List of United States Navy four-star admirals

This is a complete list of four-star admirals in the United States Navy. The rank of admiral is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Navy. It ranks above vice admiral and below fleet admiral.
There have been 271 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy. Of these, 230 achieved that rank while on active duty, 40 were promoted upon retirement in recognition of combat citations, and one was promoted posthumously. Admirals entered the Navy via several paths: 236 were commissioned via the U.S. Naval Academy, 20 via Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, 8 via Officer Candidate School, 2 via warrant, 2 via Aviation Officer Candidate School, one via direct commission, one via the Naval Aviation Cadet program, and one via the U.S. Merchant Marine.

List of admirals

Entries in the following list of four-star admirals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the admiral's name, date of rank, active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank, number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank, year commissioned and source of commission, number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank, and other biographical notes.

#	Name	Photo	Date of rank	Position	Yrs	Commission	YC	Notes
1				Admiral of the Navy, 1866-1870. Commander, European Squadron, 1867-1868.	4	1810	56	Brother-by-adoption of Navy four-star admiral David D. Porter Jr.
2				Admiral of the Navy, 1870-1891. Head, Board of Inspection, 1877-1891.	21	1829	41	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1865-1869. Brother-by-adoption of Navy four-star admiral David G. Farragut.
3				Commander, Asiatic Station, 1898-1899. President, General Board of the Navy, 1900-1917.	18	1858	41	Promoted to The Admiral of the Navy, 24 Mar 1903, with date of rank 02 Mar 1899. Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for U.S. President, 1900.
4				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1914-1916.	2	1875	40	Awarded Medal of Honor, 1914. Uncle of Navy four-star admiral Frank J. Fletcher.
5				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1914-1915.	1	1873	42	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Observatory, 1917-1919.
6				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1914-1915.	1	1873	42
7				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1915-1917.	2	1877	38
8				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1915-1916.	1	1875	40
9				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1916-1919. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1919.	3	1876	41	Governor, U.S. Naval Home, 1924-1928.
10				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1916-1919.	3	1875	41	Special Representative of the President in Brazil, 1918.
11				Chief of Naval Operations, 1915-1919.	3	1877	39	Chairman/Commissioner, U.S. Shipping Board, 1919-1928.
12				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1917-1918.	1	1873	44	Brother of Seattle Mayor Bertha Knight Landes.
13				Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters, 1917-1919.	2	1880	38	Awarded Pulitzer Prize for History, 1921.
14				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1919-1921.	2	1881	38	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1921-1925. Father-in-law of U.S. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley.
15				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1919-1921.	2	1880	39	U.S. Minister and Envoy to Peru, 1921.
16				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1919-1921.	2	1877	42	Governor, U.S. Naval Home, 1928-1931.
17				Chief of Naval Operations, 1919-1923. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1923-1925.	6	1885	34	Governor of Guam, 1912-1913.
18				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1921-1922.	1	1885	36
19				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1921-1922. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1922-1923.	2	1884	37
20				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1921. Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1921-1923. Chief of Naval Operations, 1923-1927.	6	1885	36	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1915-1919.
21				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1922-1923.	1	1882	40	Awarded Medal of Honor, 1914.
22				Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1923-1925. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1925-1926.	3	1888	35	Military Governor of Santo Domingo, 1921-1922; Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1928-1931; Superintendent, Admiral Farragut Academy, 1931-1948. Brother-in-law of Navy four-star admiral Charles F. Hughes.
23				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1923-1925.	2	1887	36	Governor, U.S. Naval Home, 1931-1937.
24				Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1925-1926. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1926-1927. Chief of Naval Operations, 1927-1930.	5	1888	37	Brother-in-law of Navy four-star admiral Samuel S. Robison; daughter married brother of Navy five-star admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
25				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1925-1927.	2	1884	41
26				Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1926-1927.	1	1887	39	Distant cousin of Air Force four-star general Charles P. Cabell.
