admiral
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“This is a militarily manageable effort,” said Mark Montgomery, a retired Navy rear admiral and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Former US military official William Fallon - a retired US Navy admiral - told the BBC that "time of day" probably worked in the rescue mission's favour.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
When Robert Duvall was floundering around in college, his father, a career Navy man who retired with the rank of rear admiral, told him to shape up — and start acting.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Critical Metals, a British Virgin Islands-based company developing a rare-earth mine in Greenland, last year appointed a retired four-star general and a retired rear admiral to an advisory board.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
But this was no joke, as Penelope well knew: It was the Widow Ashton’s fortune that the admiral craved.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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