Aggie Stars — The Men & Women Who Set The Bar
The term 'Flag Officer' traditionally refers to a commissioned officer who is senior enough to fly a flag that marks the position from where they exercise command.
Today, the term is understood to signify a General in the Marine Corps, Army, or Air Force, or an Admiral in the Navy or Coast Guard. These men and women wear stars on their shoulder epaulets, and are considered some of the best, brightest, and most experienced leaders of the United States Armed Forces. The stars that they wear represent their years of experience, challenging duty assignments, effective leadership skills, strategic prowess, and unwavering dedication to defending the unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, both domestic and abroad.
This page serves to recognize the many Aggies who have gone on to serve our country as flag officers over the years since the establishment of the institution.
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NAVY / MARINE CORPS
Admiral Jerome L. Johnson 1956, USN
General Eric M. Smith 1987, USMC
AIR FORCE
General Otto P. Weyland 1923, USAF
General Bernard A. Schriever 1931, USAF
General Joseph W. Ashy 1962, USAF
General Patrick K. Gamble 1967, USAF
General Hal M. Hornburg 1968, USAF
General T. Michael Moseley 1971, USAF
General William M. Fraser III 1974, USAF
General Stephen W. Wilson 1981, USAF
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AIR FORCE
Lieutenant General Jay T. Robbins 1940
Lieutenant General Herman O. Thompson 1951
Lieutenant General James S. Cassity Jr. 1957
Lieutenant General Carl E. Franklin 1961
Lieutenant General Melvin F. Chubb Jr. 1962
Lieutenant General Donald L. Peterson 1966
Lieutenant General Patrick P. Caruana 1972
Lieutenant General Loyd S. Utterback 1975
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ARMY
Lieutenant General Andrew D. Bruce 1916
Lieutenant General Robert W. Colglazier 1925 (USAR)
Lieutenant General Harry H. Critz 1934
Lieutenant General Woodrow W. Vaughan 1939
Lieutenant General James F. Hollingsworth 1940
Lieutenant General Herron N. Maples 1940
Lieutenant General Howard W. Penney 1949
Lieutenant General Eivind H. Johansen 1950
Lieutenant General Kenneth E. Lewi 1952
Lieutenant General James T. Scott 1964
Lieutenant General Theodore G. Stroup 1965
Lieutenant General Leonard D. Holder Jr. 1966
Lieutenant General John A. Van Alstyne 1966
Lieutenant General Randolph W. House 1967
Lieutenant General John B. Sylvester 1967
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NAVY / MARINE CORPS
Lieutenant General John T. Walker 1917, USMC
Lieutenant General Ion M. Bethel 1925, USMC
Lieutenant General Ormond R. Simpson 1936, USMC
Lieutenant General John H. Miller 1946, USMC
Vice Admiral David B. Robinson 1962, USN
Vice Admiral Herbert E. Brown 1964, USN
Lieutenant General Joseph F. Weber 1972, USMC
Vice Admiral Alfred G. Harms Jr. 1978, USN
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AIR FORCE
Major General Howard C. Davidson 1911
Major General William E. Farthing 1914
Major General Ralph H. Wooten 1916
Major General Robert B. Williams 1923
Major General William D. Old 1924
Major General Manning E. Tillery 1926
Major General William T. Hefley 1927
Major General Alvin R. Luedecke 1932
Major General John W. White 1932
Major General Robert F. Worden 1933
Major General John H. Buckner 1940
Major General Harold C. Teubner 1942
Major General Tom E. Marchbanks Jr. 1943
Major General Charles Lowry Wilson 1946
Major General Walter H. Baxter, III 1947
