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This would have given him $1,828 per month, more than twice the standard retirement of three-quarters of the base pay of his permanent grade of rear admiral (upper half) and no allowances, or $807 per month. The House Armed Services Committee reduced this to full pay and allowances of a rear admiral (upper half), or $1,295 per month.
Rear admiral (abbreviated as RADM), also sometimes referred to informally as "rear admiral (upper half)", is a two-star flag officer, with the pay grade of O-8 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.
Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Rear admiral (lower half) Captain: Commander: Lieutenant commander: Lieutenant: Lieutenant (junior grade) Ensign: Uniformed services pay grade Special grade O-10 O-9 O-8 O-7 O-6 O-5 O-4 O-3 O-2 O-1 Officer candidate/Cadet
However, the same Comptroller General denied Leys the retired pay of a vice admiral on the grounds that the grade had been abolished in 1890 and all subsequent vice admirals actually held the grade of rear admiral with only the temporary rank of vice admiral, so the grade of vice admiral did not exist.
Authorized officers in grades above major general or rear admiral to defer retirement until age 66 if authorized by secretary of defense, or age 68 if authorized by president. Increased basic pay cap for general and flag officers from Level III to Level II of the Executive Schedule.
Under this law, James O. Richardson retired as an admiral despite reverting to rear admiral after his summary relief as commander in chief of the United States Fleet, but his successor, Husband E. Kimmel, retired as a rear admiral, having served less than a year as admiral before himself being relieved after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Kimmel ...
Retired Rear Adm. James (Jay) Bynum will assume his duties Aug. 1, succeeding retired Rear Adm. Greg Slavonic, who will be leaving after leading the veterans agency since March 2023.
Authorized permanent grade of admiral and full active-duty pay and allowances in retirement for Raymond A. Spruance. Act of November 16, 1973 87 Stat. 621: Authorized promotion of Hyman G. Rickover to admiral on the retired list. Act of December 12, 1980 [Defense Officer Personnel Management Act] 94 Stat. 2844 94 Stat. 2849 94 Stat. 2876