In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
Lafayette in a uniform of a major general of the Continental Army.
Maj Gen Anne B. Gunter (Air Force, 2023), wearing two-star insignia.
In the United States Armed Forces, a lieutenant general is a three-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
Major general (United States)
…two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. A major general ranks above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general. The pay grade of major general is O-8. It is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other United States uniformed services which use naval…
Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson wearing three-star rank, 1945