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  CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers.
China's main headquarters and office for the admiral at that point was established at Dinghai, with the main base near modern Shanghai.
The word Admiral has today come to be almost exclusively associated with the highest naval rank in most of the world's navies, equivalent to the Army rank of (Full) General.
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 Imperial Rank Insignia
Lieutenant Colonels are also assistant officers serving in the position of second-in-command of an army regiment, although it is not unheard of for a Lieutenant Colonel to command their own regiment.
Vice Admirals often serve in the same role as Admirals, leading all of the naval forces within a group of systems, although their role in fleets differs, as they are responsible for the forward group of ships, with the Admiral commanding the ships located within the middle of the fleet.
Lieutenant Generals serve as the commanders of corps comprising all of the terrestrial forces within a single system of space.
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  Admiral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers.
Admiral of the Navy was only ever held by one U.S. officer, George Dewey.
Lieutenant Admiral is considered equal to Vice Admiral in most navies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Admiral   (567 words)

  
 Lieutenant - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
Lieutenant is a military rank, the equivalent of which is used by the service organizations of many civilizations.
As a traditional naval rank, lieutenant is the grade between ensign and lieutenant commander.
Starfleet lieutenants are expected to be effective small-section leaders and technical experts, developing their leadership skills in preparation for promotion to the commander tier.
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 Command and Rank flags (The Netherlands)
An Admiral has two crossed batons in the red stripe near the hoist of the tricolour.
This is at half the height of the red stripe and at one quarter of the flag length.
Note that the rank of Admiral in the Netherlands navy is equivalent to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in other navies, while the rank of Lieutenant-Admiral in the Netherlands navy is equivalent to the rank of Admiral in other navies.
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 Unsheathing The Talwar
Vice Admiral Arun Prakash said that when acquired the ship was expected to last for a decade and a half, but after her recent refit, she was going to long for yet another decade.
Admiral Madhvendra Singh acknowledged that continual support and spares might be a problem in case of a deterioration in relations with the US, this was a risk not limited to the US as a supplier alone, but also from suppliers from any other country.
Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson (Retd.) and Admiral Madhvendra Singh along with the CO of the new Talwar frigate, Captain Satish Soni.
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 Naval History of the Civil War May 1864
Lieutenant Colonel W.M. Elliott, CSA, reported that Shawsheen was completely disabled and "though reluctantly, she nevertheless hauled down her colors and displayed the white flag in token of surrender.
With Rear Admiral Farragut's fleet forming outside the bay, the stage was now being set for one of the most dramatic and decisive naval battles of the War.
U.S.S. Crusader, Lieutenant Peter Hays, captured schooner Isaac L. Adkins at the mouth of the Severn River, Maryland, with cargo of corn and oats.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Lieutenant,
He was lord lieutenant of Ireland (1782) and nominal head of the coalition ministry (1783) dominated by Charles James Fox and Lord North.
He entered the army in 1804 and was made (1814) a lieutenant colonel for his services on the duke of Wellington's staff in the Peninsular War.
He came to the colony as lieutenant governor in 1758, and in the absence of the governors—the earl of Loudon (1756-63) and Jeffery Amherst (1763-68)—he was the chief administrative officer.
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 Letter to Representatives and Senators
Lieutenant Barber then attacked the second bomber, despite the fact that several Japanese fighter aircraft were attacking Lieutenant Barber’s P-38 relentlessly.
Lieutenant Barber then broke off his attack and eluded several attacking Japanese Zero fighters as he escaped to fly the 400 miles back to Guadalcanal.
Lt Barber’s unsurpassed courage and heroism were responsible for the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and thus contributed greatly to the shortening of the war in the Pacific.
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Admiral Jokic, Captain Kovacevic, the Accused and a fourth named indictee were originally charged together in February 2001 for violations of the laws or customs of war committed by alleged attacks on Dubrovnik between 1 October and 31 December 1991.
Admiral Jokic specified that Captain Kovacevic’s presence in Trebinje on 5 December 1991 was confirmed by two officers from the command of the 2 OG and by Captain Kovacevic himself when Admiral Jokic spoke with him before his transfer to The Hague, T 4132 -4133; 4936.
Admiral Jokic testified that at the end of October and the beginning of November 1991, the military court of Split was temporarily located in Tivat, T 4381.
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 1862NavalComms_Chap_XII
Admiral Davis, however, is one of these men—combining rare scientific ability with great practical skill and power.
In 1842, Lieutenant Davis was married to the youngest daughter of the late Hon.
