 (ROTC)	34	Director, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, 2018–present.
64			27 Mar 2015	Military Deputy Commander, U.S. Southern Command (MILDEPUSSOUTHCOM), 2015–2018.	3	1981 (USMA)	34	-
65	Timothy J. Kadavy		27 Mar 2015	Director, Army National Guard (DIRARNG), 2015–2019.	4	1987 (ROTC)	28	(1963–       )[18][19]
66	Larry D. Wyche		10 Apr 2015	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command (DCG/COFS AMC), 2015–2017.	2	1982 (ROTC)	33	(1957–       )
*	Stephen J. Townsend		5 May 2015	Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, 2015–2018.	3	1982 (NGC)	33	(1959–       )[10] Promoted to general, 3 Mar 2018.
67			7 Jul 2015	Director, Army Staff (DAS), 2015–2018.	3	1980 (USMA)	35	-
68	Ronald F. Lewis		23 Jul 2015	Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, 2015.	0	1987 (USMA)	28	(1966–       )[20] Relieved, 2015.
69	Alan R. Lynn		23 Jul 2015	Director, Defense Information Systems Agency/Commander, Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network (DIRDISA/CDRJFHQ-DoDIN), 2015–2018.	3	1979 (ROTC)	36	-
70			27 Jul 2015	Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (DIRJIEDDO), 2015–2018.	3	1983 (Norwich)	32	-
*	Daniel R. Hokanson		15 Aug 2015	Deputy Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Vice Commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command (DCDRUSNORTHCOM/VCDRNORAD), 2015–2016. Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau (VCNGB), 2016–2019. Director, Army National Guard (DIRARNG), 2019–2020.	5	1986 (USMA)	29	(1963–       )[9] Promoted to general, 3 Aug 2020.
*	Stephen R. Lyons		24 Aug 2015	Deputy Commander, U.S. Transportation Command (DCDRUSTRANSCOM), 2015–2017. Director, Logistics, Joint Staff, J4, 2017–2018.	3	1983 (ROTC)	32	(c. 1962–       )[10] Promoted to general, 24 Aug 2018.
*	John M. Murray		27 Aug 2015	Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs, Army Staff (DCS G-8), 2015–2018.	3	1982 (ROTC)	33	(1960–       ) Promoted to general, 24 Aug 2018.
*	Michael X. Garrett		17 Nov 2015	Commanding General, U.S. Army Central/Commanding General, Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CG USARCENT/CG CFLCC), 2015–2019.	4	1984 (ROTC)	31	(1961–       ) Promoted to general, 21 Mar 2019.
71			30 Nov 2015	Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command (CG IMCOM), 2015–2018.	3	1982 (USMA)	33	-
72			2 Feb 2016	Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army/Chief of Staff, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command (CG EUSA/COFS CFC), 2016–2018.	2	1982 (USMA)	34	(c. 1960–2018)[21]
73	Nadja Y. West		9 Feb 2016	Surgeon General, U.S. Army/Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (TSG/CG MEDCOM), 2016–2019.	3	1982 (USMA)	34	(1961–       ) First African-American woman to achieve the rank of lieutenant general in the Army.
74	Robert P. Ashley Jr.		2 Mar 2016	Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Army Staff (DCS G-2), 2016–2017. Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIRDIA), 2017–2020.	4	1984 (ROTC)	33	-
75	Michael K. Nagata		17 Mar 2016	Deputy Director, Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center, 2016–2019.	3	1982 (ROTC)	34	-
*	Austin S. Miller		24 Mar 2016	Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations Command Forward, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRJSOC/CDRJSOC-F), 2016–2018.	2	1983 (USMA)	33	(1961–       ) Promoted to general, 2 Sep 2018.
76	Todd T. Semonite		19 May 2016	U.S. Army Chief of Engineers/Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CoE/CG USACE), 2016–2020.	4	1979 (USMA)	37	(1957–       )
77	Michael D. Lundy		1 Jun 2016	Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College/Executive Vice Chancellor, Army University/Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG USACAC/CMDT CGSC/EVC ArmyU/DCG-CA TRADOC), 2016–2019.	3	1987 (ROTC)	29	[22]
78	Darryl A. Williams		2 Jun 2016	Commander, Allied Land Command (CDRLANDCOM), 2016–2018. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 2018–present.	6	1983 (USMA)	33	(1961–       ) First African-American superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy.
79	Gwendolyn Bingham		29 Jun 2016	Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management, Army Staff (ACSIM), 2016–2019.	3	1981 (ROTC)	35	(1959–       )
80	Charles D. Luckey		30 Jun 2016	Chief, U.S. Army Reserve/Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command (CAR/CG USARC), 2016–2020.	4	1977 (ROTC)	39	(1955–       )
81	Stephen M. Twitty		15 Jul 2016	Commanding General, First Army, 2016–2018. Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command (DCDRUSEUCOM), 2018–2020.	4	1985 (ROTC)	31	(1963–       )
82	Jeffrey S. Buchanan		26 Aug 2016	Commanding General, U.S. Army North (CG ARNORTH), 2016–2019.	3	1982 (ROTC)	34	-
83	Aundre F. Piggee		30 Sep 2016	Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Army Staff (DCS G-4), 2016–2019.	3	1981 (ROTC)	36	(1959–       )[23]
*	Paul M. Nakasone		14 Oct 2016	Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command/Commanding General, Second U.S. Army (CG ARCYBER), 2016–2017. Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command (CG ARCYBER), 2017–2018.	2	1986 (ROTC)	32	(1963–       )[10] Promoted to general, 4 May 2018.
84	Reynold N. Hoover		26 Oct 2016	Deputy Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Vice Commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command (DCDRUSNORTHCOM/VCDRNORAD), 2016–2018.	2	1983 (USMA)	33	(1961–       )
*	James H. Dickinson		5 Jan 2017	Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command/Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense (CG USASMDC/ARSTRAT/CDRJFCC IMD), 2017–2019. Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command (DCDRUSSPACECOM), 2019–2020.	3	1985 (ROTC)	32	(c. 1962–       )[10] Promoted to general, 20 Aug 2020.
*	Paul E. Funk II		31 Mar 2017	Commander, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve/Commanding General, III Corps (CDRCJTF–OIR), 2017–2018. Commanding General, III Corps, 2018–2019.	2	1984 (ROTC)	33	(1962–       ) Promoted to general, 21 Jun 2019. Son and son-in-law of Army lieutenant generals Paul E. Funk and John J. Yeosock.
85	Gary J. Volesky		3 Apr 2017	Commanding General, I Corps, 2017–2020.	3	1983 (ROTC)	30	(1961–       )
86	Darrell K. Williams		1 May 2017	Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DIRDLA), 2017–2020.	3	1983 (ROTC)	34	-
87	Bryan P. Fenton		12 May 2017	Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (DCDRUSPACOM), 2017–2018. Deputy Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (DCDRUSINDOPACOM), 2018–2019. Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, 2019–2021. Commander, Joint Special Operations Command/Commander, Joint Special Operations Command Forward, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRJSOC/CDRJSOC-F), 2021–present.	5	1987 (ROTC)	30	(1965–       )