Major General Guy H. Goddard 1947
Major General Charles R. Bond Jr. 1949
Major General James L. Brown 1950
Major General Waymond C. Nutt 1951
Major General John H. Storrie 1952
Major General James W. Taylor 1952
Major General Charles R. Cargill 1953
Major General Thomas G. Darling 1954
Major General Thomas R. Olsen 1956
Major General John J. Closner III 1962 (USAFR)
Major General Jay T. Edwards III 1962
Major General Jay D. Blume Jr. 1963
Major General Billy G. McCoy 1963
Major General H. Hale Burr Jr. 1965
Major General James M. Hurley 1965
Major General Frank D. Watson 1966 (USAFR)
Major General Lee V. Greer 1967
Major General Richard L. Engel 1968
Major General Michael C. Kostelnik 1968
Major General Kenneth W. Hess 1969
Major General Wilbert D. Pearson Jr. 1969
Major General Gerald F. Perryman Jr. 1970
Major General P. David Gillett Jr. 1976
Major General Floyd L. Carpenter 1977
Major General James W. Hyatt 1980
Major General Edward P. Yarish, 1983 (USAFR)
Major General Gregory J. Lengyel 1985
Major General Timothy S. Green 1986
Major General Edward W. Thomas Jr. 1990
Major General Michael L. Downs 1992
Major General Thomas K. Hensley 1992
Major General Winfred N. Carroll 1997
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ARMY
Major General Bennet Puryear Jr. 1906
Major General George F. Moore 1908
Major General Roderick R. Allen 1915
Major General Percy W. Clarkson 1915
Major General Edmond H. Leavey 1915
Major General Harry H. Johnson 1917
Major General Herman M. Ainsworth 1919
Major General J. D. Hill 1921
Major General Stuart S. Hoff 1929
Major General Benjamin H. Pochyla 1929
Major General Andrew P. Rollins Jr. 1939
Major General William A. Becker 1941
Major General Harold B. Gibson Jr. 1943
Major General Homer D. Smith Jr. 1943
Major General Wesley E. Peel 1946
Major General William L. Webb Jr. 1946
Major General Charles I. McGinnis 1949
Major General James G. Boatner 1950
Major General William R. Wray 1952
Major General George H. Akin 1956
Major General Paul L. Greenberg 1958
Major General James R. Taylor 1959
Major General Charles W. McClain Jr. 1962
Major General Walter B. Moore 1962
Major General Gerald H. Putnam 1962
Major General Thomas A. Sands 1964
Major General Veerapun Putamanonda 1969
Major General Robert T. Howard 1970
Major General William H. McCoy Jr. 1973
Major General Harold Gary Bunch 1976
Major General David A. Rubenstein 1977
Major General Jennifer L. Napper 1982
Major General Paul C. Hurley Jr. 1985
Major General Merdith W. B. Temple 1985
Major General Scott L. Efflandt 1998
Army Reserve (USAR)
Major General George P. Munson Jr. 1928
Major General James Earl Rudder 1932
Major General Robert E. Crosser 1949
Major General Dionel E. Avilés 1953
Major General Guilford J. Wilson Jr. 1953
Major General John E. Simek 1965
Major General Alvin W. Jones 1966
Major General Joe M. Ernst 1967
Major General Kenneth D. Jones 1980
Texas Army National Guard (TX ARNG)
Major General Robert L. Pou Jr. 1937
Major General Otto E. Scherz 1942
Major General Glenn H. Kothmann 1950
Major General Charles H. Kone 1952
Major General Harry V. Steel Jr. 1953
Major General Don O. Daniel 1956
Major General Sam C. Turk 1958
Major General Darrel P. Baker 1962
Major General Michael H. Taylor 1970
Major General Darren G. Owens 1973
Major General James K. Brown Jr. 1980
Major General Eddy M. Spurgin 1980
Major General Samuel Lee Henry 1983
Major General Patrick M. Hamilton 1985
Texas State Guard (TXSG)
Major General Ira E. Scott 1959
