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four-star admiral. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 279 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff render a salute during the departure ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base for former President Ronald Reagan, 11 June 2004.. There are currently 38 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 11 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, eight in the Navy, 12 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, one in the Coast Guard ...
The following list of four-star admirals is sortable by last name, date of rank, [1] number of years on active duty at four-star rank (Yrs), [2] active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank, [3] year commissioned and source of commission, [4] and number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank (YC), [5] and other biographical notes.
Legislation allowing the Assistant Commandant to wear the four-star insignia regardless of the strength of the Marine Corps was approved by President Gerald Ford on March 4, 1976. On November 22, 1985, General George B. Crist was promoted to four-star rank and on November 27, he assumed the position of Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command ...
List of United States Navy four-star admirals; List of United States Navy tombstone vice admirals; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2000 to 2009; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960; List of United States Navy vice admirals since 2020
The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral), ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and is the highest rank achievable in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. There have been six four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
List of United States Coast Guard four-star admirals; References This page was last edited on 4 March 2025, at 07:37 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
A US general's rank insignia [a]. A four-star rank is the rank of any four-star officer described by the NATO OF-9 code.Four-star officers are often the most senior commanders in the armed services, having ranks such as (full) admiral, (full) general, colonel general, army general, or in the case of those air forces with a separate rank structure, air chief marshal.