What is "general of the army"

n. 1 A commissioned military officer of the highest rank in the United States, ranking directly above a general, and corresponding to marshal or field marshal in other countries. A general of the army is equal in grade or rank to an admiral of the fleet. 2 A military officer of the highest rank in several countries that follow the United States military rank system, including Liberia.

General of the Army (GA) is a military rank used (primarily in the United States of America) to denote a senior military leader, usually a general in command of a nation's army. It may also be the title given to a general who commands an army in the field.

The rank is typically considered the equivalent of marshal, field marshal, fleet admiral and other equivalent five-star ranks.

The rank of "General of the Army" should not be confused with the title " army general"; the rank of "General of the Army" is usually the equivalent of a five-star rank, and theoretically corresponds to overall command of an entire national army, whereas the title of "army general" is usually held by the equivalent of a four-star general, and corresponds to the command of an individual army in the field.

General of the Army (abbreviated as GA) is a five-star general officer and the second highest possible rank in the United States Army. A General of the Army ranks immediately above a general and is equivalent to a fleet admiral and a General of the Air Force. There is no established equivalent five-star rank in the other federal uniformed services ( Marine Corps, Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps). Often called a "five-star general", the rank of General of the Army has historically been reserved for wartime use and is not currently active in the U.S. military.

A special rank of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, exists but has been conferred only twice, to John J. Pershing and posthumously to George Washington.

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Rank insignia

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Marshal's Star

1975 – 1991

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Rank insignia

Soviet Armed Forces |-----

Introduction

1940/44 |-----

Rank group

General officer |-----

Navy

Admiral of the fleet |-----

NATOequivalent

OF-9 |-----

General of the army ( Russian: генерал армии, general armii) was a rank of the Soviet Union which was first established in June 1940 as a high rank for Red Army generals, inferior only to the marshal of the Soviet Union. In the following 51 years the Soviet Union created 133 generals of the army, 32 of whom were later promoted to the rank of marshal of the Soviet Union. It is a direct counterpart of the Russian Federation´s " general of the army" rank.

''This article is about the Soviet OF9-rank "general of the army", not to be mixed up to the Soviet general of the army (USSR). For the equivalent OF9-rank in anglophone countries see general of the army. |-----

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Rank insignia

Russian Armed Forces |-----

Introduction

1940 |-----

Rank group

General officer |-----

Army / Air Force

General of the army |-----

Navy

Admiral of the fleet |-----

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Higher:

Colonel general |-----

Marshal of the Russian Federation |-----

NATOequivalent

OF-9 |-----

General of the army is the second highest military rank in the Russian Federation, inferior only to a marshal and superior to a colonel general. It is a direct counterpart of the Soviet " General of the army" rank.

At present it is also the highest rank in the air force, artillery, aerospace defense forces, armored troops, engineer troops and signal troops. Unlike the Soviet Union where similarly ranked officers were called marshals and chief marshals of a branch. The corresponding naval rank is admiral of the fleet.

On appointment as Defense Minister on 7 May 1992, Pavel Grachev was the first officer to be promoted to this rank.