|
Pay Grade |
Insignia |
Abbreviation |
NATO Code |
Title |
|
O-1 |
 |
ENS |
OF-1 |
Ensign |
|
O-2 |
 |
LTJG |
OF-2 |
"Lieutenant Junior Grade " |
|
O-3 |
 |
LT |
OF-3 |
Lieutenant |
|
O-4 |
 |
LCDR |
OF-4 |
Lieutenant Commander
|
|
O-5 |
 |
CDR |
OF-5 |
Commander |
|
O-6 |
 |
CAPT |
OF-6 |
Captain |
|
O-7 |
 |
RDML |
OF-7 |
Rear Admiral (LH)
|
|
O-8 |
 |
RADM |
OF-8 |
Rear Admiral (UH)
|
|
O-9 |
 |
VADM |
OF-9 |
Vice Admiral |
|
O-10 |
 |
ADM |
OF-10 |
Admiral |
|
Special |
 |
FADM |
OF-11 |
Fleet Admiral |
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.
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