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Repealed authorization for officers with 40 years of service to retire with the rank and retired pay of the next higher grade, effective November 1, 1949. Act of October 12, 1949 [Career Compensation Act of 1949] 63 Stat. 807: Established pay grade O-8 for admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. Act of August 3, 1950 64 Stat. 406
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.
By May 29, 1959, 154 out of 198 living retired vice admirals—78 percent—had never served in that rank on active duty. Only 22 percent had served in three-star positions prior to their retirement, the rest being rear admirals who received a tombstone promotion to vice admiral at retirement. [12]
A vice admiral or lieutenant general could only receive a tombstone promotion to four-star admiral or general if he still held a three-star job when he retired, so when Marine Corps lieutenant general Oliver P. Smith was abruptly ordered to relinquish his three-star command on September 1, 1955, and revert to major general for the two months ...
Officers in pay grades O-1, O-2, and O-3 with more than four years of prior cumulative service (creditable toward both length of service and retirement) in an enlisted or warrant officer grade are paid "... the special rate of basic pay for pay grade O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E," [19] respectively. [4]
Vice Admiral John Poindexter reverted to his permanent grade of rear admiral in 1986, as he was not appointed by the Senate to another three-star post within 90 days after resigning as national security advisor to the president due to controversy surrounding the Iran-Contra affair, [309] and was reassigned to the Navy staff until retirement in ...
Other than voluntary retirement, the statute sets a number of mandates for retirement. Lieutenant generals must retire after 38 years of service unless appointed for promotion or reappointed to grade to serve longer. [7] Otherwise, all general officers must retire the month after their 64th birthday. [8]
(1894–1983) Retired as admiral, 1 Jul 1956. 145: Russell S. Berkey: 9 Jul 1948 1 Sep 1950 2 Commander, Naval Forces Far East, 1948–1949. Commander, Seventh Fleet, 1949–1950. Chief of Information, 1950. (1893–1984) Retired as admiral, 1 Sep 1950. 146: Donald B. Beary: 1 Nov 1948 1 Oct 1950 2 President, Naval War College, 1948–1950.