88			15 May 2017	Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)/Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (PMD(ASA(ALT))/DIRAAC), 2017–2020.	3	1985 (USMA)	32	Director, Supply, Production, and Distribution, Operation Warp Speed/Federal COVID-19 Response for Vaccine and Therapeutics, 2020–2021.
89	Thomas C. Seamands		26 May 2017	Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Army Staff (DCS G-1), 2017–2020.	3	1981 (ROTC)	36	(1959–       )
*	Laura J. Richardson		9 Jun 2017	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command (DCG/COFS FORSCOM), 2017–2019. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2018–2019. Commanding General, U.S. Army North (CG ARNORTH), 2019–2021.	4	1986 (ROTC)	31	(1963–       )[10] Promoted to general, 29 Oct 2021. Married to Army lieutenant general James M. Richardson.
90	Charles N. Pede		14 Jul 2017	Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army (TJAG), 2017–2021.	4	1984 (ROTC)	33	[24]
91	Charles W. Hooper		31 Jul 2017	Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DIRDSCA), 2017–2020.	3	1979 (USMA)	41	-
*	Richard D. Clarke Jr.		1 Aug 2017	Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, J5/Senior Member, U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Military Staff Committee (Sr. Member MSC), 2017–2019.	2	1984 (USMA)	33	(1960–       )[10] Promoted to general, 29 Mar 2019.
*	Edward M. Daly		1 Aug 2017	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command (DCG/COFS AMC), 2017–2020.	3	1987 (USMA)	30	(1965–       ) Promoted to general, 2 Jul 2020.
92	Thomas A. Horlander		3 Aug 2017	Military Deputy for Budget to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (MILDEP ASA(FM&C)), 2017–2021.	4	1983 (OCS)	34	-
93			17 Aug 2017	Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 (CIO/G-6), 2017–2020.	3	1986 (ROTC)	31	-
94	Eric P. Wendt		31 Oct 2017	U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority (USSC PNA), 2017–2019. Commander, NATO Special Operations Headquarters (CDRNSHQ), 2019–2021.	4	1986 (ROTC)	31	[25]
95	Michael A. Bills		5 Jan 2018	Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army/Chief of Staff, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command (CG EUSA/COFS CFC), 2018–2020.	2	1983 (ROTC)	35	(1958–       )
*	Christopher G. Cavoli		18 Jan 2018	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe (CG USAREUR), 2018–2020.	2	1987 (ROTC)	31	(c. 1965–       ) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2020.
*	Paul J. LaCamera		19 Jan 2018	Commander, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve/Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps (CDRCJTF-OIR), 2018–2019.	1	1985 (USMA)	33	(1963–       ) Promoted to general, 18 Nov 2019.
96	Scott D. Berrier		30 Jan 2018	Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Army Staff (DCS G-2), 2018–2020. Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIRDIA), 2020–present.	4	1983 (ROTC)	35	(1962–       )
97	Leslie C. Smith		7 Feb 2018	Inspector General, U.S. Army (IG), 2018–2021.	3	1983 (ROTC)	35	-
98	Theodore D. Martin		2 Mar 2018	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (DCG/COFS TRADOC), 2018–2021. Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College/Executive Vice Chancellor, Army University/Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG USACAC/CMDT CGSC/EVC ArmyU/DCG-CA TRADOC), 2021–present.	4	1983 (USMA)	35	(1960–       )
99	Eric J. Wesley		12 Apr 2018	Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command/Director, U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center (DCG-F TRADOC/DIRARCIC), 2018. Deputy Commanding General, Futures and Concepts, U.S. Army Futures Command/Director, Futures and Concepts Center (DCG, FC AFC/DIRFCC), 2018–2020.	2	1986 (USMA)	32	(1964–       )
100	Stephen G. Fogarty		11 May 2018	Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command (CG ARCYBER), 2018–2021.	3	1983 (NGC)	35	(c. 1965–       )
101			24 May 2018	Deputy Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DEPDIRDTRA), 2018–2020.	2	1987 (ROTC)	31	-
102	Francis M. Beaudette		8 Jun 2018	Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (CG USASOC), 2018–2021.	3	1989 (Citadel)	29	-
*	Joseph M. Martin		2 Jul 2018	Director, Army Staff (DAS), 2018–2019.	1	1986 (USMA)	32	(1962–       )[11] Promoted to general, 26 Jul 2019.
103			3 Aug 2018	Commander, Allied Land Command (CDRLANDCOM), 2018–2020.	2	1986 (USMA)	32	(1961–       )
104	James F. Pasquarette		29 Aug 2018	Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs, Army Staff (DCS G-8), 2018–2021.	3	1983 (ROTC)	35	(1961–       )
105	Bradley A. Becker		5 Sep 2018	Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command (CG IMCOM), 2018–2019.	1	1986 (ROTC)	32	-
106	James M. Richardson		5 Sep 2018	Deputy Commanding General, Combat Development, U.S. Army Futures Command (DCG, CD AFC), 2018–present. Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command (CG AFC), 2021–present.	4	1983 (ROTC)	35	(1960–       ) Married to Army four-star general Laura J. Richardson.
107	Thomas S. James Jr.		9 Oct 2018	Commanding General, First Army, 2018–2021.	3	1985 (Citadel)	33	-
108	James E. Rainey		12 Oct 2018	Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan/Deputy Chief of Staff Security Assistance, Headquarters Resolute Support Mission (CDRCSTC-A/DCS SA, RSM), 2018–2019. Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center/Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CG USACAC/CMDT CGSC), 2019–2021. Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Training, Army Staff (DCS G-3/5/7), 2021–present.	4	1987 (ROTC)	33	-
109	Andrew P. Poppas		28 Feb 2019	Director, Operations, Joint Staff, J3, 2019–2020. Director, Joint Staff (DJS), 2020–present.	3	1988 (USMA)	31	(c. 1965–       )
110	Terry R. Ferrell		8 Mar 2019	Commanding General, U.S. Army Central/Commanding General, Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CG USARCENT/CG CFLCC), 2019–2021.	2	1984 (ROTC)	35	(1962–       )
111	Karen H. Gibson		28 Mar 2019	Deputy Director of National Intelligence, National Security Partnerships (DDNI NSP), 2019–2020.	1	1988 (ROTC)	30	Sergeant at Arms, U.S. Senate, 2021–present.
112	L. Neil Thurgood		29 Mar 2019	Director, Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space and Rapid Acquisition, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), 2019–present.	3	1983 (ROTC)	36	-
113	Walter E. Piatt		30 May 2019	Director, Army Staff (DAS), 2019–present.	3	1987 (ROTC)	32	-
114	Robert P. White		5 Jun 2019	Commander, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve/Commanding General, III Corps (CDRCJTF-OIR), 2019–2020. Commanding General, III Corps, 2020–present.	3	1986 (ROTC)	33	(1963–       )
115	Leopoldo A. Quintas Jr.		17 Jun 2019	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command (DCG/COFS FORSCOM), 2019–2021.	2	1986 (USMA)	33	(1964–       )