Lieutenant Davis, having triumphantly organized the Ephemeris, retained his position as Superintendent for seven years, and during that time, besides the duty of administration, occupied himself in preparing a translation of Gauss’ "Theoria Motus," (published in Cambridge, 1857), as well as treatises on "Mechanical Quadratures," the computation of a planetary orbit, and other mathematical tracts.
www.navyandmarine.org /ondeck/1862NavalComms_Chap_12.htm   (4559 words)

  
 US People--Edwards, Walter A., Lieutenant Commander, USN.
In 1923-1924, Lieutenant Commander Edwards was stationed at the Bureau of Navigation.
Lieutenant Commander Walter Atlee Edwards, her Commanding Officer, is seated in the second row, directly behind the center man holding the life ring.
Lieutenant Commander Edwards, commanding the U.S.S. Bainbridge, placed his vessel alongside the bow of the transport and, in spite of several violent explosions which occurred on the burning vessel, maintained his ship in that position until all who were alive were taken on board.
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 Elias Haverson - Halopedia
Admiral Whitcomb had once commented that he wouldn't like to have him as a leader because of this.
Haverson also accompanied Admiral Whitcomb's team to Eridanus Secundus to talk with Governor Jacob Jiles of the Eridanus Rebels.
Haverson's death came when him and Admiral Whitcomb took the wounded Flagship and crashed it into the Unyielding Hierophant.
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 Letter to Senator John Warner, Chairman, and Senator Carl Levin, Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee on ...
Admiral Gunn commanded the USS BARBEY and the Destroyer Squadron “Thirty-one,” a component of the U.S. Navy's Anti-Submarine Warfare Destroyer Squadrons.
Lieutenant General Arlen D. Jameson was deputy commander in chief and chief of staff, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The command has responsibility for all U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy strategic nuclear forces supporting the national security objective of strategic deterrence.
Lieutenant General Soyster is currently the Executive Director, Department of Defense World War II 60th Anniversary Commemoration Committee, and Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army.
globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2006/09/mil-060912-sasc01.htm   (4993 words)

  
 The Two Admirals
Lieutenant Wycherly Wychecombe produces papers to show that he is the legitimate heir of Sir Wycherly: he is the oldest grandson of Gregory Wychecombe, the late baronet's youngest brother, thought dead for decades.
The two admirals, Sir Reginald, and several others who hear his story concur that by entail he is the true heir to both the title and the estate of the late baronet.
Admiral Oakes and Captain Greenly, commander of the Plantagenet, decide that there is some information which must be imparted to Bluewater while he is still mentally competent to alter his will if he so wishes.
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 STAR WARS: Military Organisation
The army Captain title applied to a Flight Lieutenant should never be confused with the superior starfighter rank of Group Captain, which equates to a naval Captain or an army Colonel.
In naval and army rankings there are several different kinds of admirals and generals, but the plain and literal "Admiral" has exactly the same seniority as a "General".
An army "Captain" equals a naval "Lieutenant", but for the reasons stated above, the use of army terminology is inappropriate for starfighter forces, except perhaps as verbal address for pilot officers assigned to defend Army garrisons.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Lieutenant
In 1820 he was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri.
After a distinguished army career he was appointed (1764) lieutenant governor of North Carolina and succeeded (1765) Arthur Dobbs as governor.
Lieutenant Frederick Dochstader UE: died as a 20-year-old in action under command of Major Ross, Butler's Rangers.
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 USS Aquarius: NCC-77002-B :: Missions
Lieutenant Commander Churchill was able to get a distress call out, which got Starfleet to dispatch the USS Sun Tzu and the USS Lewis and Clark to investigate.
Lieutenant James Lewis has come up with a plan to use the auxiliary craft as manned probes upon our arrival so that we have scouts out to inform us of anything that may lie ahead.
Admiral Farrel, both Commanders Churchill, Lieutenant Suleiaziz, and PO2 Talon are on the Aqua-B's Captain's Yacht heading for the Aquarius, along with Sergeant Major Grey and Sergeant Furry aboard 2 of the fighters.
www.ussaquarius.com /missions.php   (7197 words)

  
 George Dewey Summary
He is also the only person in the history of the United States to attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the senior-most rank in the United States Navy.
He served as a lieutenant under Admiral David Farragut in the American Civil War, seeing action in Louisiana and along the Mississippi River.
Dewey returned to America to a hero's welcome, and by act of Congress was made Admiral of the Navy in 1899.
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 Part 1
Harriet knew that she had to let the subject drop, the Admiral was not one to accept praise or thanks.
The flight to Bahrain was more silence but in a way the Admiral was glad that she was being so composed.