27				Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1927-1929.	2	1888	39	Chairman/Commissioner, U.S. Maritime Commission, 1936-1940.
28				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1927-1929.	2	1887	40	U.S. High Commissioner, Turkey, 1919-1927.
29				Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1927-1928.	1	1889	38
30				Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1928-1929. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1929-1930. Chief of Naval Operations, 1930-1933.	5	1889	39
31				Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1929-1930.	1	1889	40	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1925-1928.
32				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1929-1931.	2	1890	39
33				Commander in Chief, U.S. Battle Fleet, 1930-1931. Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1931. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1931-1932.	2	1890	40
34				Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1930-1931.	1	1890	40
35				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1931-1933.	2	1890	41	Grandnephew of U.S. President Zachary Taylor; distant cousin of Army four-star general Montgomery C. Meigs.
36				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1931-1932. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1932-1933.	2	1891	40
37				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1932-1933.	1	1892	40	Governor of Guam, 1907.
38				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1933. Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-1937.	4	1895	38	U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1942-1943.
39				Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1933-1934.	1	1894	39	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1934-1938.
40				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1933-1934. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1934-1936.	3	1894	39
41				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1933-1935.	2	1893	40	Married aunt of Navy four-star admiral Robert B. Carney.
42				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1934-1935.	1	1895	39
43				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1935-1936.	1	1895	40	Governor, U.S. Naval Home, 1937-1941.
44				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1935-1936.	1	1897	38
45				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1936-1937. Chief of Naval Operations, 1937-1939. Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Army and Navy, 1942-1949. Special duty, 1949-1959.	10	1897	39	Promoted to fleet admiral, 15 Dec 1944. Governor of Puerto Rico, 1939-1940; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1941-1942. Wife's niece married Navy four-star admiral David W. Bagley.
46				Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1936-1938.	2	1897	39
47				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1936-1939.	3	1897	39
48				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1937-1938. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1938-1940.	3	1899	38
49				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1938-1939.	1	1899	39
50				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1939-1940. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1940-1941.	2	1902	37	Relieved, 1941.
51				Commander in Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1939-1942.	3	1897	42	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1931-1934; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1945-1946.
52				Chief of Naval Operations, 1939-1942. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, 1942-1945.	6	1903	36
53				Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, 1940-1941.	1	1900	40
54				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1941.	0	1904	37	Relieved, 1941. Brother-in-law of Navy four-star admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid.
55				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1941. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, 1941-1942. Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet/Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-1945. Chief of Naval Operations, 1945. Special duty, 1945-1956.	4	1901	40	Promoted to fleet admiral, 17 Dec 1944. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1946. Father-in-law of Air Force four-star general Frederic H. Smith Jr.
56				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1941-1943. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, 1943-1944. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas/Military Governor of the Mariana Islands, 1944-1945. Chief of Naval Operations, 1945-1947. Special duty, 1947-1966.	6	1905	36	Promoted to fleet admiral, 19 Dec 1944. Brother married daughter of Navy four-star admiral Charles F. Hughes.
57				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1941-1944. Commander, Western Sea Frontier, 1944-1946. Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 1944-1945.	3	1905	37
58				Commander, South Pacific Area/Commander, South Pacific Force, 1942-1944. Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, 1944-1945. Special duty, 1945-1947.	3	1904	38	Promoted to fleet admiral, 04 Dec 1945.
59				Commander, Central Pacific Force, 1943-1944. Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, 1944-1945. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas/Military Governor of the Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana Islands, 1945-1946. President, Naval War College, 1946-1948.	4	1906	38	U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, 1952-1955.
60				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1944-1946.	2	1909	35	Commissioner, All-America Football Conference, 1947-1949. Awarded Medal of Honor, 1914.
