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The shoulder stars, shoulder boards, and sleeve stripes of a U.S. Navy rear admiral (Line officer). This is a list of active duty rear admirals (two-star rear admiral, abbreviated RADM) serving in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, and the United ...
Explore a comprehensive category of United States Navy rear admirals on Wikipedia, detailing their ranks and service history.
This category is for United States Navy admirals (including vice admirals and rear admirals) and for officers with the rank of commodore. Personnel in this category should not be simultaneously listed in Category:United States Navy officers .
Rear admiral (abbreviated as RADM), also sometimes referred to informally as "rear admiral (upper half)", is a two-star flag officer, with the pay grade of O-8 in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps and the United States Maritime Service.
Flag of a Navy 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.
List of United States Coast Guard vice admirals; 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 ...
Pages in category "United States Navy rear admirals (lower half)" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dozens of temporary vice admirals were appointed during World War II alone, and by January 1, 1960, the Navy register listed 28 line officers as vice admirals on the active list in the peacetime Navy. Many rear admirals received honorary tombstone promotions to vice admiral when they retired, having been specially commended for performance of ...