He knew that she had to release her feelings but suspected that if she did that now, on a military transport, she would later be very embarrassed by what she would consider her weakness.
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 ADMIRAL - Online Information article about ADMIRAL
English form " admiral " arose from popular confusion with the Latin admirabilis.
Spanish form "almirante " by its supposed derivation from the Latin admirari, since the admiral is " to be admired " for the difficulties and dangers he overcomes, and because he is the See also:
Newfoundland it was given to officials who had powers conferred by the state.
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 Historical Naval Rank Flags (Thailand)
Also, those in the Admiral's flag are described as "tracing the shape of an equilateral triangle" – as in the current Vice Admiral's flag – and pictured differently.
The flag of a General of the Navy is a rectangular, dark blue flag, with three Chakras tracing the shape of an equilateral triangle.
Identical to the current Vice Admiral Rank Flag, with yellow, clockwise Chakras instead of counterclockwise, white ones and with the two bottom Chakras halfway up the flag's height instead of near the bottom.
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 "The Best of Both Girls" Chapter 7
Admiral Paris, seated at his desk, held his head in his hands, nursing the Headache from Hell.
Finally, Picard noticed, observing Admiral and Lieutenant Paris, was the minor miracle of the young man's rehabilitation.
Admiral Paris stated that all Maquis had been given full pardons--including those who had been imprisoned--and welcomed back as Federation citizens all who would accept it.
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 Leviathan : 02-059
After all HE was the Admiral, but it seems that he was beginning to realize that there is a problem.
The hatred for Devore was evermore present with the failure of the Lieutenant Anderson, and now Devore's death/destruction of the Leviathan was his concern, but being a Starfleet Officer, he mustn't allow anyone to know that this personal vendetta was actually coming from him.
So the appearance of this Admiral was necessary to include a secluded office in the north wing, far from his own.
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 US People--Ghormley, Robert L., Vice Admiral, USN.
In 1911-13, Lieutenant Ghormley was Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, participating in the 1912 campaign in Nicaragua.
Lieutenant Commander Ghormley spent most of World War I in the battleship Nevada and as a flag aide.
In the rank of Vice Admiral, he served as Commander South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force in June-October 1942, during the critical early stages of the campaign to seize and hold Guadalcanal and Tulagi.
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 Title: Future’s Past
Admiral Kathryn Janeway, from twenty-six years in the future, had attempted to convince the captain and her crew that the elevated neutrino emissions detected in a nebula in grid 986 were the key to getting home.
Janeway looked at the admiral, wondering if her counterpart really knew what was the best decision for the lives of the Voyager crew.
Admiral Janeway and Lt. Erin Richards were seated at a table near the windows.
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 Leviathan-B: PS-M25
Admiral Devore raised his glass and took a sip of the glass he had been holding.
Although she had been a Lieutenant for some time, she wasn't expecting her next promotion for another couple of years, she'd seen the move to the Taurus as her next step up the ladder.
"Lieutenant Commander Barker has been working on modifying the refractive shielding installed onboard this vessel and he hoped to alter the signature, so that we will appear to be a Dominion battle cruiser on sensors." Aki explained.
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Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals.
Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals -STATUTE- (a) The President may designate positions of importance and responsibility to carry the grade of general or admiral or lieutenant general or vice admiral.
(2) An officer serving in a grade above major general or rear admiral who holds the permanent grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) shall be considered for promotion to the permanent grade of major general or rear admiral, as appropriate, as if he were serving in his permanent grade.
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 Once a Hero by Elizabeth Moon - Chapter 1 - Baen Books
"You do understand, Lieutenant, that it is mandatory for all officers participating in a mutiny to stand before a court to justify their actions?" That in a voice almost gentle, as if she were a child.
It is clear from your report, and that of other personnel--" Which, Esmay hoped, might mean the admiral's niece, "--that you did not instigate the mutiny, and that there is a reasonable probability that the mutiny will be held to be justified." The knot in Esmay's stomach loosened slightly.
Then she was faced with blank walls--or an empty passage- -or the cluster of fellow mutineers in the tiny wardroom which was all the common space they would have until the admiral decreed otherwise.
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 (TLZ) Futurama Madhouse > Fan Fiction > Futurama: Universe of Malice, Part 11
Lieutenant Berts pressed a button on his control panel and spoke, directing his voice into the panel itself.
The Admiral cut himself off as he heard a blast and saw two yellow beams shoot into the distance, one from either side of the ship.
Stress and sadness were evident on the Admiral's face as he sat in his chair and quickly issued an order into the microphone in his armrest.
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