United States Navy officer rank insignia
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| Pay grade | special1 | O-10 | O-9 | O-8 | O-7 | O-6 | O-5 | O-4 | O-3 | O-2 | O-1 |
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| Title | Fleet Admiral | Admiral | Vice Admiral | Rear Admiral (UH) | Rear Admiral (LH) | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant Commander | Lieutenant | Lieutenant, Junior Grade | Ensign |
| Abbreviation | FADM | ADM | VADM | RADM | RDML | CAPT | CDR | LCDR | LT | LTJG | ENS |
| NATO Code | OF-11 | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 |
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This chart represents current U.S. Navy and US Coast Guard officer rank insignia. (Also see the article on Commodore which explains the evolution of this title (no longer a rank) and it's relationship to Rear Admiral over the years)
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The rank Admiral of the Navy is considered in Naval tradition to be the equivalent of a six star Admiral. The rank has only been held by one person in history, George Dewey.
Navy Officers serve in either as a line officer (with a star above the stripes on the sleeve or shoulderboards), or in one of the eight staff corps:
- Supply Corps (three gold oak leafs and three gold acorns)
- Chaplain Corps (a gold Roman cross, crescent moon, law tablet, or prayer wheel, depending on the religion serviced)
- Civil Engineer Corps (2 overlapped gold embroidered sprigs of two live oak leaves, and a silver embroidered acorn in each sprig)
- Medical Corps (single gold oak leaf with a silver acorn in the center)
- Medical Service Corps (single gold oakleaf on a slanted twig)
- Dental Corps (single gold oak leaf with two silver acorns on the stem)
- Nurse Corps (single gold oak leaf)
- Judge Advocate General's Corps (mill rind with a curved oak leaf on both sides; limited duty JAG officers add a diagonal quill pen to the insignia)
The staff corps devices are also worn on the left collar of uniforms.
All Coast Guard officers are considered to be line officers, and the Navy star is replaced by the Coast Guard shield above the gold stipes on the sleeve or shoulderboards.
[edit] See also
- Naval officer ranks - comparison to other countries and explanation of NATO rank codes
- U.S. Navy Midshipman rank insignia can be found in the Midshipman article.
- U.S. Navy Warrant officer rank insignia can be found in the Warrant officer article.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Naval History Reference: Naval Uniforms and Insignia
- Chapter 4, Section 1: OFFICER RANK INSIGNIA of the Bureau of Personnel Uniform Regulations
