<Ul> <Li> Rear Admiral (United States Navy and United States Coast Guard) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Rear Admiral (United States Navy and United States Coast Guard) </Li> <P> In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two - star general - officer rank, with the pay grade of O - 8 . Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general . A major general typically commands division - sized units of 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers . Major general is equivalent to the two - star rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard and is the highest permanent rank during peacetime in the uniformed services . Higher ranks are technically temporary ranks linked to specific positions, although virtually all officers who have been promoted to those ranks are approved to retire at their highest earned rank . </P> <P> The United States Code explicitly limits the total number of general officers that may be on active duty at any given time . The total number of active duty general officers is capped at 231 for the Army, 62 for the Marine Corps, and 198 for the Air Force . Some of these slots are reserved or finitely set by statute . For example, the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Army is a major general in the Army; the same rank is held by the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Air Force; the Army's Chief of Engineers is also appointed as a major general and thereafter promoted to lieutenant general . </P>

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