flag rank
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flag rank
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Chang was among the first naturalized Asian American naval officers to achieve flag rank in the U.S. military.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017
Naval Academy in 1985, colleagues sensed that Graf was on a fast track to flag rank.
From Time ● Mar. 11, 2010
Promoted to flag rank when he was only 49, he became the first skipper of the U.S.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The very next day another selection board met to consider more captains for promotion to flag rank.
From Time Magazine Archive
In June 1874 he was appointed to the command of the “Monarch” in the Channel Fleet, from which he was relieved in March 1876 by his promotion to flag rank.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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