Admiral
A four-star flag officer of the US Navy, O-10 and NATO OF-9, holding the most senior naval commands.
Overview
Admiral wears four stars and occupies the Navy peak billets: Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Chief, commanders of fleet and combatant commands. The word arrived in Middle English from Arabic amir via Norman French, the emir of the sea, cristened in medieval Sicily and Genoa. The US rank was created in 1862 for David Farragut, of mobile bay fame, later advancing to the special grade of Admiral of the Navy held by George Dewey. Four-star numbers are fixed in law. Above it stands only the dormant five-star Fleet Admiral rank.
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