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| Pay Grade |
Rank |
Abbreviation |
| O-1 |
Ensign |
ENS |
| O-2 |
Lieutenant Junior Grade |
Ltjg |
| 0-3 |
Lieutenant |
LT |
| 0-4 |
Lieutenant Commander |
LCDR |
| 0-5 |
Commander |
CDR |
| 0-6 |
Captain |
CAPT |
| 0-7 |
Rear Admiral (lower half) |
RDML |
| 0-8 |
Rear Admiral (upper half) |
RADM |
| 0-9 |
Vice Admiral |
VADM |
| 0-10 |
Admiral |
ADM |
| 0-11 |
Fleet Admiral* |
FADM |
* The rank of Fleet Admiral has been reserved for war
time use only. The last Fleet Admirals were in World War II. Fleet
Admirals during that war were Chester W. Nimitz, William D. Leahy,
Ernest J. King, and William F. Halsey.
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