*	Charles A. Flynn		27 Jun 2019	Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Training, Army Staff (DCS G-3/5/7), 2019–2021.	2	1985 (ROTC)	34	(c. 1963–       ) Promoted to general, 4 Jun 2021. Brother of Army lieutenant general and former National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn.
116	Ronald J. Place		3 Sep 2019	Director, Defense Health Agency (DIRDHA), 2019–present.	3	1990 (ROTC)	29	-
117	Duane A. Gamble		16 Sep 2019	Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Army Staff (DCS G-4), 2019–present.	3	1985 (ROTC)	34	-
118	R. Scott Dingle		27 Sep 2019	Surgeon General, U.S. Army (TSG), 2019–2020. Surgeon General, U.S. Army/Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (TSG/CG MEDCOM), 2020–present.	3	1988 (ROTC)	31	(1965–       )
119	Jason T. Evans		27 Sep 2019	Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations, Army Staff (DCS G-9), 2019–present.	3	1981 (WMA)	38	-
120	Ricky L. Waddell		27 Sep 2019	Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (ACJCS), 2018–2021.	2	1982 (USMA)	37	(1959–       ) Deputy National Security Advisor, 2017–2018.
121	Michael E. Kurilla		7 Oct 2019	Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, 2019–present.	3	1988 (USMA)	31	(1966–       )
122	Mark C. Schwartz		3 Nov 2019	U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority (USSC PNA), 2019–2021.	2	1987 (ROTC)	32	-
123	E. John Deedrick Jr.		30 Nov 2019	Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan/Deputy Chief of Staff Security Assistance, Headquarters Resolute Support Mission (CDRCSTC-A/DCOFS-SA), 2019–2021. U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 2021–present.	3	1988 (Citadel)	31	-
124	Daniel L. Karbler		6 Dec 2019	Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command/Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense (CG USASMDC/ARSTRAT/CDRJFCC IMD), 2019–present.	3	1987 (USMA)	32	-
125	Douglas M. Gabram		22 Jan 2020	Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command (CG IMCOM), 2020–present.	2	1984 (ROTC)	36	-
126	Randy A. George		4 Feb 2020	Commanding General, I Corps, 2020–2021. Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, 2021–present.	2	1988 (USMA)	32	-
127	Robert L. Marion		2 May 2020	Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)/Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (PMD(ASA(ALT))/DIRAAC), 2020–present.	2	1988 (ROTC)	32	-
128	David G. Bassett		4 Jun 2020	Director, Defense Contract Management Agency (DIRDCMA), 2020–present.	2	1988 (ROTC)	32	-
129	Flem B. Walker Jr.		2 Jul 2020	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command (DCG/COFS AMC), 2020–present.	2	1987 (ROTC)	33	-
130	Thomas H. Todd III		13 Jul 2020	Deputy Commanding General, Acquisition and Systems Management, U.S. Army Futures Command/Director, Combat Systems Directorate (DCG ASM, AFC/DIRCSD), 2020–present.	2	1989 (Citadel)	31	-
131	Michael L. Howard		21 Jul 2020	Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command (DCDRUSEUCOM), 2020–present.	2	1986 (ROTC)	34	-
132	Jody J. Daniels		28 Jul 2020	Chief, U.S. Army Reserve/Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command (CAR/CG USARC), 2020–present.	2	1983 (ROTC)	37	(c. 1964–       )
133	Gary M. Brito		2 Aug 2020	Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Army Staff (DCS G-1), 2020–present.	2	1987 (ROTC)	35	(1964–       )
134	Jon A. Jensen		3 Aug 2020[26]	Director, Army National Guard (DIRARNG), 2020–present.	2	1989 (OCS)	31	(1963–       )
135	Roger L. Cloutier Jr.		4 Aug 2020	Commander, Allied Land Command (CDRLANDCOM), 2020–present.	2	1988 (ROTC)	32	-
136	John S. Kolasheski		4 Aug 2020	Commanding General, V Corps, 2020–present.	2	1989 (ROTC)	31	-
137	John B. Morrison Jr.		4 Aug 2020	Deputy Chief of Staff, Cyber, Army Staff (DCS G-6), 2020–present.	2	1986 (ROTC)	34	-
138	Paul T. Calvert		9 Sep 2020	Commander, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CDRCJTF-OIR), 2020–2021. Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command (DCG/COFS FORSCOM), 2021–present.	2	1987 (NGC)	33	-
139	Scott A. Spellmon		10 Sep 2020	U.S. Army Chief of Engineers/Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CoE/CG USACE), 2020–present.	2	1986 (USMA)	34	(1963–       )
140	Laura A. Potter		14 Sep 2020	Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Army Staff (DCS G-2), 2020–present.	2	1989 (ROTC)	31	(1971–       )
141	James J. Mingus		1 Oct 2020	Director, Operations, Joint Staff, J3, 2020–present.	2	1985 (ROTC)	35	(1964–       )
142	Willard M. Burleson III		2 Oct 2020	Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army/Chief of Staff, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command (CG EUSA/COFS CFC), 2020–present.	2	1988 (USMA)	32	-
143	D. Scott McKean		2 Nov 2020	Deputy Commanding General, Futures and Concepts, U.S. Army Futures Command/Director, Futures and Concepts Center (DCG, FC AFC/DIRFCC), 2020–present.	2	1990 (USMA)	30	(1968–       )
144	A.C. Roper Jr.		4 May 2021	Deputy Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Vice Commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command (DCDRUSNORTHCOM/VCDRNORAD), 2021–present.	1	1983 (ROTC)	38	(1963–       ) First African-American in the Army Reserve to achieve the rank of lieutenant general.
145	Maria R. Gervais		28 May 2021	Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (DCG/COFS TRADOC), 2021–present.	1	1987 (ROTC)	34	-
146	Erik C. Peterson		2 Jun 2021	Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs, Army Staff (DCS G-8), 2021–present.	1	1986 (ROTC)	35	-
147	Antonio A. Aguto Jr.		8 Jul 2021	Commanding General, First Army, 2021–present.	1	1988 (USMA)	33	(1966–       )
148	Stuart W. Risch		12 Jul 2021	Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army (TJAG), 2021–present.	1	1984 (ROTC)	37	-
149	Paul A. Chamberlain		2 Aug 2021	Military Deputy for Budget to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (MILDEP ASA(FM&C)), 2021–present.	1	1988 (ROTC)	33	-
150	Ronald P. Clark		4 Aug 2021	Commanding General, U.S. Army Central/Commanding General, Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CG USARCENT/CG CFLCC), 2021–present.	1	1988 (USMA)	33	-
151	Jonathan P. Braga		13 Aug 2021	Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (CG USASOC), 2021–present.	1	1991 (USMA)	30	(1969–       )
152	Donna W. Martin		2 Sep 2021	Inspector General, U.S. Army (IG), 2021–present.	1	1988 (ROTC)	33	First woman to be Inspector General of the United States Army.
153	John R. Evans Jr.		9 Sep 2021	Commanding General, U.S. Army North (CG ARNORTH), 2021–present.	1	1988 (ROTC)	33	-
154	Xavier T. Brunson		1 Oct 2021	Commanding General, I Corps, 2021–present.	1	1990 (ROTC)	31	-
155	Antonio M. Fletcher		15 Oct 2021	Commander, NATO Special Operations Headquarters (CDRNSHQ), 2021–present.	1	1989 (USMA)	32	-
156	Michael R. Fenzel		2 Nov 2021	U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority (USSC PNA), 2021–present.	1	1989 (ROTC)	32	(1967–       )

