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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg/225px-US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg/300px-US_Admiral_of_Navy_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="420" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Insignia for Admiral of the Navy (1899–1917)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="520" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank group</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flag_officer" title="Flag officer">Flag officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">March 24, 1903<sup id="cite_ref-rank_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rank-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(retroactive to March 2, 1899)<sup id="cite_ref-rank_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rank-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abolished</th><td class="infobox-data">January 16, 1917<sup id="cite_ref-rank_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rank-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next lower rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">Admiral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Equivalent ranks</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">Fleet admiral</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Admiral of the Navy</b> was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_leaders_by_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military leaders by rank">highest-possible rank</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, prior to the creation of <a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">fleet admiral</a> in 1944. The rank is considered to be at least equivalent to that of a <a href="/wiki/Five-star_rank" title="Five-star rank">five-star</a> admiral,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Admiral <a href="/wiki/George_Dewey" title="George Dewey">George Dewey</a> being the only officer to be appointed to the rank.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiral_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Spanish_American_War">Post-Spanish American War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiral_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Post-Spanish American War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rank has only been awarded once, to <a href="/wiki/George_Dewey" title="George Dewey">George Dewey</a>, in recognition of his <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_Bay" title="Battle of Manila Bay">victory at Manila Bay</a> in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 2, 1899, Congress approved the creation of the grade of Admiral of the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 3, <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">President McKinley</a> transmitted to the Senate his nomination of Dewey for the new grade, which was approved the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But McKinley's nomination had used the term "Admiral in the Navy," while the act creating the new grade had used "Admiral of the Navy." On March 14, 1903, this discrepancy was addressed when <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">President Roosevelt</a> nominated and the Senate approved Dewey to the grade of "Admiral of the Navy," retroactive to March 2, 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Navy Register of 1904 listed Dewey for the first time as "Admiral of the Navy" instead of "Admiral."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though this clarified the grade's unique title, the precedence of the new rank was still considered "four star", equivalent to general in the army, in the US Navy Regulations of 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the U.S. Navy Regulations of 1913, the <a href="/wiki/Gun_salute" title="Gun salute">gun salute</a> for Admiral of the Navy was set to 19,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the equivalent salute for a British <a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal (United Kingdom)">field marshal</a> or <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">admiral of the fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More four-star officers were appointed after an act authorizing the temporary grade of admiral for three fleet commanders-in-chief was passed in 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In terms of insignia, Dewey appears in a photograph soon after his promotion wearing the sleeve stripes last worn by Admiral <a href="/wiki/David_Dixon_Porter" title="David Dixon Porter">David Dixon Porter</a>, which are the same as present-day admirals (one two-inch band with three half-inch stripes above). When a new edition of US Navy Uniform Regulations was issued in May 1899, the sleeve insignia for admiral was specified as "two strips of 2-inch gold lace, with one 1-inch strip between, set one-quarter of an inch apart."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1905 Uniform Regulations, a similar description was used but with the title "Admiral of the Navy."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collar and shoulder insignia were four silver stars, with gold foul anchors under the two outermost stars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiral_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_Dewey_NH_50564.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Admiral_Dewey_NH_50564.jpg/220px-Admiral_Dewey_NH_50564.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Admiral_Dewey_NH_50564.jpg/330px-Admiral_Dewey_NH_50564.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Admiral_Dewey_NH_50564.jpg/440px-Admiral_Dewey_NH_50564.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="749" /></a><figcaption>Dewey, Admiral of the Navy, pictured in 1899 on board <a href="/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)" title="USS Olympia (C-6)">USS <i>Olympia</i></a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1944, with the establishment of the rank of fleet admiral, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> specified in a <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Navigation_(United_States_Navy)" title="Bureau of Navigation (United States Navy)">Bureau of Navigation</a> memo that "the rank of Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy shall be considered the senior most rank of the United States Navy".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As Dewey had been deceased for nearly thirty years, no comparison between his rank and that of fleet admiral was made until 1945. At that time, during the preparations for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">Operation Downfall</a>, the proposed invasion of Japan, the possibility was raised of promoting one of the serving United States Fleet Admirals to "<a href="/wiki/Six-star_ranks_in_the_U.S._armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Six-star ranks in the U.S. armed forces">six-star rank</a>" should the Army take a similar measure by promoting <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> to the rank of <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies" title="General of the Armies">General of the Armies</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As Congress was trying to create the rank of <a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">fleet admiral</a> in 1944, the Navy wanted to re-establish and elevate Admiral of the Navy be equivalent to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies" title="General of the Armies">General of the Armies</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it could not legally do so without a congressional act. The Navy's <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">chief of naval personnel</a>, Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, testified before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>, recommending that the rank of Admiral of the Navy should be made equivalent to General of the Armies,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but a previous bill submitted for its re-establishment on February 25, 1944, failed to be passed into law.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Congress passed <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Pub.L.</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Public_Law_78-482" class="extiw" title="s:Public Law 78-482">78-482</a> on December 14, 1944, creating the rank of fleet admiral, without re-establishing the rank of Admiral of the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, the rank remained nonexistent. By 1955, the Navy concluded that the rank was honorary.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And while it held to the belief that the rank was equivalent to General of the Armies,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Navy amended its regulations to establish fleet admiral as its highest achievable rank, adhering to the standard set by the law.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text_of_Act">Text of Act</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiral_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Text of Act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The act to create the grade of Admiral of the Navy read as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by selection and promotion, an Admiral of the Navy, who shall not be placed upon the retired list except upon his own application; and whenever such office shall be vacated by death or otherwise the office shall cease to exist.