Fleet admiral [1] (abbreviated FADM) [2] is a five-star flag officer rank in the United States Navy whose rewards uniquely include active duty pay for life. [3] Fleet admiral ranks immediately above admiral and is equivalent to General of the Army and General of the Air Force .

An historical list of America's 5-Star Army Generals and Navy Admirals. Also lists several important 4-Star Generals and Admirals in the U.S. military.

Four five-star admirals led the American Navy to victory in World War II, two of them in the Pacific, and two from Washington, DC.

The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy. It ranks above vice admiral ( three-star admiral ) and below fleet admiral ( five-star admiral ).

2022年7月26日 · The law also allowed the US Navy to promote its sailors, with Ernest King, Chester Nimitz and William Leahy becoming fleet admirals. A fourth, William Halsey, was promoted in 1945. Five years later, Omar Bradley became the ninth and final five-star general.

On December 14, 1944, Congress passed Public Law 482, authorizing the temporary establishment of a five-star rank: General of the Army and, for the U.S. Navy, Fleet Admiral. This aligned the United States' military ranks with those of its World War II allies, thus eliminating the problem of U.S. officers commanding Allied officers of ...

In these short summaries, the careers of four US Navy Five Star Admirals, the Naval Historical Foundation attempts to point out the types of duties they performed

Admiral of the Navy was the highest-possible rank in the United States Navy, prior to the creation of fleet admiral in 1944. The rank is considered to be at least equivalent to that of a five-star admiral, [ 2 ] with Admiral George Dewey being the only officer to be appointed to the rank.

Five men have held the rank of General of the Army (five star), George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, and Henry H. Arnold, who later became the only five-star general in the Air Force. The five-star rank is no longer attainable. In the Navy the top rank is “Admiral” (four star) followed by Vice Admiral ...

2011年5月1日 · book follows the paths of four Naval officers who rose to hold the highest rank in the US Navy at the end of the Second World War – the five-star rank of Fleet Admiral. Borneman uses an interesting approach for this comparative biography, but in a manner different than what Larrabee took in his work (Commander in Chief: FDR His Lieutenants ...