Commander In Chief Biden Announces His Female Nominees for Combatant Command Promotion

[ancianita]

On International Women's Day 2021, Jacqueline D. Van Ovost and Laura J. Richardson stand as two of our generals in the US military.

Jacqueline Desiree Van Ovost (born September 29, 1965) is a United States Air Force general who serves as the commander of the Air Mobility Command. In early 2021, she was the only active-duty female four-star general officer in the United States.


President Biden nominates Laura J. Richardson to become commander of the United States Southern Command.

[rurallib]

1. I am unfamiliar with the process. Does Biden's nomination make them 4 star generals

Or does some other entity actually promote them?

I saw his live speech - this is a Big F_____ Deal.

[ancianita]

3. Me, too. He announces his nomination to the country, which isn't usual CiC procedure.

Other than that, I assume that the usual military promotions go through per his orders, and in this case Biden makes it a BFD to the nation along with public speeches by SoD Austin and VP Harris.

My guess is that the usual process is that they are awarded the four stars that make them generals, which might or might not come with their new combatant command posts.

My only experience with the military -- as a second lieutenant's wife at two Army forts during the Vietnam War -- doesn't afford me much knowledge about officers' promotion process or rituals in the upper ranks.

[brush]

4. 4-Star general promotions have to be approved by the president.

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One of these generals is already a full general and is being assigned to a different command. The other general is a Lt. General, a 3-Star general, and is being promoted today to a full general by President Biden.

You may have heard that the new assignment and the new promotion were withheld until after the election as trump may have not approved because the generals are women.

BTW, there are usually four classifications for generals and admirals. A brigadeer general (1-star), equals a 1-star admiral, rear admiral lower half; a major general (2-star), equals a rear admiral upper half; a lieutenant general (3-star), equals a vice admiral; and a full general, (4-star), equals a full admiral (4-star). Full admirals and generals are addressed and written as just "General" or "Admiral" whereas a 3-star is call Lt. Gen., a 2-star as Maj. Gen. and so on.

At times during war a 5-star is created called General of the Army, in the Navy a 5-star is called a Fleet Admiral. This happens very rarely. The Army's 5 Star Generals were General George C. Marshall, General Douglas MacArthur , General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General Omar N. Bradley.

The Navy's Five-Star Fleet Admirals: Admiral William D. Leahy. Admiral Ernest J. King. Admiral Chester Nimitz. Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey . The Air Force Five-Star General: Hap Arnold.

Even rarer are the only two 6-star Generals of the Armies: General John J. Pershing and General George Washington (posthumously in 1976).

[sarge43]

5. Hap Arnold was a five star in the Army Air Force

Only one to hold the rank in two branches.

[brush]

6. You are absolutely right. He kinda created the Air Corps' mission and...

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willed the Air Force into being as a stand-alone service.

[sarge43]

7. By 1944 the AAF was a seperate branch in all but name, thanks to Hap. n/t

[brush]

10. Just a small thing. Wasn't it called the Army Air Corp...

before it became the Air Force.

[sarge43]

11. Army Air Corps from 1926 to 1941, then AAF to 1947. n/t

[Cha]

2. KR!

[northlake9]

8. Congressional Approval

These promotions require Senate Approval

[rurallib]

9. Thanks for the info and welcome to DU! You don't think the Repugs

will turn this into yet another political battle do you?