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.
Army colonels are commissioned officers carrying an O-6 pay grade. When they manage units, they're typically responsible for a brigade, which has between 3,000 and 5,000 soldiers. Within the Army's bureaucracy, colonels can also run staff agencies at the division level.