Rear Admiral, Lower Half (Rank)

Rear admiral (lower half) is a one-star flag officer, with the pay grade of O-7 in the Federation Starfleet, the Federation Border Guard, the Federation Stellar Health Service Commissioned Corps. The abbreviation for personnel from the FSF, FBG, and FSHS is RDML. Rear admiral (lower half) ranks above captain and below rear admiral. Rear admiral (lower half) is equivalent to the rank of brigadier general in the other uniformed services, and equivalent to the rank of commodore in most other stellar navies. In the Federation uniformed services, rear admiral (lower half) replaced the rank of commodore in 2270, but was changed back by 2344. Since 2344, it has been known as Commodore Admiral as the official rank.
==Notable Rear Admirals in Starfleet==
*Rear Admiral James Kirk (2270-2274)
*Rear Admiral Alexandra Mack (2370-74)
*Rear Admiral Sotak (2245-2255)
*Rear Admiral Kathryn Janeway (2378-2383)
Category:Starfleet Rank