61				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-1945.	1	1899	45
62				Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 1944-1945. Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1945-1946. Commander, Western Sea Frontier/Commander, Pacific Reserve Fleet, 1946-1947.	2	1907	38
63				Commander, U.S. Eighth Fleet, 1943-1945. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, 1945-1946. U.S. Naval Representative, U.N. Military Staff Committee, 1947-1949.	4	1907	38
64				Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, 1943-1945. Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier/Commander, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, 1946-1950.	5	1908	37	Brother-in-law of Navy four-star admiral Husband E. Kimmel.
65				Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific, 1944-1945. U.S Naval Representative, U.N. Military Staff Committee, 1945-1947.	2	1908	37
66				Director, Office of Procurement and Material, 1942-1946.	1	1903	42	Administrator, Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, 1946-1951. First engineering officer to attain rank of admiral.
*					0	1906	39	Father of Navy four-star admiral John S. McCain Jr.; grandfather of U.S. Senator John S. McCain III.
67				Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, 1945-1946. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas/Military Governor of the Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana Islands, 1946-1947. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/Military Governor of the Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana Islands, 1947. Chairman, General Board of the Navy, 1947.	2	1906	39
68				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1946-1948. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1948-1949.	4	1912	33
69				Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/Military Governor of the Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana Islands, 1947. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1947; Chief of Naval Operations, 1947-1949.	2	1912	34	Candidate for Republican Party nomination for Governor of Massachusetts, 1950. Relieved, 1949.
70				Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, 1946-1947. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Western Pacific, 1947-1948.	2	1910	36
71				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1946-1947.	1	1910	36	Died in office.
72				Chief of Naval Material, 1946.	0	1917	29	First staff corps officer to attain rank of admiral.
73				Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, 1946. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1946-1947. Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1947-1948; Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1948-1950.	4	1914	32	President, Long Island University, 1953-1962.
74				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1947. Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1947-1950.	3	1913	34
75				Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet/High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1949-1951. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1951-1953. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-1957.	8	1916	33	Married aunt of Army four-star general Michael S. Davison.
76				Chief of Naval Operations, 1949-1951.	2	1917	32	Died in office.
77				Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1950-1951. Chief of Naval Operations, 1951-1953. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1953-1956.	6	1916	34
78				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1950-1951. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1951-1952. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1952-1953. Chief of Naval Operations, 1953-1955.	5	1916	34	Aunt married Navy four-star admiral Frank B. Upham.
79				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1950-1951. Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1951-1952. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1952-1954.	4	1915	35
80				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1951-1956.	5	1917	34	Governor, U.S. Naval Home, 1957-1962. Brother-in-law of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins.
81				Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1953-1958 Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1958.	5	1917	36
82				Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1954-1960.	6	1917	37	U.S. Ambassador to China, 1963-1965.
83				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1954-1956.	2	1918	36
84				Chief of Naval Operations, 1955-1961.	6	1923	32	Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977.
85				Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1956-1959.	3	1918	38
86				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1956-1958. U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1958-1960.	4	1920	36	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1954-1956; Deputy Associate Administrator for Defense Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962-1968.
87				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1956-1958. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1958-1964.	8	1923	33
88				Deputy Commander in Chief, Pacific Command/Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1955-1958. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1958.	1	1919	38
89				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean/Commander in Chief, Specified Command Middle East, 1958-1959.	1	1918	40	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1947-1950; Governor, U.S. Naval Home, 1962-1966. Father of Navy four-star admiral James L. Holloway III.
90				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1958-1960.	2	1919	39
91				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1958-1961. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1961-1965.	7	1926	32
92				Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1959-1961.	2	1921	38
93				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean/Commander in Chief, Specified Command Middle East, 1959-1960. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1960-1963.	4	1923	36
94				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1960-1963. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1963-1965.	5	1924	36	Uncle of Navy four-star admiral Leighton W. Smith, Jr.
95				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1960-1963.	3	1925	35
96				Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-1963.	2	1927	34	U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1963-1966.
97				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-1964.	3	1929	32	Died in office.
