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.
A commander in the Army is a commanding officer or team leader. Another way to look at the term is that the rank of commander in the Navy or Coast Guard is the equivalent of a lieutenant colonel in the Army. These field-grade Army officers command a battalion, a fighting or support force numbering between 300 and 1,000 men and women. Noted by the silver oak leaves on their shoulders, lieutenant colonels are two steps below general officer status.