Timeline[]

Three-star positions (2010 onwards)[]

Three-star generals (2010 onwards)[]

History[]

Quasi-War[]

George Washington

The rank of lieutenant general in the United States Army was established in 1798 when President John Adams commissioned George Washington in that grade to command the armies of the United States during the Quasi-War with France. The next year, Congress replaced the office of lieutenant general with that of General of the Armies of the United States but Washington died before accepting the new commission, remaining a lieutenant general until posthumously promoted to General of the Armies in 1976.^[27]

Mexican War[]

Winfield Scott

In 1855 Congress rewarded the Mexican War service of Major General Winfield Scott by authorizing his promotion to brevet lieutenant general, to rank from March 29, 1847, the date of the Mexican surrender at the Siege of Veracruz.^[28] As a lieutenant general only by brevet, Scott remained in the permanent grade of major general but was entitled to be paid as a lieutenant general from the date of his brevet commission, resulting in a public tussle with Secretary of War Jefferson Davis over the amount of backpay Scott was owed. Congress resolved all issues in Scott's favor once Davis left office in 1857, and allowed Scott to retire at full pay in 1861.^[29]

Civil War[]

John M. Schofield

The grade of lieutenant general was revived in February 1864 to allow President Abraham Lincoln to promote Major General Ulysses S. Grant to command the armies of the United States during the American Civil War. After the war, Grant was promoted to general and his vacant lieutenant general grade was filled by Major General William T. Sherman. When Grant became President in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as general and Major General Philip H. Sheridan succeeded Sherman as lieutenant general. Congress suspended further promotions to general and lieutenant general in 1870, but made an exception in 1888 to promote Sheridan on his deathbed by discontinuing the grade of lieutenant general and merging it with the grade of general.^[30]

In 1895 Congress briefly revived the grade of lieutenant general to promote Sheridan's successor as commanding general of the Army, Major General John M. Schofield. Schofield had lobbied for the grade to be permanently reestablished in order to cement the primacy of all future commanding generals over the Army's other major generals. However, Congress regarded the lieutenant generalcy as the penultimate military accolade, second only to promotion to full general, and refused to devalue the title's significance by conferring it on any future commanding general less eminent than previous recipients. Instead, Schofield himself was promoted to lieutenant general as a one-time personal honor eight months before he retired.^[31] In retirement Schofield argued that the rank of lieutenant general ought to be permanently associated with the office of commanding general, not the individual officers occupying it, and that an officer serving as commanding general should hold the ex officio rank of lieutenant general while so detailed but revert to his permanent grade of major general upon leaving office. Over the next five decades, Schofield's concept of lieutenant general as temporary ex officio rank would slowly prevail over the concept of lieutenant general as permanent personal grade.^[32]

