rear admiral (upper half)

noun

A flag officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps of a grade superior to a rear admiral (lower half) and junior to a vice admiral. A rear admiral (upper half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force major general. A rear admiral (upper half) wears a two star insignia on most uniforms and a gold stripe above a broad gold stripe on the sleeve of certain dress uniforms.

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rear admiralRADM
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Meanings

nounrear admiral (upper half) (plural rear admirals (upper half))

plural rear admirals (upper half)

  1. USgovernmentA flag officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps of a grade superior to a rear admiral (lower half) and junior to a vice admiral. A rear admiral (upper half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force major general. A rear admiral (upper half) wears a two star insignia on most uniforms and a gold stripe above a broad gold stripe on the sleeve of certain dress uniforms.

    Synonyms: rear admiral, RADM

  2. USgovernmentA naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA flag officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps of a grade superior to a rear admiral (lower half) and junior to a vice admiral. A rear admiral (upper half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force major general. A rear admiral (upper half) wears a two star insignia on most uniforms and a gold stripe above a broad gold stripe on the sleeve of certain dress uniforms.

Similar
rear admiralRADM

Translations

Afrikaans skout admiraal
  • skout admiraalequivalent grade in other navies
Finnish kontra-amiraali
  • kontra-amiraaliequivalent grade in other navies
Greek υποναύαρχος
  • υποναύαρχος (yponávarchos)equivalent grade in other navies
Italian contrammiraglio
  • contrammiraglioequivalent grade in other navies
Russian контр-адмира́л
  • контр-адмира́л (kontr-admirál)equivalent grade in other navies
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