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Learn about the highest military rank in the United States, conferred three times to John J. Pershing, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant. Find out the history, privileges, and controversies of this grade, also known as General of the Armies.
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Learn about the history and insignia of the five-star rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, equivalent to Field Marshal in other countries. Find out who has held this rank since 1866 and who has been posthumously promoted to General of the Armies.
The highest rank in the U.S. Army is the five-star General of the Army, which is not currently active. See the table of all Army ranks, pay grades, insignias, and classifications from General of the Army to Private.
Pay GradeRankAbbreviationClassificationPVTEnlisted SoldierPV2Enlisted SoldierPFCEnlisted SoldierSPCEnlisted SoldierJohn J. Pershing. General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed " Black Jack ", was a senior American United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920.
Learn about the highest rank in the U.S. Army, General of the Army, which is a wartime-only rank and the equivalent of a five-star general. Find out the pay, history, and duties of this rank, as well as the other four-star general ranks and their equivalents.
Learn about the life and career of John J. Pershing, the only person to hold the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. He served in various wars, led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, and was the Army Chief of Staff from 1921 to 1924.
Learn about the life and achievements of George Washington, who was appointed as General of the Armies of the United States in 1976, after his death. He was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and the first President of the United States.
