20 Lieutenant generals

Lieutenant General is a senior rank in the Bangladesh Army. It is the second-highest active rank of the Bangladesh Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of lieutenant general. It is also considered a 3 star rank. Till 2007 it was the highest rank in the Bangladesh Armed Forces as all chiefs of army staff held this rank and navy and air chiefs were of two-star ranks.

Lieutenant general is the third-highest active rank of the Bosnian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of lieutenant general.

The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the Confederacy during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. They were often former officers from the United States Army prior to the Civil War, while others were given the rank based on merit or when necessity demanded. Most Confederate generals needed confirmation from the Confederate Congress, much like prospective generals in the modern U.S. armed forces.

In the Canadian Forces, the rank of lieutenant-general (LGen) is an Army or Air Force rank equal to a vice-admiral of the Navy. A lieutenant-general is a general officer, the equivalent of a Naval flag officer. A lieutenant-general is senior to a major general or rear-admiral, and junior to a general or admiral. Prior to 1968, Canadian Air Force officers held the equivalent rank of air marshal, which was abolished with the unification of the Canadian Forces.

Lieutenant general, formerly more commonly lieutenant-general, is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank; some British lieutenant generals sometimes wear three-star insignia, in addition to their standard insignia, when on multinational operations.

Nina M. Armagno is a United States Space Force lieutenant general currently serving as the director of staff of the Office of the Chief of Space Operations. She became the first female general in the United States Space Force in 2020. Prior to transferring to the Space Force, she was a major general in the United States Air Force, last serving as the director for space programs for Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition.

Mark Andrew Brilakis was a lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps, who served as the Commander of United States Marine Corps Forces Command. He was commissioned through Platoon Leaders Class upon graduating from Franklin & Marshall College in 1981. He retired on July 12, 2019.

John P. “Jack” Costello was a United States Army Lieutenant General who served as Commanding General of the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command from 1998 to 2001 and also as Commanding General of the United States Army Air Defense Artillery School. After retiring from military service he was a Vice President with the Raytheon Corporation in Dallas, Texas.

Anthony J. Cotton is a United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the deputy commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command. Prior to that, he was the president of the Air University.

James H. Dickinson is a United States Army general currently serving as the commander of the United States Space Command, previously serving as its deputy commander until assuming his current position in August 2020. He also served as the commanding general of the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

Madat Guliyev Gazanfar oghlu is colonel general of the Azerbaijani armed forces and State Security Service of The Republic of Azerbaijan from 2015 to 2019.

Timothy D. Haugh is a United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the commander of the newly reactivated Sixteenth Air Force. Prior to that, he commanded the Twenty-Fifth Air Force, which was inactivated and consolidated with the current numbered air force he currently commands.

Masaneh Nyuku Kinteh is a retired Gambian Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff until his removal on 5th March 2020 by President Adama Barrow. He was the Gambian Chief of Mission in Havana, Cuba, from 2012 to 2017, and was previously Chief of the Defence Staff from 2009 to 2012. He had retired at the rank of lieutenant general in 2012, having previously also served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 2009. He was reinstated in 2017.

Garry L. Parks is a corporate executive and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General whose 35-year career included service as Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruiting Command and Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

Brian S. Robinson is a United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the deputy commander of the Air Mobility Command. Prior to serving in his current position, he was the director of operations of the United States Transportation Command. Before that, Robinson was the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the U.S. Air Force.

Bradley Chance Saltzman is a United States Space Force lieutenant general currently serving as the deputy chief of space operations, nuclear, and cyber. He transferred to the Space Force from the United States Air Force on August 14, 2020 where he last served as a major general and as the deputy commander for the United States Air Forces Central Command and the Combined Force Air Component Commander of the United States Central Command Southwest Asia. He is the first lieutenant general of the Space Force and the first general officer promoted into the new service.

Carl E. Schaefer is a United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the deputy commander of the Air Force Materiel Command. Prior to that, he commanded the 412th Test Wing.

Bradford James Shwedo is a United States Air Force lieutenant general currently serving as the Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/Cyber and Chief Information Officer of the Joint Staff. Prior to that, he was the Chief of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.

John Ferdinand "JT" Thompson is a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force serving as the commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center since May 2017. He entered the United States Air Force in 1984 as a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.

Robert P. White is a United States Army lieutenant general serving as commander of Fort Hood, Texas and as the 61st Commanding General of III Armored Corps. Over 90,000 soldiers fall under his command. From September 2019 to September 2020, he also served as commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR).