Editing Colin Powell (section)

===Dates of rank===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Promotions
! Rank !! Date
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||[[File:US Army O10 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[General (United States)|General]]||4 April 1989
|-
||[[File:US Army O9 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant general]]||1 July 1986
|-
||[[File:US Army O8 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Major general (United States)|Major general]]||1 August 1983
|-
||[[File:US Army O7 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier general]]||1 June 1979
|-
||[[File:US Army O6 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]||1 February 1976
|-
||[[File:US Army O5 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant colonel]]||9 July 1970
|-
||[[File:US Army O4 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Major (United States)|Major]]||24 May 1966
|-
||[[File:US Army O3 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]||2 June 1962
|-
||[[File:US Army O2 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[First lieutenant (United States)|First lieutenant]]||30 December 1959
|-
||[[File:US Army O1 shoulderboard rotated.svg|70px]] [[Second lieutenant]]||9 June 1958
|}