How to Use vice admiral in a Sentence

vice admiral

noun
  • The surgeon general's rank is three-star vice admiral.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 2 May 2026
  • In response, the Navy fired a series of top officers including -- for the first time -- the vice admiral who was commander of the 7th fleet.
    — Ivan Watson and Rebecca Wright, CNN, 1 Apr. 2018
  • One photo — the photo — showed a Navy vice admiral and a smartly dressed woman cutting a cake as another uniformed officer looked on.
    — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Christenson held onto his rank and retired as a vice admiral in November 2018.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • The comments by vice admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach sparked consternation and a swift rebuke back in Berlin.
    — Jill Lawless and Jari Tanner, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2022
  • He was nominated in January to become vice admiral in command of the 7th Fleet, based in Japan.
    — Nick Anderson The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The previous year, a Chinese Navy vice admiral had asked him to be the go-between in Beijing’s attempt to obtain the Varyag.
    — David Wilezol, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Sean Buck, the school's superintendent vice admiral, offered his condolences to the Cummings family.
    — Wilson Wong, NBC News, 1 July 2021
  • Sullivan, the retired vice admiral, left the shipbuilding advisory board in 2019.
    — Nate Jones, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Along with being stripped of his royal titles and residence, Defense Secretary John Healey previously confirmed that Andrew lost his honorary rank as vice admiral in the Royal Navy.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The Navy is likely tracking ships linked to Iran through satellites, drones and other forms of surveillance as well as each commercial vessel’s past history, said Kevin Donegan, a retired vice admiral and former commander of the Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

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