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Posted on 6/21/23 at 9:47 pm to OWLFAN86
Got an uncle that retired as a Lt.colonel I’m the Air Force but I don’t know shite about military ranking so idk if that’s high or not.
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Posted on 6/21/23 at 9:48 pm to andouille
my purple headed warrior with a blue veiner for valor beats your Purple Heart
Posted on 6/21/23 at 9:49 pm to dyslexiateechur
quote:I have a distant cousin I've never met that was commander-in-chief, but since that's not a military rank it doesn't count.
What is the highest rank? President? Doubt anyone here.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 9:56 pm to OWLFAN86
The woman I dated before I met my wife, her father was a retired Captain from the Navy. The man could make an immaculate bed and could curse like no one else I’ve met.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 10:01 pm to OWLFAN86
Uncle. 2 star in Air Force. Co-pilot C-17 and a MD.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 10:01 pm to OWLFAN86
Dad was a Marine colonel and a WW2, Korea, and Vietnam vet.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 10:04 pm to OWLFAN86
My Cousin just retired as XO of HMX-1 after 22 years as a Marine LTC.
For those who don’t know HMX-1 its the Presidential helicopter squadron. Marine One.
For those who don’t know HMX-1 its the Presidential helicopter squadron. Marine One.
This post was edited on 6/21/23 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 6/21/23 at 10:38 pm to RollTide1987
I am not blood related but one of those listed was lifelong friends with my great-grandfather, my grandfather referred to him as his uncle. I have copies of some letters they wrote one another. No career soldiers in my family, most all did their duty and went back to civilian life.
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Fleet Admiral General of the Army General of the Air Force Five star ranks. Unless someone here is related to the following: William Leahy Ernest King Chester Nimitiz Bull Halsey George C. Marshall Dwight D. Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur Omar Bradley Hap Arnold No one here has such a claim.
This post was edited on 6/21/23 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:10 pm to tigercross
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General of the Armies is the highest US military rank, and Pershing is the only person who held that title in his lifetime.
While living yes, you are correct. Jimmy Carter posthumously promoted George Washington to the same rank with an effective date of July 4, 1776 and noted in the promotion that his experience and seniority was undisputed making him the single highest ranking officer that can ever exist in the United States military.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:28 pm to OWLFAN86
My great uncle, not by blood, retired from the Marine Corps as a Colonel, and his two brothers retired from the Navy, one as a Captain, one as an Admiral. All three graduated from the Naval Academy. I always thought it was interesting that they grew up in Laurel, MS, nowhere near salt water.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:35 pm to OWLFAN86
We were mostly a Navy family-
Once we were traveling and stayed at an Admiral Benbow.
We had Admiral appliances-
A Commodore 64 for Word Processing-
Once we were traveling and stayed at an Admiral Benbow.
We had Admiral appliances-
A Commodore 64 for Word Processing-
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:35 pm to OWLFAN86
My great uncle was Deak Parsons.
He was the weaponeer on the Enola Gay and armed Little Boy in flight before dropping on Hiroshima.
Not sure of his rank, but always thought it was pretty cool.
He was the weaponeer on the Enola Gay and armed Little Boy in flight before dropping on Hiroshima.
Not sure of his rank, but always thought it was pretty cool.
This post was edited on 6/21/23 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:40 pm to OWLFAN86
My uncle was a Red Beret in The Cherubs of Justice.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:44 pm to biglego
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My dad was a ninja assassin Seal in Vietnam. But he never talked about it.
Pretty sure I met him when I was a bartender and he was a little short of cash. Thanked him for his service and sent him on his way.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:49 pm to Barrister
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Brigadier General in Confederate Army
My serious answer would be an ancestor who was a brigadier general in an Illinois division under Grant. There’s a statue of him at Vicksburg. I wonder if our families have met before, sir.
He made full general as a retirement promotion, but was a breveted Brigadier General in action. From his birth in a small town in Ireland, all the way to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Life goes by fast.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:54 pm to OWLFAN86
Uncle was a battalion sergeant major in WWII. Cousin retired as Vice—Admiral Upper Half (3 star).
Posted on 6/22/23 at 12:08 am to OWLFAN86
My sorry arse grandfather only got a silver star on Iwo Jima. I come from a long line of slackers.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:35 am to Darth_Vader
I’m a colonel. My father was a lieutenant.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 1:42 am to LsuNav
DukkeV was an Admiral in the Navy’s Weather prediction center.
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