Spanish–American War[]

Henry C. Corbin

The question of whether the lieutenant generalcy should be a permanent personal grade or a temporary ex officio rank was phrased in terms of the line of the Army, whose officers commanded combat formations, and its staff, whose officers performed specialized support functions. Permanent personal promotions to general officer grades were only available in the line, but staff officers could temporarily acquire general officer rank while detailed to an office bearing that statutory rank, so officers holding the permanent grade of general officer were called general officers of the line and ex officio general officers were called general officers of the staff.^[33]

Arthur MacArthur Jr.

In June 1900 Schofield's successor as commanding general, Major General Nelson A. Miles, was made a lieutenant general of the staff by an amendment to the United States Military Academy appropriations bill that granted the rank of lieutenant general to the senior major general of the line commanding the Army.^[34] Eight months later, the 1901 Army reorganization bill replaced this ex officio rank with the permanent grade of lieutenant general of the line.^[35] When Miles retired in 1903, the senior major general was Adjutant General Henry C. Corbin, but as a staff corps officer Corbin was ineligible to command the Army, so the lieutenant generalcy went instead to the senior major general of the line, Samuel B. M. Young. Young reached the statutory retirement age five months later and was succeeded by Adna R. Chaffee. Seniority and scheduled retirements suggested that Chaffee would be succeeded in 1906 by Arthur MacArthur Jr., but both Corbin and Major General John C. Bates were scheduled to retire for age that year and it was decided that MacArthur's ascension would not be materially delayed by first promoting Bates and Corbin to lieutenant general for the few months of active duty remaining to them.^[36]

Corbin's promotion became controversial when he declined to be detailed as chief of staff of the Army. Corbin felt the chief of staff should be a younger officer with the time and energy to enact a long-range program, not a superannuated placeholder on the cusp of retirement, so when Bates retired Corbin became lieutenant general but Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell became chief of staff.^[37] However, by divorcing the Army's highest grade from its highest office, Corbin had again reduced the lieutenant generalcy to a personal honor. Many in Congress believed Corbin was not in the same class as Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and Schofield, and pressed to abolish the lieutenant generalcy immediately, but after a heated debate MacArthur's supporters managed to preserve the grade until after MacArthur's promotion.^[38]

MacArthur was promoted to lieutenant general in August 1906. Since he was the last Civil War officer expected to succeed to the grade, Congress stopped further promotions to lieutenant general in March 1907 and stated that the active-duty grade would be abolished when MacArthur retired.^[39] Later that month, MacArthur asked to be relieved of his duties, disgruntled at his anomalous position of being the ranking officer of the Army yet consigned to the command of a mere division and subject to orders from an officer he outranked, Chief of Staff Bell, whose four-year term extended beyond MacArthur's statutory retirement date. MacArthur returned home to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he marked time writing up travel reports until he retired in 1909.^[40]

World War I[]

Hunter Liggett

In October 1917, Congress authorized the President to appoint as generals the chief of staff of the Army and the commander of the United States forces in France, and as lieutenant generals the commanders of the field armies and army corps, so that they would not be outranked by their counterparts in allied European armies. Unlike previous incarnations, these new grades were time-limited, authorized only for the duration of the World War I emergency, after which their bearers would revert to their lower permanent grades. The commander of the American Expeditionary Force, Major General John J. Pershing, was immediately appointed emergency general, as were two successive Army chiefs of staff, but no emergency lieutenant generals were named for over a year because the armies they would command had not yet been organized.^[41]

On October 21, 1918, Major Generals Hunter Liggett, commander of the First Army, and Robert L. Bullard, commander of the Second Army, were nominated to be emergency lieutenant generals, less than three weeks before the Armistice.^[42] With victory imminent, Secretary of War Newton D. Baker sought legislation to reward the Army's high commanders by making their emergency grades permanent. However, Army Chief of Staff Peyton C. March had alienated many members of Congress by unilaterally reorganizing the Army without their input and his enemies blocked every effort to honor any officer but Pershing with higher rank. In the end, Pershing was promoted to permanent General of the Armies, but March, Liggett, and Bullard reverted to their permanent grades of major general when their emergency grades expired on July 1, 1920.^[43]

Edgar Jadwin

After the war, there were a number of unsuccessful attempts to retire as lieutenant generals a list of officers that variously included Major Generals March, Liggett, Bullard, Enoch H. Crowder, Joseph T. Dickman, Leonard Wood, , James G. Harbord, James W. McAndrew, Henry P. McCain, Charles P. Summerall, Ernest Hinds, , William Campbell Langfitt, and George W. Goethals; Surgeon General Merritte W. Ireland; and Colonel William L. Kenly.^[44] Finally, on August 7, 1929, the Army chief of engineers, Major General Edgar Jadwin, was retired as a lieutenant general by a 1915 law that automatically promoted officers one grade upon retirement if they had helped build the Panama Canal.^[45] There was some consternation that a peacetime staff corps officer had secured more or less by chance a promotion deliberately withheld from the victorious field commanders of World War I, so the year after Jadwin's promotion all World War I officers were advanced to their highest wartime ranks on the retired list, including Liggett and Bullard.^[46]

In 1942, Congress allowed retired Army generals to be advanced one grade on the retired list or posthumously if they had been recommended in writing during World War I for promotion to a higher rank which they had not since received, provided they had also been awarded the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, or the Distinguished Service Medal; retired Major Generals James G. Harbord and William M. Wright were both advanced to lieutenant general under this provision.^[47]

Interwar[]