98				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1963. Chief of Naval Operations, 1963-1967.	4	1928	35
99				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1963. Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1963-1965. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1965-1968.	5	1927	36
100				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1963-1964. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1964-1968.	5	1927	36	Great-aunt married U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
101				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1964-1965. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1965-1967. Chief of Naval Operations, 1967-1970. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-1974.	10	1933	31
102				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1964-1968. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1968-1972.	8	1931	33	U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1972-1974.
103				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1965-1967.	2	1927	38
104				U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1965-1968.	3	1932	33
105				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1965-1967.	2	1929	36
106				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1967-1968. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1968-1972.	5	1931	36	Son of Navy four-star admiral John S. McCain Sr.; father of U.S. Senator John S. McCain III.
107				Chief of Naval Material, 1965-1970.	3	1933	34
108				Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1967-1970.	3	1930	37
109				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1967-1970.	3	1934	33
110				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1968-1970. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1970-1973.	5	1934	34
111				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1968-1971.	3	1933	35
112				Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-1974.	4	1942	28	Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1976. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1998.
113				Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1970-1972.	2	1933	37
114				Chief of Naval Material, 1970-1971.	1	1934	36	First restricted line officer to attain rank of admiral.
115			1970-10-3030 Oct 1970	Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-1972. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1972-1975.	5	1937	33
116				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1971-1973.	2	1937	34
117				Chief of Naval Material, 1971-1975. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1975-1978.	7	1942	29
118				Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1972-1973.	1	1937	35
119				Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1972-1976.	4	1935	37	Director, National Security Agency, 1969-1972.
120				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1972-1973. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1973-1976. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1976-1979.	7	1941	31
121				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1973-1974. Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-1978.	5	1942	31	Son of Navy four-star admiral James L. Holloway Jr.
122				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1973-1974. Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-1975.	2	1947	26	Son of Navy four-star admiral David W. Bagley; brother of Navy four-star admiral David H. Bagley; great-aunt married Navy five-star admiral William D. Leahy; great-aunt married U.S. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.
123				Director, Division of Nuclear Reactors, 1948-1982.	9	1922	51	Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1980; Congressional Gold Medal, 1958 and 1982.
124				Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1973-1975.	2	1939	34
125				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1974-1975. Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1975-1977. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1977-1980.	6	1942	32	Administrator, U.S. Maritime Administration, 1981-1985.
126				U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1974-1977.	3	1939	35
127				Chief of Naval Material, 1975-1978.	3	1940	35
128				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1975-1977.	2	1943	32	Son of Navy four-star admiral David W. Bagley; brother of Navy four-star admiral Worth H. Bagley; great-aunt married Navy five-star admiral William D. Leahy; great-aunt married U.S. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.
129				Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1975-1977. Director of Central Intelligence, 1977-1981.	4	1946	29
130				Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence Community, 1976-1977.	1	1943	33	U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 1977-1981; Chief of Staff to the U.S. Vice President, 1981-1985.
131				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1976-1978. Chief of Naval Operations, 1978-1982.	6	1947	29
132				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1977-1979. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1979-1983.	6	1943	34
133				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1978-1981.	3	1943	35
134				Chief of Naval Material, 1978-1981.	3	1945	33
135				Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1978-1982.	4	1949	29
136				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1979-1981. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1981-1982. Chief of Naval Operations, 1982-1986.	7	1949	30	U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1989-1993.
137				Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1980-1983. Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1983. Commander in Chief, Pacific Command, 1983. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 1983-1985. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1985-1989.	9	1947	33	U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1994-1997. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000.
138				Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 1981-1982.	1	1952	29	Director, National Security Agency, 1977-1981. First naval intelligence specialist to attain rank of admiral.
139				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1981-1983. Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1983-1985.	4	1948	33
140				Chief of Naval Material, 1981-1983.	2	1947	34
141				U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1981-1982.	1	1948	33
142				Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion/Deputy Administrator, NNSA's Naval Reactors, 1982-1988.	6	1951	31	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1975-1978.
143				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1982-1985.	3	1950	32	U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs, 1985-1988.
