Posted on Aug 23, 2016
What is the absolute highest rank in the US Army?
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General of the armies. last held by Black Jack Pershing prior to him Lt. General ( highest rank at that time) U.S. Grant , and the first General George Washington. what seperates that "armies" rank is they have command over all services.
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Currently it is a 5 star General....George Washington was a 6 Star Genera; I believe.
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Great answers. Gen Washington certainly deserves his honor as the perpetual highest ranking officer. In today’s world the most senior Army Officer would be an Army officer serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff. The CJCS is the most senior military officer by law (Goldwater-Nichols Act).
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5 Star General, General of the Armies during wartime in charge of all the Armies to include foreign Armies where deemed necessary to streamline command and to ensure success and stop the bickering about who is in charge of who. It is awarded to a single leader, the last 5 Star was General Omar Bradley he held the rank (retired if course) until his death in 1981. Not even General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr, who was in command of all US Coalition forces in the Gulf War was given a 5th Star.
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Sgt Michael Cullen
Omar Bradley, as the last surviving General of the Army, was on active duty until he passed away.
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E-4 Mafia. It them who decides whether to do the detail or to sham it out
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Most important important rank in the Marine Corps is the Company Gunny. He separates you from staff level bullshit, he protects you from stupid Butter Bars and ambitions 1st LTs. He’s your first real level of discipline and where most bs starts or stops. Most SgtMaj are too busy with paperwork and such, so he’s really the field leader in any unit I’ve been in. You’d have to do something really really stupid or illegal to fall outside of his power to help or punish. At least back in the day, heaven knows what’s up now, hell guys fall out of runs, fail PT tests, go unk on the range. You’d never get out of PI st that rate.
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The installation commander's secretary. (this is so no matter the branch)
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5 stars, in a pentagon pattern, is highest. General of the Armies. There have only been a few. Pershing was the only 1 in WWI. Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Marshall were the three in WWII and Nimitz and Halsey were 5 star, Admiral of the Navies, in WW II I think.
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Sgt Michael Cullen
In WW2, there was also Omar Bradley, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, who also later held the 5 star rank as the only General of the Air Force. Navy had, as you correctly point out, Nimitz and Halsey, but also Ernest King.
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Negative. Five Star General: General of the Army, Six Star General: General of the Armies (The Rank for this was actually made too, imagine Eisenhower's Five Star General Rank with a Sixth star in the middle)... However, Washington's posthumous promotion (I believe in 1976) stated that he would now outrank all Generals past, present, and future... So does that make him the one seven star General? At a minimum, it makes him the highest ranking six star. Regardless, the POTUS has a military rank that still outranks them (which was also held by Washington): Commander-in-Chief.
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About three ranks to low SGT. Check my other comments for some history. However the top answer is actually: Commander-in-Chief (military rank given to POTUS).
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Air Force E-9 CMS is a scary rank and this is from a prior Specialist mafioso. Not to be messed with.
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