rear admirals
Fleet senior officers
Rear admirals is the plural of rear admiral, a naval rank above commodore and below vice admiral.
The name comes from the historical practice of dividing fleets into three squadrons—the rear admiral commanded the rearmost.
In the U.S.
Navy, the rank has two grades: lower half (one star) and upper half (two stars).
Three rear admirals attended the ceremony.
Vehicles under unified command
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- task forceTemporary goal-oriented team
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
tactics · strategy · maneuver · flagship · directive · battleplan · campaign · formation
One-star naval officer
- captainOne who commands
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- one-starWorst rating given
- flag officerHigh-ranking naval commander
insignia · epaulettes · stars · promotion · commission · billet · posting · appointment
Maryland's seat of government
- naval academyMilitary college for sailors
- wardroomOfficers' shipboard dining area
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
tradition · protocol · ceremony · salute · honors · retirement · service · career
One that transports
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
battleship · corvette · amphibious · patrol boat · flotilla · warship · dreadnought · aircraft carrier
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- planningArranging for future events
budgeting · personnel · readiness · training · ceremonial · diplomatic · advisory · policy
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- task forceTemporary goal-oriented team
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
deployment · tactics · strategy · maneuver · flagship · directive · battleplan · campaign · formation · logistics
commodore
One-star naval officer
flag officer · insignia · epaulettes · stars · promotion · commission · billet · posting · appointment · grade
Annapolis
Maryland's seat of government
- naval academyMilitary college for sailors
- wardroomOfficers' shipboard dining area
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
mess · tradition · protocol · ceremony · salute · honors · retirement · service · career · sea duty
carrier
One that transports
frigate · battleship · corvette · amphibious · patrol boat · flotilla · warship · dreadnought · aircraft carrier · nuclear submarine
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
planning · budgeting · personnel · readiness · training · ceremonial · diplomatic · advisory · policy · procurement
- naval personnelsailors, seamen, captains, officers, naval officers
- AdmiralsNelson, Nimitz, Halsey, Dewey, Yamamoto
- naval figurescaptains, commanders, commodores, naval officers, flag officers
- naval officerscommodore, commodores, naval commander, naval commanders
- naval rankscaptain, commodore, commander, captains, commanders
- Navy Personnelsailors, seamen, mariners, enlisted, officers
rear admiralsarmy generals
Highest-ranking military officers
major generals · brigadier generals · field marshals · generals · army officers
rear admiralsseamen
Naval enlisted personnel
ensigns · midshipmen · enlisted sailors · ratings · admirals
rear, admiral, admirals, rears, reared, rearing, rearward, rearwards, admirable