How can I become an Admiral?

Question

I want to be an Admiral

Answer 1

Your best shot at becoming an admiral is to go to the naval academy. Go to the Naval Academy website (www.usna.edu/admissions) and complete the Navy Preliminary Application (Click on “Steps for Admission”).

Also, you may want to check out the U.S. Coast Guard (www.uscga.edu - click on “Admissions”) or the Merchant Marines (www.usmma.edu - click on “Admissions”).

Good luck. It sounds like the naval academy is tough to get into but if you get accepted, it's a full-ride scholarship for you!

Answer 2

What kind of admiral and in what country are you talking about? If you mean in the U.S. Navy the rankings are as follows:

-Admiral of the NAVY (The only person to ever hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy was George Dewey who was awarded it after his service in the Spanish-American War.)
-Fleet Admiral (This rank officially expired upon the death of Fleet Admiral Nimitz in 1966. Its reenactment will require another act of Congress.)
-Admiral
-Vice Admiral
-Rear Admiral (2 types, lower and upper half)
-Commodore
-Captain
-Commander
-Lieutenant Commander
-Lieutenant
-Sub-Lieutenant
-Warrant Officer
-Petty Officer
-Leading Rate
-Seaman

The Navy is authorized by law to have a maximum number of Admirals of all grades serving on active duty at any time. Only 15.7% of that number may rank higher than Rear Admiral (upper half), and of those, only 25% may rank as a full Admiral. This typically works out to about eight full Admirals. All of these limits may be waived during war or national emergency.

To be promoted to a rear admiral officers who are eligible for promotion to these ranks are screened by an in-service promotion board comprising other flag officers from that branch of the service. This promotion board then generates a list of officers it recommends for promotion to flag rank, through the service and defence secretary, to the President of the United States for consideration. The President nominates officers to be promoted from this list with the advice of the Secretary of Defense, the secretary of that service branch, and the service's chief of staff or commandant. The President may nominate any eligible officer who is not on the recommended list if he chooses to do so, but this is extremely rare. The Senate must then confirm the nominee by a majority vote before the officer can be promoted. Once a nominee is confirmed he or she will be promoted to that rank once he or she assumes a billet (position) that requires an officer to hold that rank.

Answer 3

Spend your life working hard in the navy..