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CNN Screw-up: Brigadier General Tommy Franks...

Must be their liberal bias
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Because they don't know any bettter. You would think that these people would have done some homework

and find out military ranks when they know that they will be interviewing many military personnel during this war.
 
Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General, next is Major General, next Lieutenant General, then General. General of the Army is 5 Stars. This often confuses people because Lieutenant is the lowest ranking officer, then captain, then Major, then Lieutenant Colonel, then Colonel.
 
You know, I just watched his press conference, and he comes off as a pretty cool guy. He is very mild mannered and polite, and he handled the hostile questions very well.

🙂
 
Originally posted by: Gaard
What's the difference?

<---doesn't know military ranks
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The General ranks are as follows:

Brigadier General (One Star)
Major General (Two Stars)
Lieutenant General (Three Stars)
General (Four Stars)
 
Originally posted by: mastertech01
Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General, next is Major General, next Lieutenant General, then General. General of the Army is 5 Stars.
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There's no such thing as a 5-star general in the U.S. military. 4 stars is the highest it goes.
 
Originally posted by: Insane3D
You know, I just watched his press conference, and he comes off as a pretty cool guy. He is very mild mannered and polite, and he handled the hostile questions very well.

🙂
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Yeah, that put Bush's press conferences to disgrace
 
Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Originally posted by: mastertech01
Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General, next is Major General, next Lieutenant General, then General. General of the Army is 5 Stars.
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There's no such thing as a 5-star general in the U.S. military. 4 stars is the highest it goes.
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True but has been used in special cases, like Eisenhower in WWII .. Supreme ALLIED Commander
 
Originally posted by: mastertech01
Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Originally posted by: mastertech01
Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General, next is Major General, next Lieutenant General, then General. General of the Army is 5 Stars.
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There's no such thing as a 5-star general in the U.S. military. 4 stars is the highest it goes.
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True but has been used in special cases, like Eisenhower in WWII .. Supreme ALLIED Commander
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Wesley Clark was Supreme NATO Commander. That's sort of higher than 4 star. 🙂
 
nrotc.tulane.edu

Q: How many 5-Star Generals have there been
A: Five (listed below; the Navy had corresponding 5-Star Admirals)
*In December 1944 the President appointed George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Henry H. Arnold Generals of the Army. In 1949 Arnold's title became General of the Air Force. Omar N. Bradley got his fifth star in 1950.

Q: Name the only two Generals to have been distinguished by Congress as General of the Armies of the United States, exceeding in rank above 5-Star General?
A: General George Washington and General John Pershing (1924 Pershing, 1976 Bicentennial Washington); Washington 6-Stars/Pershing 4-Stars *
* As to the question of Pershing being a six-star general, there can be no answer unless Congress creates the General of the Armies rank again and specifies the insignia. Pershing does rank ahead of the Five-star Generals, he comes right after Washington, but he chose his own insignia and he never wore more than four stars.

 
So, why is CNN calling the 4-star, General Tommy Franks, Brigadier General Franks?
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Because people do, from time to time, make a mistake. Not in your world, I'm sure. But the rest of us lowly peasants are cursed with humanity. 😛

Its really not a significant error, and it does not materially change anyone's reading of the article. It would be like misspelling "Franks" as "Frank" without the 's'. OMFG how could anyone misspell the name of General Tommy Franks! It changes the whole meaning of the article!
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