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Rear Admiral Frank D. Whitworth II was promoted to vice admiral on 30 July 2021, making him the first director of intelligence of the Joint Staff to hold three-star rank. [1] The elevation would remain in place after Whitworth's assignment as director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , with the role being taken over by Lieutenant ...
The Flag Officer-in-Command (FOIC) is the overall commander and senior admiral of the Philippine Navy, the naval warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.It is normally held by a three-star rank of Vice Admiral.
Alberto Bernardo Carlos (born December 1967) is a vice admiral in the Philippine Navy who headed the Armed Forces of the Philippines–Western Command (AFP–WESCOM). Education [ edit ]
For example, the nomination of Rear Admiral Elizabeth L. Train for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as director of naval intelligence and deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare was withdrawn in April 2016 [35] in favour of Vice Admiral Jan E. Tighe, then-commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and Tenth Fleet. [36]
John D. Bulkeley – Vice admiral and one of the most decorated officers of the U.S. Navy. Recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was also the PT boat skipper who evacuated General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor in the Philippines and commanded at the Battle of La Ciotat.
Made position of principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Navy (research, development and acquisition) statutory, to be selected from active duty vice admirals of the Navy and lieutenant generals of the Marine Corps. Act of October 14, 2008 [Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009] 122 Stat. 4433
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.
A permanent vice admiral was an officer who was confirmed by the Senate to hold the permanent grade of vice admiral, which the officer retained regardless of assignment. . Appointments to this permanent grade on the active list were only authorized between 1866 and 1873, and all subsequent appointments were on the retired l