four-star
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Among them were the first female commandant of the Coast Guard, the head of the Army’s Chaplain Corps, and a four-star general overseeing the Army’s Transformation and Training Command.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
The 1988 presidential campaign of Alexander Haig, a former four-star general who served as Ronald Reagan’s first secretary of state, flamed out amid GOP infighting over the Iran–Contra affair.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a retired four-star general, spoke to more than 1,000 people in a ballroom.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
“We’re entering a new season of the U.S.-South Korea alliance that requires flexibility,” said Ahn Byung-suk, a former deputy commander at the joint U.S.-Korea warfighting headquarters and a retired four-star South Korean general.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
At seventeen, his favorite thing to do was to take me to four-star restaurants throughout Silicon Valley.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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