Walter C. Short

After Pershing retired in 1924, the rank of the Army chief of staff reverted to major general, the highest permanent grade in the peacetime Army. However, the Navy continued to maintain three ex officio vice admirals and four ex officio admirals, including the chief of naval operations, so in 1929 Congress raised the ex officio rank of the Army chief of staff to full general.^[48] In 1939 Congress also assigned the ex officio rank of lieutenant general to the major generals of the Regular Army specifically assigned to command each of the four field armies, allowing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to appoint the first new active-duty lieutenant generals since World War I: First Army commander Hugh A. Drum, Second Army commander Stanley H. Ford, Third Army commander Stanley D. Embick, and Fourth Army commander Albert J. Bowley. Congress extended similar rank in July 1940 to the major generals commanding the Panama Canal and Hawaiian Departments.^[49]

As general officers of the staff, these new lieutenant generals bore three-star rank only while actually commanding a field army or department, and reverted to their permanent two-star rank upon being reassigned or retired. However, during World War II most lieutenant generals of the staff received concurrent personal appointments as temporary lieutenant generals in the Army of the United States so that they could be reassigned without loss of rank. Postwar legislation allowed officers to retire in their highest temporary grades, so most lieutenant generals of the staff eventually retired at that rank.^[50] Of the lieutenant generals of the staff who were never appointed temporary lieutenant generals, Albert J. Bowley, Stanley H. Ford, Charles D. Herron, Daniel Van Voorhis, Herbert J. Brees, and Walter C. Short retired as major generals upon reaching the statutory retirement age; and Lloyd R. Fredendall qualified to retire in grade due to physical disability incurred during his term as lieutenant general. After the war, Brees and Short both applied to be advanced to lieutenant general on the retired list under a 1948 law; Brees was promoted but the administration specifically declined to advance Short, who had been relieved of command of the Hawaiian Department a few days after the defeat at Pearl Harbor.^[51]

World War II[]

Delos C. Emmons

In September 1940, Congress authorized the President to appoint Regular Army officers to temporary higher grades in the Army of the United States during time of war or national emergency. The first temporary lieutenant general appointed under this authority was Major General Delos C. Emmons, Commander, General Headquarters Air Force; followed by Major General Lesley J. McNair, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, U.S. Army. In July 1941, retired four-star general Douglas MacArthur was recalled to active duty and appointed temporary lieutenant general as Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East.^[52]

Dozens of officers were promoted to temporary lieutenant general during World War II. Lieutenant generals typically commanded one of the numbered field armies or air forces; served as deputy theater commanders; or headed major headquarters staffs, administrative commands, or support organizations. Officers were only allowed to retire in their temporary grades if they were retired due to disability incurred in the line of duty, but those compelled by good health to retire in a lower grade were eventually restored to their highest wartime ranks on the retired list.^[53]

Subject to Senate approval, anyone could be appointed temporary lieutenant general, even a civilian. In January 1942, the outgoing Director General of the Office of Production Management, William S. Knudsen, was commissioned temporary lieutenant general in the Army of the United States, the only civilian ever to join the Army at such a high initial rank.^[54]

Postwar[]

John W. O'Daniel

The modern office of lieutenant general was established by the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, which authorized the President to designate certain positions of importance and responsibility to carry the ex officio rank of general or lieutenant general, to be filled by officers holding the permanent or temporary grade of major general or higher. Officers could retire in their highest active-duty rank, subject to Senate approval. The total number of positions allowed to carry such rank was capped at 15 percent of the total number of general officers, which worked out initially to nine generals and thirty-five lieutenant generals, of whom four generals and seventeen lieutenant generals were required to be in the Air Corps. All Air Corps personnel were transferred in grade to the United States Air Force by the National Security Act of 1947.^[55]

Lieutenant generals typically headed divisions of the General Staff in Washington, D.C.; field armies in Europe, Japan, and the continental United States; the Army command in the Pacific; the unified command in the Caribbean; the occupation force in Austria; and senior educational institutions such as the National War College, the Army War College, and the Armed Forces Staff College. During the Korean War, the commanding general of the Eighth Army was elevated to full general, and the Eighth Army deputy commanding general and subordinate corps commanders were elevated to lieutenant general.

Senator John C. Stennis

By mid-1952, the number of active-duty general officers had swelled to nearly twice its World War II peak. In response, Congress enacted the Officer Grade Limitation Act of 1954, which tied the maximum number of generals to the total number of officers. However, the real limit was the so-called Stennis ceiling imposed by Mississippi Senator John C. Stennis, whose Senate Armed Services Committee refused to confirm general or flag officer nominations beyond what he considered to be a reasonable total, which typically was much lower than the statutory limit. The Stennis ceiling remained in effect from the mid-1950s until the post-Vietnam War drawdown.^[56]

Unlike the temporary general and flag officer ranks of World War II, the 1947 ranks were attached to offices, not individuals, and were lost if an officer was reassigned to a lesser job.^[57] Army generals almost always preferred to retire rather than revert to a lower permanent grade. A rare exception was Lt. Gen. John W. O'Daniel, who temporarily relinquished his third star upon becoming chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in French Indochina so that he would not outrank the theater commander in chief, French lieutenant general Henri Navarre. O'Daniel got his star back five months later when France withdrew from Indochina following Navarre's defeat at Dien Bien Phu.^[58]

The rules dictating appointment of lieutenant generals, including the role of the Senate in confirming nominees, have remained largely consistent since the passing of the 1947 act, only changing periodically with congressionally dictated amendments to general and flag officer distributions.^[59] Section 526 of the United States Code codifies the limits placed on general and flag officer appointments, specifying further for appointments above two-star grade.^[60]

The formation of a series of new agencies directly under the Department of Defense in the 1960s and succeeding decades due to interservice deficiencies between the military departments necessitated an increase in joint duty three-star appointments.^[61] The same became true for the two-star chiefs of service reserve commands in 2001^[62] and service judge advocates general in 2008,^[63] courtesy of the annually passed National Defense Authorization Acts.

