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US Navy Officer Ranks

Pay Grade Rank Abbreviation Collar Shoulder Sleeve
O-1 Ensign ENS
O-2 Lieutenant
Junior Grade
LTJG
O-3 Lieutenant LT
O-4 Lieutenant
Commander
LCDR
O-5 Commander CDR
O-6 Captain CAPT
O-7 Rear Admiral
(lower half)
RDML
O-8 Rear Admiral
(upper half)
RADM
O-9 Vice Admiral VADM
O-10 Admiral ADM
O-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.


Pay Grade Rank Abbreviation Collar Shoulder Sleeve
W-2 Chief
Warrant Officer
CWO2
W-3 Chief
Warrant Officer
CWO3
W-4 Chief
Warrant Officer
CWO4


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