Major General Richard A. Box 1961
Major General Gerald R. Betty 1973
Major General James W. Robinson 1975
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NAVY / MARINE CORPS
Rear Admiral Gerald B. Ogle 1923, USN
Major General Bruno A. Hochmuth 1935, USMC
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Moore 1935, USN
Major General Raymond L. Murray 1935, USMC
Major General Wood B. Kyle 1936, USMC
Major General Homer S. Hill 1940, USMC
Rear Admiral George L. Cassell 1941, USN
Rear Admiral Merton D. Van Orden 1943, USN
Rear Admiral Richard T. Gaskill 1952, USN
Rear Admiral Howard H. Haynes 1952, USN
Rear Admiral Robert Smith III 1961, USNR
Major General Marvin Ted Hopgood 1965, USMC
Rear Admiral Geoffrey L. Chesbrough 1967, USN
Rear Admiral William W. Pickavance Jr. 1968, USN
Major General Randolph D. Alles 1976, USMC
Major General David C. Garza 1977, USMC
Major General Walter L. Miller Jr. 1979, USMC
Rear Admiral Robert J. Kamensky 1979, USN
Rear Admiral Brian Hurley 1986, USN
Rear Admiral Charles W. Rock 1986, USN
Rear Admiral Brenda J. Holman 1987, USPHS
Major General Dimitri Henry 1988, USMC
Rear Admiral Ronny L. Jackson 1991, USN
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AIR FORCE
Brigadier General George H. Beverley 1919
Brigadier General Aubry L. Moore 1923
Brigadier General William L. Lee 1927
Brigadier General James P. Newberry 1927
Brigadier General William L. Kennedy 1928
Brigadier General Normal L. Callish 1930
Brigadier General Travis M. Hetherington 1932
Brigadier General John A. Hilger 1932
Brigadier General Kyle L. Riddle 1937
Brigadier General George P. Cole 1941
Brigadier General Hubert O. Johnson Jr. 1941
Brigadier General Victor H. Thompson Jr. 1942
Brigadier General Guy M. Townsend 1943
Brigadier General Irby B. Jarvis Jr. 1945
Brigadier General Joseph E. Wesp 1945
Brigadier General David O. Williams Jr. 1946
Brigadier General John D. Roper 1948
Brigadier General Robert O. Petty 1953
Brigadier General John J. Roark 1953, TX ANG
Brigadier General Donald L. Moore 1957
Brigadier General Paul L. Carroll Jr. 1958, CA ANG
Brigadier General James E. Freytag 1959
Brigadier General John Serur 1959
Brigadier General Kenneth F. Keller 1960
Brigadier General Malcolm F. Bolton 1961
Brigadier General Jimmy L. Cash 1962
Brigadier General Ronald D. Gray 1964
Brigadier General George E. Chapman 1965
Brigadier General Jimmy G. Dishner 1965
Brigadier General James M. Richards III 1969
Brigadier General Frank J. Pontelandolfo 1969, DE ANG
Brigadier General Jimmie J. Jackson Jr. 1976
Brigadier General Edmund D. Walker 1978
Brigadier General Talentino C. Angelosante 1980
Brigadier General Charles E. Foster Jr. 1981, AK ANG
Brigadier General Kenneth Hamilton 1983, ANG
Brigadier General William D. DeHaes 1986, IA ANG
Brigadier General Michael L. Downs 1992
Brigadier General Thomas K. Hensley 1992
Brigadier General Michael Martin 1992
Brigadier General Craig McPike 1992
Brigadier General Ronald G. Allen Jr. 1993
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ARMY
Brigadier General Douglas B. Netherwood 1908
Brigadier General John A. Warden 1908
Brigadier General William C. Crane 1910
Brigadier General John F. Davis 1911
Brigadier General Oscar B. Abbott 1913
Brigadier General Jerome J. Waters 1913
Brigadier General Robert R. Neyland Jr. 1914
Brigadier General Claudius M. Easley 1916
Brigadier General Nat S. Perrine 1917
Brigadier General Paul L. Neal 1919
Brigadier General John L. Pierce 1919
Brigadier General Cranford C. Warden 1921
Brigadier General William R. Frederick 1925