War on Terror[]

Peter W. Chiarelli

The national emergency declared by President George W. Bush in the wake of the September 11 attacks^[64] effectively removed all statutory limits for general officers in the Army, resulting in a disproportionate number of lieutenant general billets being created for operations against extremist groups in the Middle East as part of the War on Terror, as land warfare was predominant against the guerilla tactics of groups such as al-Qaeda, ISIL and the Taliban.^[65] It thus became commonplace for corps or field army commanders in the United States to be dual-hatted as the commander of a coalition force in support of such campaigns, such as Multi-National Corps – Iraq. A majority of eminent generals in the 2000s and 2010s either served as three-star field commanders or coalition commanders in the Middle Eastern theater of operations, including John Abizaid, David Petraeus, Peter Chiarelli,^[66] Raymond Odierno and Lloyd Austin.

In anticpation of the end of the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2021 respectively, Congress moved to sharply reduce general and flag officer caps in directly preceding years, coinciding with the deactivations or American withdrawal from the respective campaigns' attached three-star and four-star commands.^[67][68] The latest of these cuts, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017,^[69] reduces the present cap^[70] further to 220 for the Army, 151 for the Navy, 187 for the Air Force, and 62 for the Marine Corps.^[71]

Modern use[]

Incoming Army surgeon general Lt. Gen. Nadja West takes the oath of office as her husband, retired colonel Donald West, holds a Bible during her promotion ceremony on February 9, 2016.

Lt. Gen. Reynold N. Hoover gets his shoulder boards pinned on by Gen Joseph L. Lengyel (right), chief of the National Guard Bureau, and his wife, Kathy (left) during his promotion ceremony on October 24, 2016.

There are presently 37 three-star billets in the United States Army. Aside from the conventional role of lieutenant generals as corps or field army commanders, said billets also include senior staff positions under the authority of the four-star chief and vice chief of staff (such as the director of the Army staff), high-level specialty positions^[72] like the judge advocate general,^[73] chief of engineers,^[74] surgeon general^[74] and chief of Army Reserve,^[75] deputy commanders of four-star Army commands and the commanders of the Army service component commands.^[76] The superintendent of the United States Military Academy has also been a lieutenant general without interruption since 1981, as has been the director of the Army National Guard^[77] since 2001.^[78]

Army Secretary Mark Esper administers the reaffirmation oath to Lt. Gen. Leslie C. Smith at his promotion ceremony on February 9, 2018.

About 20 to 30 joint service three-star billets exist at any given time that can be occupied by an Army lieutenant general, among the most prestigious being the director of the Joint Staff (DJS), principal staff advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and historically considered a stepping stone to four-star rank.^[79] All deputy commanders of the unified combatant commands are of three-star rank,^[80] as are directors of Defense Agencies not headed by a civilian such as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIRDIA).^[81] Internationally-based three-star positions include the United States military representative to the NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), the commander of Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), and the security coordinator for the Palestinian National Authority in Israel.

Statutory limits, elevations and reductions[]

Lt. Gen. A.C. Roper and Lt. Gen. (ret.) Charles D. Luckey unveil Roper's three-star flag during his promotion ceremony on May 14, 2021.

Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais' daughter, Cpt. Brandi Gervais, and husband, Christopher Gervais, pin Maria's stars on her service uniform during her promotion ceremony on June 21, 2021.

The U.S. Code states that no more than 38 officers in the U.S. Army may be promoted beyond the rank of major general and below the rank of general on the active duty list.^[82] However, the President^[82] may designate up to 15 additional three-star appointments, with the condition that for every service branch allotted such additional three-star appointments, an equivalent number must be reduced from other service branches. Other exceptions exist for non-active duty or reserve appointments, as well as other circumstances.^[60] As such, three-star positions can be elevated to four-star grade or reduced to two-star grade when necessary, either to highlight their increasing importance to the defense apparatus (or lack thereof) or to achieve parity with equivalent commands in other services or regions. Few three-star positions are set by statute, leading to their increased volatility as they do not require congressional approval to be downgraded.

• A majority of three-star positions stationed in Iraq were either eliminated or downgraded below three-star grade with the end of the Iraq War in 2011 as the United States began drawing down their presence in the country. The billets of the deputy commanding generals of U.S. Forces Iraq and commanders of NATO Training Mission – Iraq were eliminated by December 2011, leaving the chief of Office of Security Cooperation in an advisory role to Iraqi defense and interior officials,^[83] which itself was relegated to a two-star post by 2015.
• The vice chief of the National Guard Bureau (renamed director of the joint staff of the National Guard Bureau from 2005 to 2012) became a three-star office for the first time in 2012 with the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, achieving parity with the three-star directors of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. Lieutenant General Joseph L. Lengyel became the tenth and first three-star general to be vice chief on August 18, 2012.^[84][85] This marked a fourth three-star billet allocated to the National Guard, the others being the directors of the National Guard service components and the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command.^[86]
• The commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC), triple-hatted as deputy commander of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and as commanding general of the formation forward deployed to populate IJC, was active from 2009 to the command's deactivation in 2014. The commanding general of I Corps held the office from 2011 to 2012, V Corps from 2012 to 2013, III Corps from 2013 to 2014, and finally XVIII Airborne Corps until December 2014.^[87]
• Allied Joint Force Command Heidelberg (AFC Heidelberg), a three-star headquarters, was deactivated in April 2013,^[88] Lieutenant General Frederick B. Hodges, having became the first commander of LANDCOM in December 2012, assumed the responsibilities of AFC Heidelberg and Allied Force Command Madrid upon their deactivations.^[89]
• The director of the Army Office of Business Transformation (OBT) was a three-star general until 2018, when retired brigadier general and former deputy director Robin Swan assumed the directorship from Lieutenant General Edward C. Cardon.^[90][91]
• The position of the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 was streamlined into separate offices in August 2020. Lieutenant General became the last commissioned officer to hold the single position, retiring on August 11, 2020.^[92] Raj Iyer was subsequently appointed the first civilian Army chief information officer in November 2020,^[93] while Major General John B. Morrison Jr. was confirmed for promotion to lieutenant general^[94] and became the first deputy chief of staff for cyber (G-6) in August 2020.^[95][96][97]
• The position of assistant chief of staff for installation management (ACSIM)^[98] office was separated from the office of commanding general of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command in November 2015. Lieutenant General David D. Halverson, the last officer to hold both positions simultaneously, relinquished command of IMCOM to Lieutenant General .^[99] ACSIM subsequently transitioned into full deputy chief of staff status in 2019 with Lieutenant General Jason T. Evans becoming the first deputy chief of staff for installations (G-9), succeeding Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham.^[100][101]
• The deputy commanding general for futures of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, dual-hatted as director of the U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center since 2003,^[102][103] became the deputy commanding general for futures and concepts of the newly-activated U.S. Army Futures Command in December 2018. ARCIC simultaneously transitioned into the Futures and Concepts Center.^[104] Lieutenant General Eric J. Wesley, the last deputy commanding general for futures retained the new office until 2020, when he was succeeded by Lieutenant General Scott McKean.^[105]
• The commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific became a four-star billet in July 2013 to achieve parity with other subordinate commands in the region as well as improve communications with foreign military counterparts. Lieutenant General Francis J. Wiercinski, the last three-star general to command USARPAC relinquished command to General Vincent K. Brooks on July 2, 2013.^[106][107]
• The commanding general of U.S. Army Europe, after nine years as a three-star's billet due to the disestablishment of Seventh Army in 2010, was restored to four-star grade in October 2020 with the consolidation of USAREUR and U.S. Army Africa into a single command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa in November of the same year.^[108][109] Lieutenant General Christopher G. Cavoli consequently became the last three-star commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and the first commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa upon his promotion to general.^[108]

