Oh, gee. What do six generals out of thousands know about war? We have thousands of Generals? Do you know anything about the military?
|
Active Duty General Officer (Flag Officers)
|
| Grade |
Army |
Air Force |
Navy |
Marine Corps |
Total DOD |
| O-7 |
150 |
139 |
110 |
40 |
439 |
| O-8 |
99 |
83 |
72 |
24 |
278 |
| O-9 |
43 |
38 |
30 |
13 |
124 |
| O-10 |
9 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
34 |
| Total Flag Officers |
301 |
273 |
220 |
81 |
875 |
| Total Commissioned Officers |
64,502 |
69,466 |
52,249 |
16,388 |
202,605 |
| Total Active Duty Size |
481,266 |
362,330 |
381,901 |
172,741 |
1,385,849 |
| Percent of Commissioned Officers in Flag Rank |
0.46% |
0.39% |
0.42% |
0.49% |
4.3% |
This is a list of active duty Flag Officers, and does not include Reserve or retired personnel. Now what was your question to Reactionary? It's reasonable to believe that 100 or so retire every year or are rifted out, so it is also reasonable that there are thousands of them out there. The mandatory retirement age for all general officers is 62 (this can be deferred to age 64 in some cases). Under the law (10 USC, Sec 635), an officer who has been promoted to O-7, but is not on the recommended list to O-8, must retire five years after promotion to O-7, or 30 years of active duty service, whichever is later. An O-8 must retire five years after being promoted to O-8, or 35 years of service, whichever is greater (10 USC, Sec 636). An O-7 must retire five years after being promoted to O-7, or 30 years of service, whichever is greater (10 USC, Sec 636). |
