Rear admiral

Rear admiral was a flag officer rank above commodore, but below vice admiral. As a Starfleet rank, it was used by the United Earth and Federation Starfleet.
On the , rear admirals, such as Daniel Leonard, were denoted by two rank insignia enclosed in a rectangular frame, worn on both sides of a uniform jacket. These officers also had a series of rank stripes on their sleeve, a group of four stripes (three in a group, and one separate towards the cuff). ()
Later Starfleet rear admirals, such as James T. Kirk, were again denoted by sleeve stripes, this time signified by a similar insignia, one solid band of braid, and an additional stripe separate. Rear admiral's shoulder insignia, for epaulet uniforms, was a single eight pointed star. ()
On the , Kirk, and all other officers, wore their insignia as a pin device attached to the shoulder on the jacket clasp. The rear admiral pin was a small round field with four gold arrowheads arranged pointing towards the center, and was accompanied by an embroidered sleeve stripe. ()
In the 2360s, rear admirals like Starfleet Academy superintendent , were denoted by two gold rank pips surrounded by a square frame. ()
==Starfleet rear admirals==
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*Cobum
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*James T. Kirk
*Daniel Leonard
*M.C. Minor
*Erik Pressman
*Rollman
*Norah Satie
*Shukar
*Sitak
== Background information ==
Robert Blackman's production notes during described this rank as "2 Starfleet Admiral, gold framed bar w/2 dots." 
The labeled this rank as "rear admiral" referring to the , and "admiral, two star" referring to its use on , , and . 
A "one star admiral" insignia also appeared in the encyclopedia, but never appeared in a live action production until the series Star Trek: Picard when the rank was referred to as commodore. The only true "one star" admirals seen in a Star Trek production were Gregory Quinn and Mark Jameson, however both were simply referred to as "admiral" (In Quinn's case as a "senior admiral"). In the real United States Navy, on which Starfleet ranks are mostly based, such a rank would be known as rear admiral (lower half), however this rank and title has never appeared in any Star Trek production or writing.
, mistakenly identified the late 2270's-2350's commodore insignia as the rear admiral insignia.
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