144				Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1982-1983. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1983-1985.	3	1946	36
145				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1983-1985. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 1985-1988.	5	1950	33
146				Chief of Naval Material, 1983-1985.	2	1952	31	Manager of Nuclear Power, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1986-1988.
147				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1985. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1985-1988.	3	1950	35
148				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1985-1987.	2	1952	33
149				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet/Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1985-1986. Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-1990.	5	1953	32
150				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1985-1987. Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1987-1989.	4	1954	31	Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, 1989-1991; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, 1991-1992.
151				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1985-1986.	1	1953	32
152				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet/Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1986. Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1986-1988. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1988-1990. Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-1994.	8	1956	30
153				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1987-1988. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 1988-1991.	4	1952	35
154				U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1987-1988. Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1988-1991.	4	1955	32
155				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1987-1990. Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1990-1994.	7	1956	32
156				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1988-1990. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1990-1992.	4	1957	31
157				Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion/Deputy Administrator, NNSA's Naval Reactors, 1988-1996.	8	1957	31
158				U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1988-1991.	3	1956	32
159				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1989-1991. Deputy National Security Advisor, 1991-1993.	3	1957	32	U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, 1982-1984; Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Somalia, 1993-1994.
160				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1990-1991. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 1991-1994. Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1994-1998.	8	1958	32	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1983-1986; Democratic Party nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 2002.
161				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-1992.	2	1956	34
162				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1991-1992. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1992-1993. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1993-1994.	3	1964	27
163				U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee, 1991-1993.	2	1955	36
164				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1991-1994.	3	1959	32
165				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1991-1994. Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-1996.	4	1962	30	Died in office.
166				Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 1992-1995.	3	1962	30	Director, National Security Agency, 1988-1992.
167				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1992-1995.	3	1957	35
168				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1992-1994.	2	1959	33
169				Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, 1994-1996.	2	1960	34
170				Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1994-1996.	2	1962	32
171				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1994-1996.	2	1962	32	Nephew of Navy four-star admiral Harold Page Smith.
172				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 1994-1996.	2	1960	34	Relieved, 1996.
173				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1994-1996.	2	1963	31
174				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1994-1996.	2	1964	30
175				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1995-1996. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 1996-1999.	4	1964	31	U.S. Ambassador to China, 1999-2001.
176				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1996. Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000.	4	1968	28
177				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1996-1998.	2	1964	32
178				Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion/Deputy Administrator, NNSA's Naval Reactors, 1996-2004.	8	1966	30
179				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-1997. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, 1997-1999. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Joint Forces Command, 1999-2000.	4	1965	31
180				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1996-1999.	2	1966	31
181				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1996-1999.	2	1965	32	First African-American to achieve the rank of admiral.
182				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 1997-2000.	3	1965	32
183				Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, 1998-2001.	3	1967	31
184				Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, 1998-2000.	2	1966	32	Deputy Director, Office of Homeland Security, 2001-2003.
185				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 1998-2001. Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, 2001-2002. Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, 2002-2004.	5	1969	30
186				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 1999-2002.	3	1968	31	President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 2003-2006; Director of National Intelligence, 2009-2010.
187				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1999-2000. Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-2005.	6	1968	31
188				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1999-2002. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, 2002. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, 2002-2005.	6	1970	29
189				Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 2000-2001. Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet/Commander, Fleet Forces Command, 2001-2002. Commander, Fleet Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 2002-2003.	3	1967	33
190				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-2003. Commander, Fleet Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 2003-2005. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, 2005-2007. Commander, U.S. Central Command, 2007-2008.	8	1967	33	Resigned, 2008.
