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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 41 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 11 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, nine in the Navy, 14 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, one in the Coast Guard ...
List of United States Air Force four-star generals; List of United States Army four-star generals; List of United States Coast Guard four-star admirals; List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals; List of United States Navy four-star admirals; List of United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps four-star admirals
By then the Navy was employing all 8 of its emergency four-star authorizations, so to prevent the return to peacetime caps from demoting half of the Navy's four-star admirals, the 1978 defense appropriation authorization act changed the Navy's four-star cap to be a percentage of the number of flag officers on the active list, using the same ...
DOPMA standardized four-star appointments across all services, replacing the previous service-specific mechanisms. Under the Officer Personnel Act, four-star officers held that grade ex officio while serving in a position of importance and responsibility designated to carry that grade, and upon vacating that position reverted to two-star major general or rear admiral, the highest permanent ...
This worked out to 9 four-star admirals, given the 261 flag officers on active duty in 1978. [31] A week before the new formula became law, the Navy downgraded U.S. Naval Forces Europe to three stars, matching the recent reduction of Pacific Air Forces to three stars and reducing the total number of four-star admirals to 9, as required. [32]
Admiral William F. Moran was nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate to be chief of naval operations, but declined the appointment.. Starting in 1981, four-star officers were appointed under the unified officer promotion framework established by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) of 1980.
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 ...