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In the United States Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Marine Corps, general is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. General ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army or General of the Air Force; the Marine Corps does not have an established grade above general. General is equivalent to the rank of admiral in the other uniformed services. Since the grades of General of the Army and General of the Air Force are reserved for war-time use only, and since the Marine Corps has no five-star equivalent, the grade of general is currently considered to be the highest appointment an officer can achieve in these three services. ==Statutory limits== The United States Code explicitly limits the total number of general officers that may be on active duty at any given time. The total number of active duty general officers is capped at 230 for the Army, 208 for the Air Force, and 60 for the Marine Corps.〔(10 USC 526 ). Authorized strength: general and flag officers on active duty.〕 No more than about 25% of a service's active duty general or flag officers may have more than two stars,〔(10 USC 525 ). Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general officer and flag officer grades.〕 and statute sets the total number of four-star generals allowed in each service.〔 This is set at 7 four-star Army generals, 9 four-star Air Force generals, and 4 four-star Marine generals.〔 Several of these slots are reserved by statute. For the Army and the Air Force, the Chief of Staff and the Vice Chief of Staff for both services are all four-star generals; for the Marine Corps, the Commandant and the Assistant Commandant are both four-star generals. In addition, for the National Guard, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau〔() 10 USC 10502 Chief of the National Guard Bureau: appointment; adviser on National Guard matters; grade; succession.〕 is a four-star general under active duty in the Army or Air Force. There are several exceptions to these limits allowing more than allotted within the statute: *A four-star officer serving as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; *An officer serving as Chief of the National Guard Bureau counts only against his service's four-star cap; *the commander of a Unified Combatant Command, *the commander of United States Forces Korea, *the deputy commander of United States European Command if their immediate commander is also the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.〔(10 USC 604 ) Senior joint officer positions: recommendations to the Secretary of Defense〕 *Officers serving in certain intelligence positions e.g. the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.〔(10 USC 528 ) Officers serving in certain intelligence positions: military status; exclusion from distribution and strength limitations; pay and allowances〕 The President may add four-star slots to one service if they are offset by removing an equivalent number from other services.〔 Finally, all statutory limits may be waived at the President's discretion during time of war or national emergency.〔(10 USC 527 ) Authority to suspend sections 523, 525, and 526〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「General (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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