Climbing the ranks Until 1998 Tsao spent his days shuttling between Kinmen and Taiwan, climbing from platoon leader to company leader, battalion leader, and eventually brigade leader. Finally, on New Year's Day 2003, he was promoted to major general.
歷練完整，官拜少將 1998 年以前，曹明生在台灣本島與金門戰地之間輪調，經過排長、連長、營長、旅長的完整歷練，最終於 2003 年元旦晉升陸軍少將。