While it is rare for three-star or four-star nominations to face even token opposition in the Senate, nominations that do face opposition due to controversy surrounding the nominee in question are typically withdrawn. Nominations that are not withdrawn are allowed to expire without action at the end of the legislative session.

• For example, the nomination of for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as commanding general of U.S. Army Europe was withdrawn in November 2017^[110] after an investigation was launched into the general's inappropriate comment to a female Congressional staffer.^[111] As a result, Gonsalves was administratively reprimanded and retired in May 2018.^{[111][112][113]}

Additionally, events that take place after Senate confirmation may still delay or even prevent the nominee from assuming office.

• For example, John G. Rossi, who had been confirmed for promotion to lieutenant general^[114] and assignment as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command in April 2016^[115] committed suicide two days before his scheduled promotion and assumption of command.^[116] As a result, the then incumbent commander of USASMDC, David L. Mann, remained in command beyond statutory term limits until another nominee, James H. Dickinson was confirmed by the Senate.^[117]

Legislative history[]

The following list of Congressional legislation includes all acts of Congress pertaining to appointments to the grade of lieutenant general in the United States Army since 2010.^[118]

Each entry lists an act of Congress, its citation in the United States Statutes at Large or Public Law number, and a summary of the act's relevance, with officers affected by the act bracketed where applicable. Positions listed without reference to rank are assumed to be eligible for officers of three-star grade or higher.

Gallery[]

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  Gen. Martin Dempsey, TRADOC commander and Catherine Sterling pin Lt. Gen. John E. Sterling Jr. with three stars on May 3, 2010.

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  Lt. Gen. William E. Ingram, Jr., incoming director of the Army National Guard, is pinned with his three-star rank by Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and Gen. Craig R. McKinley on November 28, 2011.

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  Lt. Gen. James L. Terry assumes command of United States Army Central from Army vice chief of staff John F. Campbell on June 25, 2013.

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  Maj. Gen. Perry Wiggins smiles as his father, Lamar, and wife, Annette, pin his lieutenant general rank on him during his promotion ceremony on September 4, 2013.

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  Army chief of staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno administers the oath of office to Lt. Gen. Karen E. Dyson, at her promotion ceremony on August 12, 2014.

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  Gen. Dennis L. Via and his deputy, Lt. Gen. Patricia E. McQuistion stand at attention during McQuistion's retirement ceremony on April 10, 2015.

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  Lt. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl takes the reaffirmation oath as he becomes the new commanding general for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command on November 3, 2015.

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  Maj. Gen. Todd T. Semonite is pinned with the rank of lieutenant general at his promotion ceremony on May 19, 2016.

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  Army chief of staff Gen. Mark A. Milley presents Lt. Gen. Anthony G. Crutchfield with a portrait of George C. Marshall at his retirement ceremony on April 7, 2017.

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  Christine Cavoli places the rank of lieutenant general on her husband, Lt. Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, during his promotion ceremony on January 18, 2018.

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  Soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) provide ceremonial support during the retirement ceremony of Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster on May 18, 2018.

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  Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams assumes duties as the 60th Superintendent of the of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 2, 2018.

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  USMA Cadet Lauren Karbler and Tim Karbler place three-star rank on their father's uniform on December 6, 2019.

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  Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels (left), the incoming commanding general and chief of U.S. Army Reserve, unveils her three-star flag during her promotion ceremony on July 28, 2020.

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  FORSCOM commanding general, Gen. Michael X. Garrett, swears in Maj. Gen. Antonio A. Aguto, during Aguto's promotion on July 8, 2021.

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  Retiring Lt. Gen. Terry R. Ferrell, and his wife, retired Col. Robbie Ferrell, pose following USARCENT's change of command ceremony on August 4, 2021.

See also[]

• Lieutenant general (United States)
• General officers in the United States
• List of active duty United States four-star officers
• List of active duty United States three-star officers
• List of United States Army four-star generals
• List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960
• List of United States Marine Corps three-star generals since 2010
• List of United States Navy three-star admirals since 2010
• List of United States Air Force three-star generals since 2010
• List of United States Space Force three-star generals
• List of United States military leaders by rank
• Staff (military)

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