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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 ...
Robert Wilson Shufeldt (naval officer) Kenneth Shugart. Edward Simpson (governor) Joseph Smith (admiral) Melancton Smith (1810–1893) Ingram C. Sowell. Roger N. Stembel. Charles Stewart (United States Navy officer) Mariann Stratton.
United States Navy. Group photograph of the first twenty Navy nurses, appointed in 1908. The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships and in Navy hospitals for nearly 100 years. The Corps was all-female until 1965.
Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet (PHIBLANT), came under the command of Rear Admiral Jerauld Wright on November 24, 1948. He held it until November 1, 1950. [ 8 ] Based at the Norfolk Naval Station , Wright was responsible for three major subordinate commands, Amphibious Group 2 , Amphibious Group 4 (commanded by Eugene B. Fluckey from October ...
This is a complete list of four-star admirals in the United States Navy. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Navy. It ranks above vice admiral ( three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral ( five-star admiral ). There have been 278 four-star admirals in the history of ...
Contents. List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2000 to 2009. The rank of vice admiral (or three-star admiral) is the second-highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. 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 ).
List of Royal Navy rear admirals. Rear Admiral ( RAdm) is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It is immediately superior to Commodore and is subordinate to Vice Admiral. It is a two-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-7. The rank originated in the days of naval sailing squadrons and each naval squadron would be assigned an ...
Rear Admiral Karen Ann Flaherty [1] assumed duties as the Deputy Surgeon General of Navy Medicine at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as of August 6, 2010. Flaherty served as the 22nd Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps as well as the Deputy Chief, Wounded, Ill, and Injured at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery from 2009 to 2010.