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiral_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-rank-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rank_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rank_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rank_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/z-files/zb-files/zb-files-d/dewey-george.html#bio">"Biography: George Dewey (26 December 1837 - 16 January 1917)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%" class="wraplinks"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:gainsboro;">Pay grade / branch of service </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;">Officer<br />candidate </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap">O-1</span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap">O-2</span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap">O-3</span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap">O-4</span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap">O-5</span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap">O-6</span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_star_ranking#One-star" title="Military star ranking">O-7</a></span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_star_ranking#Two-star" title="Military star ranking">O-8</a></span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_star_ranking#Three-star" title="Military star ranking">O-9</a></span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_star_ranking#Four-star" title="Military star ranking">O-10</a></span> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><a href="/wiki/Five-star_rank#United_States" title="Five-star rank">Wartime<br />grade</a> </th> <th style="background:gainsboro;"><a href="/wiki/Six-star_rank" title="Six-star rank">Special <br />grade</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;">Insignia </td> <td><sup>[1]</sup> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O1_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=Second lieutenant / Ensign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US-O1_insignia.svg/10px-US-O1_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="25" 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href="/wiki/File:US-O3_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=alt=Captain / Lieutenant" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/25px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/38px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/50px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O4_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=Major / Lieutenant commander" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/25px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/38px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, 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decoding="async" width="30" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/45px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/60px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="475" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O7_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=Brigadier general / Rear admiral (lower half)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US-O7_insignia.svg/25px-US-O7_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US-O7_insignia.svg/38px-US-O7_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US-O7_insignia.svg/50px-US-O7_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O8_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=Major General / Rear admiral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/35px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/53px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/70px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O9_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="alt=alt=Lieutenant general / Vice admiral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/US-O9_insignia.svg/50px-US-O9_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/US-O9_insignia.svg/75px-US-O9_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US-O11_insignia.svg/50px-US-O11_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US-O11_insignia.svg/75px-US-O11_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US-O11_insignia.svg/100px-US-O11_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1676" data-file-height="1541" /></a></span> </td> <td><sup>[2]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, 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States)">COL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">BG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">MG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">LTG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">GEN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">GA</a><sup>[3]</sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Armies" title="General of the Armies">GAS</a><sup>[2]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="5940" data-file-height="4680" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midshipman#United_States_Navy_and_Marine_Corps" title="Midshipman">Midn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Marine_Corps" title="Officer candidate">Cand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">2ndLt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">1stLt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Capt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Maj</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">LtCol</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">BGen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">MajGen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">LtGen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="520" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midshipman#United_States_Navy_and_Marine_Corps" title="Midshipman">MIDN</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Navy" title="Officer candidate">OC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ENS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">LTJG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">LT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">LCDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">CDR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">ADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">FADM</a><sup>[3]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet#United_States" title="Officer cadet">Cdt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Air_Force" title="Officer candidate">OT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">2d Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">1st Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Capt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Maj</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lt Col</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig Gen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Maj Gen</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lt Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Air_Force" title="General of the Air Force">GAF</a><sup>[3]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="708" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet#United_States" title="Officer cadet">Cdt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate#U.S._Air_Force" title="Officer candidate">OT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">2d Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">1st Lt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Capt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Maj</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lt Col</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig Gen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Maj Gen</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lt Gen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" 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States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">ADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Public_Health_Service.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Captain (United States O-6)">CAPT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">ADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gainsboro;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/NOAA_Flag.svg/23px-NOAA_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/NOAA_Flag.svg/35px-NOAA_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Rear admiral (United States)">RDML</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)#Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral (United States)">RADM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral_(United_States)" title="Vice admiral (United States)">VADM</a> </td> <td><sup>[4]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td> <td><sup>[5]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:lightsteelblue;" colspan="15"><sup>[1]</sup> No universal insignia for officer candidate rank<br /><sup>[2]</sup> No official insignia and not currently listed by the Army as an obtainable rank. <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a>'s GAS insignia: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="General of the Armies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/20px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/30px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg/40px-Greater_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="476" /></a></span> (collar) <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="General of the Armies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/45px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/68px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/90px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> (epaulettes)<br /><sup>[3]</sup> These ranks are reserved for wartime use only, and are still listed as ranks within their respective services<br /><sup>[4]</sup> Grade is authorized by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">U.S. Code</a> for use but has not been created<br /><sup>[5]</sup> Grade has never been created or authorized<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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