O-10
Military abbreviation · Military Pay Grade
| Stands for | Officer pay grade 10 |
|---|---|
| Categories | Military |
O-10 stands for Officer pay grade 10, a military pay grade abbreviation.
Highest active US officer pay grade: General in the Army, Air Force, Space Force and Marine Corps, and Admiral in the Navy and Coast Guard. Four-star officers include the service chiefs, the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and combatant commanders.
Example: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an O-10, is the nation's highest-ranking military officer.
Usage notes
The five-star ranks of General of the Army, Fleet Admiral and General of the Air Force, sometimes informally called O-11, were last held by Omar Bradley, who died in 1981. Four-star positions are limited in number by law. NATO code OF-9.
Related abbreviations
More military pay grade abbreviations
- E-5 – Enlisted pay grade 5
- E-6 – Enlisted pay grade 6
- E-7 – Enlisted pay grade 7
- E-8 – Enlisted pay grade 8
- E-9 – Enlisted pay grade 9
- O-1 – Officer pay grade 1
- O-1E – Officer pay grade 1 with prior enlisted service
- O-2 – Officer pay grade 2
- O-3 – Officer pay grade 3
- O-4 – Officer pay grade 4
- O-5 – Officer pay grade 5
- O-6 – Officer pay grade 6