Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral(abbrev: RADM) is an flag paygrade within the Royal Manticoran Navy, Grayson Space Navy, and the Republic of Haven Navy. It holds the equivalent military paygrade of F-2 within The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. and can be a headquarters department head or command of a ship squadron or fleet. A rear admiral is always referred to as an "admiral."
Honorverse
In peacetime, a Rear Admiral would have served as an Commodore, been reviewed by a Flag Officer Promotion Board, approved by the House of Lords, and confirmed by the First Lord of the Admiralty in the name of the monarch. Board review is extremely difficult, as there are a limited number of billets. [1] Commodores will eventually become rear admirals through seniority. However, there is no guarantee that a billet will be available upon promotion.
In the RMN, The rank of Rear Admiral has two divisions: Red and Green. A Commodore would be promoted to Rear Admiral of the Red, and then upon reaching sufficient seniority on the list of flag officers would be promoted to Rear Admiral of the Green.
TRMN
If the spacer has completed their Rear Admiral Exam, they are eligible to be promoted to this rank, but needs to confirmed by an Flag Officer Promotion Board.[2] Promotions to Rear Admiral is now only by appointment, if a billet is available that requires it, such as a ship squadron or fleet command as per Admiralty Order 1510-01.
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See Also
- F-2 equivalents from other branches of The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc.:
References
| TRMN Ranks | |||||||
| Type | Grade | Navy | Marines/Army | Type | Grade | Fleet | Marines/Army |
| Officers | Enlisted | ||||||
| Flag Officers |
F6 | AotF HADM GdF |
MotC MotA |
NCO Ranks |
E10 | SMCPON OSBdF FSMCPO CSMCPO MCPON SMCPO OSB |
SGTMAJRMMC SGTMAJRMA CSGTMAJ RSGTMAJ |
| F5 | FADM GADM |
MSHL FMSHL |
E9 | MCPO SB |
SGTMAJ | ||
| F4 | ADM | GEN | E8 | SCPO HB |
1SGT | ||
| F3 | VADM | LTGEN | E7 | CPO OB |
MSGT | ||
| F2 | RADM KADM |
MAJGEN | E6 | PO1 B |
SSGT | ||
| F1 | CDRE FADM |
BRGEN | E5 | PO2 OMT |
PSGT | ||
| Field Grade Officers |
O6 | CAPT CAPTSG CAPTJG KDS |
COL | E4 | PO3 MT |
CPL | |
| O5 | CDR FK |
LTCOL | Non-Rate Enlisted Ranks |
E3 | S1C HGEFR |
LCPL | |
| O4 | LCDR KK |
MAJ | E2 | S2C OGEFR |
PFC | ||
| Company Grade Officers |
O3 | LTSG KL |
CPT | E1 | S3C GEFR |
PVT | |
| O2 | LTJG OLDS |
1LT | Training Ranks |
N/A | MID CDT SK | ||
| O1 | ENS LDS |
2LT | |||||
| Warrant Officers | |||||||
| W5 | W4 | W3 | W2 | W1 | |||
| MCWO SMCWO |
SCWO MCWO |
CWO SCWO |
WO1 CWO |
WO2 WO | |||