Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper, presides as Gen. John “Jay” Raymond relinquishes command of USSPACECOM to Gen. James Dickinson, August 20,2020. (Dept. of Defense/Lewis Carlyle)
Military.com: The Army Now Has the Most 4-Star Generals on Duty Since World War II
The Army now has more four-star generals serving on active duty than the Army and Air Force combined had during World War II.
Army Col. Christopher Coglianese, the chief of Future Operations at Army Futures Command, tweeted this month about the milestone, which the service has only hit once in the past.
"Last time we had that rank density was April 1945, when we had four five-stars and 13 four-stars," Coglianese said, adding pointing out that at that time the Air Force was known as the U.S. Army Air Force.
In addition to Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Joseph Martin, the Army has five four-stars running Army Forces Command, Army Training and Doctrine Command, Army Materiel Command, Army Futures Command and Army Pacific Command.
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WNU Editor: Are all of them necessary? Apparently the answer is yes.
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