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...vice, the term '''rear admiral''' derives from the position commanding the rear squadron in a fleet action.
[[Vice admiral]] is the next higher rank. Depending on the navy involved, the next lower
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...officer"). Some South American navies, among others, have only one rank of admiral.
...nd/air forces rank of '''[[general]]'''. The next lower rank is "[[vice admiral]]".
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...cific information that either did not reach the Pearl Harbor commanders, [[Admiral]] [[Husband Kimmel]] (Navy) or [[lieutenant general | Lieutenant General]
...evertheless, they believed they had to deter U.S. forces from intervening. Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], [[Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet]] and an oppon
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...hed [[Milne Bay]] at 1725 on [[31 July]] and, 10 days later, embarked Rear Admiral [[William Fechteler|William M. Fechteler]] from [[USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2)]
On [[7 September]], Rear Admiral [[Daniel Barbey|Daniel E. "Uncle Dan" Barbey]], who commanded Task Force
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*[[general]] and [[admiral]] grades, sometimes called "flag officers" as the rank entitles them to f
10. Admiral of the (Navy or Coast Guard) <br />
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Principal, [[Chertoff Group]]; retired [[Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]], [[U.S. Navy]]; Under Secretary for Science and Technology, U.S. [[Dep
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...to the Civil War, the small number of U.S. warships did not justify having admirals, the naval equivalent of generals. The highest rank was that of captain,
...His protégé, David Dixon Porter, became vice admiral, heading ten rear admirals. Following the deaths of Farragut and Porter, the two senior grades rem
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Founded in 1972 by the late [[rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] Gene LaRocque, the '''Center for Defense Information (CDI)''' is a [[th
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[[rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] '''Bruce Grooms''' is Vice Director of the U.S. [[Joint Staff]], and is
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...rado'' sailed to [[Pearl Harbor]] and there became [[flagship]] for [[Vice Admiral]] [[Richmond K. Turner]], Commander, Amphibious Forces, [[Pacific]].
...n [[18 May]], she was visited by several distinguished guests, including [[Admiral]]s [[Chester W. Nimitz]], [[William F. Halsey, Jr.]], and [[Raymond A. Sp
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...amint'', part of the Northern Attack Force, served as [[flagship]] of Rear Admiral L. F. Reifsnider, Commander Amphibious Group 4. Going in under plane atta
On 10 April Admiral Richmond K. Turner designated Commander Amphibious Group 4, on board ''Pa
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Both sides suffered from divided command. In his autobiography, Fleet
Admiral [[William Halsey]] wrote, <blockquote>If we had been under the same comma
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...ag rank]] as Navy [[Rear Admiral|Rear]], [[Vice Admiral|Vice]], and full [[Admiral]]s.
...iewtopic.php?t=148 James D. Ferguson] on 20 July 1955, by Captain (later [[Admiral|ADM]]) [http://www.ussrankin.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40 W.F.A. Wendt]on
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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific and Pacific Ocean Areas}}
...fields for stricken [[Superfortress]]es and bases for fighter escorts, so Admiral [[Chester Nimitz]] ordered [[United States Fifth Fleet]] to take it. The
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...the approaching Japanese and made attacks, as General Wavell left Java and Admiral Helfrich took upon his shoulders the naval defense of the remnants of the
**ABDA Combined Striking Force, Rear Admiral [[Karel Doorman]], [[Royal Netherlands Navy]]
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