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Flag of a Navy 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).
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 ...
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 38 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 11 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, eight in the Navy, 12 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, one in the Coast Guard ...
Lisa Marie Franchetti (/ f r æ n. k ˈ ɛ t i / fran-KEH-ti; born 25 April 1964) [1] is a United States Navy admiral who served as the 33rd [2] chief of naval operations from 2 November 2023 to 21 February 2025. [3] [4] [5] She was the first woman to be chief of naval operations, and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [4]
List of United States Navy four-star admirals; List of United States Navy tombstone vice admirals; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2000 to 2009; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960; List of United States Navy vice admirals since 2020
Flag of a Navy vice admiral. The rank of vice admiral (or three-star admiral) is the second-highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy, and the first to have a specified number of appointments set by statute. It ranks above rear admiral (two-star admiral) and below admiral (four-star admiral).
John D. Price – admiral who, early in his career, set many records as a naval aviator; Eli Thomas Reich – vice admiral, only submariner to sink a Japanese battleship unaided during WW2; Jamila Reinhardt – naval aviator, current player on the USA Rugby women's national team; Hyman G. Rickover – admiral, "Father of the Nuclear Navy"
The chief of naval operations (CNO) is the highest-ranking officer of the United States Navy.The position is a statutory office (10 U.S.C. § 8033) held by an admiral who is a military adviser and deputy to the secretary of the Navy.