191				Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 2001-2002. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, 2002-2004. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2004.	3	1969	32
192				Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2002 Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2002-2005.	3	1967	35
193				Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic/Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, 2002-2003. Supreme Allied Commander Transformation/Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, 2003-2005. Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-2007.	5	1970	32
194				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2003-2004. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2004-2005. Chief of Naval Operations, 2005-2007. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-2011.	8	1968	35
195				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2004-2005. Commander, Fleet Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 2005-2006. Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2006-2007.	3	1970	34
196				Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, 2004-2007. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, 2007-2009.	5	1971	34
197				Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion/Deputy Administrator, NNSA's Naval Reactors, 2004-2012.	8	1975	30
198				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2005-2007. Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2007-2009. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, 2009-2012.	7	1973	32
199				Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2005-2007.	2	1972	33
200				Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2005-2007. Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2007. Chief of Naval Operations, 2007-2011.	6	1973	32
201				Commander, U.S. Southern Command, 2006-2009. Commander, U.S. European Command/Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 2009-2013.	7	1976	30
202				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2007-2009. Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2009-2012.	5	1977	30
203				Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, 2007-2011.	4	1973	34	First Navy SEAL to achieve the rank of admiral.
204				Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2007-2009. Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2009-2011. Chief of Naval Operations, 2011-2015.	8	1975	32
205				Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2007-2009. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2009-2010.	3	1973	34
206				Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2009-2012.	3	1973	36
207				Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, 2010-2011. Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2011-2015.	5	1978	32
208				Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2010-2012. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, 2012-2015.	5	1977	33
209				Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, 2011-2014.	3	1977	34
210				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2011-2014. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2014-2016.	5	1978	33
211				Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2012-2013. Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, 2013-2016.	4	1978	34
212				Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2012-2014.	2	1977	34
213				Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 2012-2014. Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, 2014-2016.	4	1977	35
214				Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion/Deputy Administrator, NNSA's Naval Reactors, 2012-2015. Chief of Naval Operations, 2015-2019.	7	1982	31
215				Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2013-2015. Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, 2015-2018.	5	1978	35	First Asian-American to achieve the rank of admiral.
216				Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, 2014-2018.	4	1981	33	First Information Warfare Community officer to achieve the rank of admiral.
217				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2014-2016. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe – Naval Forces Africa/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2016-2017.	3	1982	32	First woman to achieve the rank of admiral.
218				Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command, 2014-2018. Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, 2018-present.	6	1982	32
219				Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2015-2018.	3	1979	36
220				Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion/Deputy Administrator, NNSA's Naval Reactors, 2015-present.	5	1981	34
221				Commander, U.S. Southern Command, 2016-2018.	2	1978	38
222				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2016-2019.	3	1981	35
223				Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2017-2020.	3	1981	36
224				Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command, 2018-2019. Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Strategic Command/Joint Force Maritime Component Commander, 2019-present.	2	1984	34
225				Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 2018-present.	2	1984	34
226				Commander, U.S. Southern Command, 2018-present.	2	1983	35
227				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2019-2020. Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, 2020-present.	1	1983	36
228				Chief of Naval Operations, 2019-present.	1	1985	34
229				Commander, United States Strategic Command, 2019-present.	1	1982	37
230				Vice Chief of Naval Operations, 2020-present.	0	1980	40

Tombstone admirals

The Act of Congress of March 4, 1925, allowed officers in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to be promoted one grade upon retirement if they had been specially commended for performance of duty in actual combat. Combat citation promotions were colloquially known as "tombstone promotions" because they conferred all the perks and prestige of the higher rank including the loftier title on their tombstones but no additional retirement pay. The Act of Congress of February 23, 1942, enabled tombstone promotions to three- and four-star grades. Tombstone promotions were subsequently restricted to citations issued before January 1, 1947, and finally eliminated altogether effective November 1, 1959. The practice was terminated in an effort to encourage senior officer retirements prior to the effective date of the change to relieve an overstrength in the senior ranks.
Any admiral who actually served in a grade while on active duty receives precedence on the retired list over any tombstone admiral holding the same retired grade. Tombstone admirals rank among each other according to the dates of their highest active duty grade.
The following list of tombstone admirals is sortable by last name, date of rank as vice admiral, date retired, and year commissioned.

	Name	Photo	Date of rank	Date retired	Commission	Notes
1					1906	Great-grandson of U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun.
2					1906	Awarded Medal of Honor, 1914. Nephew of Navy four-star admiral Frank F. Fletcher.
