Commodore Admiral was a short lived military rank of the United States Navy that existed for less than 11 months during the year 1982. The rank of Commodore Admiral was established as the Navy's one-star Admiral rank after nearly forty years of all Navy Captains receiving promotion directly to the two star position of Rear Admiral. Military rank, or simply rank, is a system of grading seniority and command within military organizations. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... Admiral is a word from either the Arabic term amir-al-bahr, or the Irish term Ard muirfhear or Ardmurar , both meaning commander of the seas. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ...

The new rank of Commodore Admiral was created both as a means to appease other branches of the United States Armed Forces (who felt promoting O-6s directly to O-8 was unfair) and also as a means of distinguishing that Navy one star admirals were in fact Flag officers. This had been a major problem in World War II when cultural mistakes had lead to several Navy Commodores being regarded as senior Captains by members of foriegn militaries and in turn denied honors due to a U.S. admiral grade officer. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Flag Officer is both a historic naval rank and a modern day navy title. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The military rank of commodore is used in some navies for officers who command more than one ship, but are not senior enough to be made admirals. ...

Upon its establishment, many in the leadership of the U.S. Navy felt that the rank of Commodore Admiral violated over a century of tradition and there were numerous petitions to the Chief of Naval Operations to do away with the rank. As a compromise, the rank of Commodore Admiral was changed simply to "Commodore" at the start of 1983 (Commodore, itself, was abolished as a rank in 1985). The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the senior military officer in the United States Navy. ...

The rank of Commodore Admiral is one of the rarest ranks in the history of United States Navy and only a handful of officers, mainly those Captains promoted to O-7 during the year 1982, have ever held the position.