User talk:Spm92

Brigadier General
While I agree with you in many cases, you also have to remember that under, frocking only allows an officer to assume rank and not paygrade. While records do not officially note rank promotion date, they do record the date in which the paygrade takes affect. This is what the military basis when an officer serves time-in-rank or, more accurately, time-in-grade. The same goes for three and four-star positions; their paygrade is affective when they assume the postion. You also have to remember that many officers selected for promotion to general or flag officer grades retire before assuming rank. I've seen several instances where the officer is selected and opts to retire, so the military in turn, does not frock him or her to next grade. It's understandable that, in their mind, why frock an officer who is not going to be around to use the rank. Last but most importantly, explicitly limits the number of officers allowed to be frocked who hold the rank to Colonel/Captain and above to a total of 85 combined for all service branches. There are hundreds of officers who are selected to general or flag rank each fiscal year. Not all of them with be allowed frocking. I hope this helps to make you understand why certain wording is in place as they are.

Also, of the U.S. Code of Law allows a general or flag officer to retire after 2 years in grade with the consent from their department secretary, the defense secretary, and/or the President and of course with the confirmation of the Senate. Neovu79 (talk) 07:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)