3					1906	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1945-1947.
4					1906
5					1909	U.S. Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, 1946-1947; to Soviet Union, 1949-1952; to China, 1962-1963.
6					1911
7					1909
8					1908	Superintendent, Admiral Farragut Academy, 1948-19??
9				1952-05-00May 1952	1911	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1950-1952; Governor, U.S. Naval Home, 1952-1954.
10					1910
11					1913
12					1911	Awarded Medal of Honor, 1914. Cousin of U.S. Secretary of the Navy George E. Badger.
13					1916
14					1915
15					1904	Father of Navy four-star admiral David H. Bagley and Navy four-star admiral Worth H. Bagley; grandson of North Carolina Governor Jonathan Worth; aunt married U.S. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels; wife's aunt married Navy five-star admiral William D. Leahy.
16					1917
17					1915
18					1916
19					1911	General Manager, Los Angeles International Airport, 1950-1952.
20					1916	Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, 1952-1954.
21					1917
22					1917
23					1919
24					1917
25					1919
26					1915
27					1913
28					1918	Director, Mystic Seaport, 1956-1975
29					1917
30					1918
31					1919
32					1918
33					1919
34					1918
35					1920
36					1920
37					1918	Nephew of Oklahoma governor William H. Murray.
38					1919
39					1923
40					1921

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1866–1940

The rank of admiral was created in 1866 to honor the Civil War achievements of David Farragut. Upon his death, another Civil War hero, David D. Porter Jr., succeeded to the title. In 1873, Congress stated that further vacancies in the grade would not be filled, and the rank lapsed with Porter's death in 1890. Congress revived the rank in 1899 to honor George Dewey, stipulating that the grade would again cease to exist upon his death or retirement. In 1903, Dewey was promoted to the unique rank of The Admiral of the Navy, which during his lifetime was considered to be equivalent to an admiral of the fleet, but was later declared to be senior to the five-star grade of fleet admiral.
The Act of March 3, 1915, provided that the commanders in chief of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic Fleets would have the rank of admiral while so serving, and their seconds in command the rank of vice admiral. In 1916, the chief of naval operations was also made an admiral while so serving, ranking next after The Admiral of the Navy. The ranks of admiral and vice admiral were strictly temporary appointments for the duration of an officer's tour in designated billets, and the temporary admiral reverted to his permanent grade of rear admiral immediately upon vacating the office bearing the title.
In 1917, Congress accommodated the Navy's desire to reorganize the fleet by authorizing the President to appoint three admirals and three vice admirals for any six fleet command positions. All fleet command tours lasted one year except for the commander in chief of the U.S. Fleet, whose term was sometimes renewed for a second year, and the commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet, whose command was considered a backwater. Officers would typically "fleet up" to admiral or vice admiral for their year of fleet command and then revert to rear admiral to mark time until mandatory retirement.

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bar:nulton from: 1929 till: 1930 color:battle text:"Louis M. Nulton"
bar:mcvay from: 1929 till: 1931 color:asiatic text:"Charles B. McVay Jr."
bar:chase from: 1930 till: 1931 color:cincus text:"Jehu V. Chase"
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bar:hart from: 1939 till: 1941 color:asiatic text:"Thomas C. Hart"
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1941–present

During World War II, the President was authorized to create as many admirals and vice admirals as he deemed necessary for the duration of the emergency. Most of these new creations retired at the end of the war, having been promoted to reward service in the fleet or headquarters, or to achieve parity with wartime counterparts. Although three- and four-star ranks remained temporary appointments, the practice of reverting to a lower grade pending retirement largely halted after 1942, when Congress authorized officers to be retired in the highest grade in which they served on active duty. The rank of fleet admiral was created in 1944, and the four officers promoted to that grade were allowed to remain on active duty permanently.