Brigadier General Richard J. Werner 1925
Brigadier General Charles S. Hays 1932
Brigadier General John M. Kenderdine 1934
Brigadier General Carter C. Speed 1936
Brigadier General Theodore H. Andrews 1938
Brigadier General Robert M. Williams 1938
Brigadier General Thomas F. McCord 1940
Brigadier General Seaborn J. Buckalew Jr. 1942
Brigadier General Charles V. L. Elia 1943
Brigadier General Jack N. Kraras 1943
Brigadier General George W. Connell 1945
Brigadier General Allen D. Rooke Jr. 1946
Brigadier General Thomas G. Murnane 1947
Brigadier General Robert M. Mullens 1948
Brigadier General Billy M. Vaughn 1949
Brigadier General Walter O. Bachus 1950
Brigadier General Wilman D. Barnes 1951
Brigadier General Frank A. Ramsey 1951
Brigadier General Russell C. Wright 1951
Brigadier General Robert C. Beyer Jr. 1953
Brigadier General Cecil N. Neely 1955
Brigadier General Dennis A. Wilkie 1956
Brigadier General Edmond S. Solymosy 1960
Brigadier General Michael M. Schneider 1962
Brigadier General John A. Hedrick 1963
Brigadier General Thomas S. Bailey Jr. 1969
Brigadier General Robert L. Herndon 1973
Brigadier General Louis W. Weber 1975
Brigadier General Samuel M. Cannon 1976
Brigadier General George R. Thompson Jr. 1977
Brigadier General Michael B. Cates 1979
Brigadier General Joe E. Ramirez Jr. 1979
Brigadier General George A. Brinegar 1982
Brigadier General Donald M. MacWillie 1982
Brigadier General Kenneth Jones 1988
Brigadier General James Brown 1989
Brigadier General Patrick R. Michaelis 1993
Brigadier General Guy M. Jones 1994
Brigadier General Barrye L. Price 1994
Brigadier General Thomas G. Smith 2001
Army Reserve
Brigadier General Eugene A. Eversberg 1913
Brigadier General Spencer J. Buchanan 1926
Brigadier General Graber Kidwell 1932
Brigadier General Clifford M. Simmang 1936
Brigadier General Clarence A. Wilson 1937
Brigadier General Ogbourne D. Butler Jr. 1939
Brigadier General Mike P. Cokinos 1943
Brigadier General Carl D. McIntosh 1948
Brigadier General Keith L. Hargrove 1951
Brigadier General Louis L. Stuart Jr. 1952
Brigadier General Woodrow A. Free 1956
Brigadier General James A. Mobley 1969
Brigadier General Henry J. Ostermann 1972
Texas Army National Guard
Brigadier General Arthur B. Knickerbocker 1921
Brigadier General Kay Halsell II 1935
Brigadier General Jack T. Brown 1937
Brigadier General Walter J. Dingler 1952
Brigadier General George R. Harper 1953
Brigadier General Don M. Ogg 1961
Brigadier General Adrian Bentley Nettles 1985
Brigadier General Charles K. Aris 1988
Texas State Guard
Brigadier General Donald J. Johnson 1955, TSG
Brigadier General Charles R. Weaver 1959, TSG
Brigadier General Thomas Ball 1986, TSG
Assorted Army National/State Guards
Brigadier General Charles M. Taylor 1942 (California ARNG)
Brigadier General Charles M. Scott Jr. 1953 (Arizona ARNG)
Brigadier General Donald W. Mayhue Jr. 1959 (California ARNG)
Brigadier General Ed Y. Hall 1960 (South Carolina State Guard)
Brigadier General Manuel A. Guzman 1965 (Puerto Rico ARNG)
Brigadier General Stephen D. Korenek 1968 (Alaska ARNG)
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NAVY / MARINE CORPS
Brigadier General Victor A. Barraco 1915, USMC
Brigadier General Durant S. Buchanan 1917, USMC
Brigadier General Walter T. H. Galliford 1917, USMC
Brigadier General Odell M. Conoley 1935, USMC
Brigadier General Adam L Chalkley 1992, USMC
Brigadier General Matt Mowery 1992, USMC
Brigadier General Adolfo Garcia 1993, USMC
Brigadier General Matt Good 1995, USMC