LTG Julius W Becton, 7th Corps Commander in Germany in the late 70s. Very promising until he told pregnant female soldiers to have an abortion or get out. Colin Powell, Brigade Commander in the 101st, never commanded a Division, given a quick three star command to punch his ticket and promoted to 4 stars after being the Army Aide to Sec of Defense Cap Weinberger. That’s how he became the favorite black general of the Republican establishment in DC.
I know something about this. Powell, who was working for Weinberger, was named to be the CG of the 8th Infantry Division and I was working on his transition at the 8th ID end of things. At the very last minute, Weinberger told him that he needed to stay in Washington for one more year and that he promised to get him back on track later. One year later, they sent him straight to V Corps and he therefore skipped Division command.
I liked both Powell and Cavazos, but Cavazos was the better soldier, for sure.