Why does the U.S. Navy no longer employ the rank of "Commodore"?
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When the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) became law in 1982, O-7 officers were designated commodore admirals. The Navy selected 38 Captains to wear the broad stripe and single star. In 1983 the Defense Authorization bill changed the title to commodore. With President Reagan's signature on the Fiscal year 1986 Defense Authorization bill, O-7 officer were again called rear admiral (lower half). It seems that the two stars that Rear Admirals were allowed to wear caused some resentment in the Army, Air Force and Marines as they were really the same rank as Brigadier General's before the O-7 officers were designated.
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A good background page on your question is at the Wikipedia site: http://tinyurl.com/ymy5xb
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When I was in the US Navy in 1961, we had a commodore onboard our ship. He became the youngest admiral in the navy, at that time or a year later, I was told. The ship was the USS O'Brien-DD725 I think he was 37 years old but not sure about that. DD725 was the flagship in the division. I never could understand that, because I was told by older sailors that commodore was a wartime rate only.
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