Its not a vote the way we vote for representatives. In the military, you earn it, kind of like a promotion at your job. General is also a rank during active enlistment, and specifically four star generals are only allowed to be 4 star during active enlistment , as it's attached to your office.
You can retire with the rank of General, but apparently not 4 stars.
Yeah I was pulling it from Wikipedia and it seems a little confusing the way it's worded. Like they can't use it in retirement but then they can? It's weird, idk.
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u/Jeansaintfire 16h ago
The last person promoted to 5 star was in 1950 Omar Bradley who died in 1981.
There's only been 5 ever.