United States senior military college (English Wikipedia)

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The following Americans have been promoted to five-star rank or above:

•	General of the Armies John J Pershing	3 September 1919
•	Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy	15 December 1944
•	General of the Army George Marshall	16 December 1944
•	Fleet Admiral Ernest King	17 December 1944
•	General of the Army Douglas MacArthur	18 December 1944
•	Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz	19 December 1944
•	General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower	20 December 1944
•	General of the Army & Air Force Henry H. Arnold	21 December 1944 & 7 May 1949
•	Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr.	11 December 1945
•	General of the Army Omar Bradley	20 September 1950
•	General of the Armies George Washington	4 July 1976^a

The timing of the first seven appointments established both a clear order of seniority and a near-equivalence between the Army and Navy services. In 1949, Arnold was honored by being made the first, and to date only, General of the Air Force. He is the only American to serve in a five-star rank in two of its military services.

Of these generals, only Marshall and Washington did not graduate from one of the service academies. Washington never graduated from college and Marshall graduated from VMI.

By a Congressional Act of 24 March 1903, Admiral George Dewey's rank was established as Admiral of the Navy, a rank which was specified to be senior to the four-star rank of admiral and was equal to admiral of the fleet in the British Royal Navy. Admiral Dewey was the only individual ever appointed to this rank, which lapsed with his death on 16 January 1917.

^a During the United States Bicentennial year, George Washington was posthumously appointed to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by the congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 passed on 19 January 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1976. This restored Washington's position as the most senior U.S. military officer.