By 1956, the Navy had equilibrated at a total of seven permanent billets bearing four-star rank: the chief of naval operations ; the vice chief of naval operations, the commanders in chief of the unified commands in the Pacific and Atlantic ; the commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet ; the commander in chief of U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean ; and the commander in chief of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Southern Europe. In 1965, an eighth billet was added when the chief of naval material was promoted to admiral. Occasionally this count would fluctuate when a Navy officer was selected as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the chairman's four-star representative to the NATO Military Committee, or as the director or deputy director of central intelligence; or by special legislation.
When the long-serving director of the naval nuclear reactor program, Hyman G. Rickover, was finally compelled to retire in 1982, his successor was promoted to admiral and appointed director of naval nuclear propulsion, institutionalizing the position as a permanent four-star billet. To compensate, another four-star billet was eliminated by merging Allied Forces Southern Europe with U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Similarly, when the U.S. Atlantic Fleet commander was separated from the Atlantic unified commander in 1985, the number of four-star billets was conserved by eliminating the chief of naval material position. The U.S. Atlantic Fleet was replaced by U.S. Fleet Forces Command in 2006.
With the end of the Cold War, U.S. Atlantic Command was repurposed as the joint force trainer, becoming U.S. Joint Forces Command in 1999. The change in mission cost the Navy its traditional monopoly over that command, which has since rotated among all the services, but the Navy made up the difference through repeated appointments to other combatant commands and to the vice chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. All military commanders in chief were retitled "Commanders" in 2002, when the title of "Commander in Chief" was reserved solely to the President of the United States.

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bar:felt from: 1956 till: 1958 color:vcno
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bar:locklear from: 2010 till: 2012 color:general
bar:locklear from: 2012 till: 2015 color:cincpac text:"Samuel J. Locklear III"
bar:mcraven from: 2011 till: 2014 color:joint text:"William H. McRaven"
bar:ferguson from: 2011 till: 2014 color:vcno
bar:ferguson from: 2014 till: 2016 color:general text:"Mark E. Ferguson III"
bar:haney from: 2012 till: 2013 color:general
bar:haney from: 2013 till: 2016 color:joint text:"Cecil D. Haney"
bar:clingan from: 2012 till: 2014 color:general text:"Bruce W. Clingan"
bar:gortney from: 2012 till: 2014 color:general
bar:gortney from: 2014 till: 2016 color:joint text:"William E. Gortney"
bar:richardson from: 2012 till: 2015 color:nnp
bar:richardson from: 2015 till: 2019 color:cno text:"John M. Richardson"
bar:harris from: 2013 till: 2015 color:general
bar:harris from: 2015 till: 2018 color:cincpac text:"Harry B. Harris Jr."
bar:rogers from: 2014 till: 2018 color:intel text:"Michael S. Rogers"
bar:michellehoward from: 2014 till: 2016 color:vcno
bar:michellehoward from: 2016 till: 2017 color:general text:"Michelle J. Howard"
bar:davidson from: 2014 till: 2018 color:general
bar:davidson from: 2018 till: $now color:cincpac text:"Philip S. Davidson"
bar:swift from: 2015 till: 2018 color:general text:"Scott H. Swift"
bar:caldwell from: 2015 till: $now color:nnp text:"James F. Caldwell, Jr."
bar:tidd from: 2016 till: 2018 color:joint text:"Kurt W. Tidd"
bar:moran from: 2016 till: 2019 color:vcno text:"William F. Moran"
bar:foggo from: 2017 till: 2020 color:general text:"James G. Foggo III"
bar:grady from: 2018 till: $now color:general text:"Christopher W. Grady"
bar:aquilino from: 2018 till: $now color:general text:"John C. Aquilino"
bar:faller from: 2018 till: $now color:joint text:"Craig S. Faller"
bar:robertburke from: 2019 till: 2020 color:vcno
bar:robertburke from: 2020 till: $now color:general text:"Robert P. Burke"
bar:gilday from: 2019 till: $now color:cno text:"Michael M. Gilday"
bar:richard from: 2019 till: $now color:joint text:"Charles A. Richard"
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