Commodre

(CDRE)

Paygrade: F-1
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Rank Information
A Commodore is the first flag paygrade and the eighth commissioned paygrade within The Royal Manticoran Navy. Commodores may be appointed to command a Task Unit within the Navy. This grade is immediately junior to a Rear Admiral and senior to a Captain of the List.
In order to qualify for the rank of Commodore, you must have the following:
  • Successful completion of exam SIA-RMN-1001.
  • Minimum of eighteen (18) months served as a Captain of the List (O-6-B).
Equivalent Ranks Among Other Branches or Services
Grade RMN RMMC RMA GSN
F-1 CDRE
Commodore		 BRGEN
Brigadier General		 BRGEN
Brigadier General		 CDRE
Commodore
Rank History
This title came from Holland. In the Dutch Wars of 1652, there were not sufficient admirals and the Dutch desired to create others without calling them Admirals. The title was brought to England by William III. The broad command pennant or burgee was used by the Dutch at the same time. The rank was officially recognized by the British in 1806.
The American Navy used the rank as an honorary title in the Revolution – “Commodore” John Paul Jones; “Commodore” Esek Hopkins, appointed as “commander in chief.” Until 1861, all captains in the US Navy, commanding of having commanded squadrons, were recognized as commodores, though never commissioned as such. They wore a broad pennant distinctive of that rank. In 1862, it was established as a fixed rank, as in July of that year, eighteen were commisioned on the active list and seventeen on the retired list. The grade was abolished in 1899.
During World War II, the temporary grade of commodore was given to some officers both of the line and of the staff corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the original suggestion that the old title be revived.
In 1982, the rank of “Commodore Admiral” was introduced to the US Navy, establishing a one-star flag rank after many years of Captains receiving promotions directly to the two-star rank of Rear Admiral. 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, which itself was abolished as a rank in 1985. 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.
A captain in the US Navy who commands a flotilla or squadron of destroyers is called a “commodore” by courtesy. The British Admiralty continued to make appointments of a small number of commodores. The broad stripe of rank is worn by those appointed.
References: Naval Ceremonies, Customs, and Traditions by VADM William P. Mack, USN (ret) and LCDR Royal W. Connell, USN. “Commodore Admiral,” Wikipedia.

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