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O-2 O-1 NATO code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 Insignia Uniform insignia Title Fleet admiral: Admiral: Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Rear admiral (lower half) Captain: Commander: Lieutenant commander: Lieutenant: Lieutenant (junior grade) Ensign: Abbreviation FADM ADM VADM RADM RDML CAPT CDR LCDR LT LTJG ENS
Vice admiral (abbreviated as VADM) is a three-star commissioned officer rank 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, with the pay grade of O-9.
Admiral: Vice-admiral: Rear-admiral: Commodore: Captain (N) Commander: Lieutenant-commander: Lieutenant (N) Sub-lieutenant: Acting sub-lieutenant: Amiral(e) Vice-amiral(e) Contre-amiral(e) Commodore: Capitaine de vaisseau: Capitaine de frégate: Capitaine de corvette: Lieutenant(e) de vaisseau: Enseigne de vaisseau de 1 re classe: Enseigne de ...
In the Royal Canadian Navy, the rank of vice-admiral (VAdm) (vice-amiral or Vam in French) is equivalent to lieutenant-general of the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. A vice-admiral is a flag officer, the naval equivalent of a general officer. A vice-admiral is senior to a rear-admiral and major general, and junior to an admiral and ...
The commander of Military Sealift Command, charged with replenishment and transport operations for the Navy, was reduced to a rear admiral's billet in 2006. Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III thus became the last vice admiral to lead MSC. U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and Tenth Fleet were established in late 2009 as a dual-hatted vice admiral's billet.
Admiral of the fleet: Marshal of the air force: General or colonel general or army general: Admiral: Air chief marshal: Lieutenant general or army corps general: Vice admiral: Air marshal: Major general or divisional general: Rear admiral or Counter admiral: Air vice-marshal: Brigadier or brigadier general: Commodore or flotilla admiral: Air ...
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vice admiral. The rank of vice admiral (or three-star admiral) is the second-highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy, and the first to have a specified number of appointments set by statute. It ranks above rear admiral (two-star admiral) and below admiral (four-star admiral).