D.C. Post-Cold War Thomas L. Baptiste, Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium. David Barno, USA (Ret): former commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan Carol A. Mutter, USMC (Ret): first woman to be promoted to Lieutenant General (1 September 1996) Claudia J. Kennedy, USA (Ret): first woman to be promoted to Lieutenant General in the United States Army (17 June 1997) Ricardo Sanchez, USA (Ret): former commander U.S. V Corps, former commander of US ground forces in Iraq Samuel V. Wilson, USA (Ret): Ranger Hall of Fame, Delta Force co-founder, former commander of the 6th Special Forces: former Deputy to Director, Central Intelligence Agency, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, former President of Hampden-Sydney College John B. Sylvester: former Deputy Chief of Staff for NATO in Bosnia-Herzegovina Mark Hertling Jack Bergman, USMC (Ret): US Congressman, former commander United States Marine Corps Reserve Susan Helms, United States Air Force (Ret): former commander 14th Air Force and former NASA astronaut Michael T. Flynn, USA (Ret): former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (2012-2014) and National Security Advisor (2017) H. R. McMaster, USA: National Security Advisor (2017-2018) Nina M. Armagno, USSF: first Director of Staff, Space Staff (Since 2020) See also List of active duty United States three-star officers United States Army officer rank insignia United States Marine Corps officer rank insignia United States Air Force officer rank insignia List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960 List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960 List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960 List of United States Marine Corps tombstone lieutenant generals List of United States military leaders by rank References Notes External links The Origin of the Ranks and Rank Insignia Now Used by the United States Armed Forces Abandoned proposal for six-star rank in Second World War General of the Armies of the United States and General of the Army of the United States Military ranks of the United States Army Military ranks of the United States Marine Corps Officer ranks of the United States Air Force Officer ranks of the United States Space Force Three-star officers United States