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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.
Vice Admiral Scott A. Stearney assumed command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, Fifth Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces in May 2018. [62] His death in December of the same year resulted in the speedy confirmation [63] of Rear Admiral James J. Malloy in the same month for appointment to three-star rank as his replacement. [64]
promoted Vice Admiral on the Retired list in 1873 2 April 1866 [2] Sir Arthur Farquhar, KCB: 1815 1908 promoted Vice Admiral 2 April 1866 [2] Edwin Clayton Tennyson D'Eyncourt CB: 1813 1903 Retired list in 1870; promoted Vice Admiral on the Retired list. 2 April 1866 [2] Thomas Henry Mason, CB: 1811 1900 promoted Vice Admiral in 1873. 6 January ...
A vice-admiral is senior to a rear-admiral and major general, and junior to an admiral and general. The rank insignia of a Canadian vice-admiral is as follows: On the navy blue mess dress jacket and the navy blue service dress tunic: the cuff insignia is one wide gold braid below two standard size gold braids, the superior one includes the ...
A rear admiral in the Pakistani Navy is a senior and two-star rank naval officer, appointed in higher naval commands. Like most Commonwealth navies, the rear admiral rank is superior to commodore and captain. However, the rank is junior to the three-star rank vice-admiral and four-star rank admiral, who is generally a Chief of Naval Staff of ...
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 ...
The command flags flown by a Vice-Admiral changed a number of times during this period. [2] In the Royal Navy, the rank of vice-admiral should be distinguished from the office of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, which is an Admiralty position usually held by a retired full admiral, and that of Vice-Admiral of the Coast, a now obsolete office ...