If the person impeached, after service,shall fail to appear, either in person or by attorney, onthe day so fixed therefor as aforesaid, or, appearing, shallfail to file his answer to such articles of impeachment, thetrial shall proceed, nevertheless, as upon a plea of notguilty.
Quick Answer. As of September 2015, there are 11 four-star generals in the U.S. Army, 10 in the Navy, 4 in the Marine Corps and 13 in the Air Force. The general rank comes above the other general officer ranks: lieutenant general, major general and brigadier general. Continue Reading.
The total number of active duty general officers is capped â¦at 302 for the Army, 279 for the Air Force and 80 for the Marine Corps. For the Army and Air Force, no more than 16.3% of the service's active duty general officers may have more than two stars, and no more than 25% of those may have four stars. This corresponds to 12 Army generals, 11 Air Force generals and 3 Marine generals. So your answer is 12 4-star generals in the US Army.