Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier or brigadier general and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain,but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not hold the jurisdiction of a flag officer at all depending on the officer's appointment. Non-English-speaking nations commonly use the rank of flotilla admiral,counter admiral,or senior captain as an equivalent,although counter admiral may also correspond to rear admiral lower half abbreviated as RDML.
Rear Admiral Davyd Rhys Thomas,is a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
Rear Admiral Nigel Stephen Coates,was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam is the first ever Vice-Admiral and Former Chief of Naval Staff for the Bangladesh Navy. He is preceded by Rear Admiral M. Hasan Ali Khan ndc,psc,BN and succeeded by Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed (ND) ndc,psc,BN.
Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed was Chief of Naval Staff of the Bangladesh Navy. He was preceded by Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam ndu,psc,BN and succeeded by Admiral M Farid Habib,ndc,psc,BN.
Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan was Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy between 2005 and 2007. He was preceded by Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba ndc,psc,BN and succeeded by Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam ndu,psc,BN.
Abu Sayed Mohammad Abdul Awal is a retired Bangladesh Navy Rear Admiral and former Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel).
Admiral Tariq Kamal KhanNI(M) HI(M) SI(M) LoM,is a retired four-star rank admiral and a former diplomat who served as a Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from being appointed in 1983 until retiring from his service in 1986.
Vice Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed, TQA,usually shortened to H.H. Ahmed,was a senior Pakistan Navy officer who served as the first Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 1972 until his death from sickness in 1975.
The Navy Command is the current headquarters body of the Royal Navy,and as of 2012 its major organisational grouping. It is a hybrid,neither a command,nor simply an installation. Royal Navy official writings describe Navy Command Headquarters both as a physical site,on Whale Island,Hampshire,a collective formed of the most senior RN officers,and as a budgetary grouping.
Admiral M. Farid Habib,was the 13th Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy. He is the first ever four-star Admiral in the history of Bangladesh Navy. Now He serves as a Chairman of Trustee Board of University of Scholars.
Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed was an admiral in the Bangladesh Navy and the former Chief of Naval Staff. He previously served as the Director of Coast Guard Operations and commander of Chittagong Naval Command (COMCHIT). He also served in Naval Headquarters as Director of Personnel Services and Secretary to the Chief of Naval Staff. Inter Service Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) announced Ahmed's nomination to succeed Admiral Farid Habib. Ahmed began serving as the 15th Chief of Naval Staff on 27 January 2016.
Rear Admiral M Shafiul Azam,NUP,ndc,psc is a retired two star admiral of Bangladesh Navy. He was Assistant Chief of naval Staff (Materiel). He also held the post of CSD at Commodore Superintendent Dockyard.
Vice Admiral Mohammad Moyeenul Haque, NBP,NPP,nswc,psc is a retired officer of the Bangladesh Navy. His last appointment before retirement was the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel) ACNS(M). Prior that he worked as a Senior Directing Staff [SDS (Navy)] at the National Defence College. He took over the command of Commodore Superintendent Dockyard in February 2017. Before that he was the General Manager at Dockyard &Engineering Works (DEW),Narayanganj.
Vice Admiral Sree Harilal Sarma,PVSM was an Indian Navy admiral who served as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He later served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command from 1 March 1977 to 2 February 1978.
Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta,PVSM,AVSM,YSM,VSM is a retired officer of the Indian Navy. He served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief,Eastern Naval Command. He had earlier served as the Chief of Staff of ENC from 2020 to 2021,Controller of Personnel Services at Naval HQ from 2019 to 2020 and as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) from 2016 to 2018.
Rear Admiral Mohammad Lokmanur Rahman,NBP,NGP,ndu,psc is a retired two-star admiral in Bangladesh Navy who served as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics). He also served as the Administrative Authority Dhaka and as the Director Purchase (Navy) at DGDP.
Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal is a retired four star Admiral of the Bangladesh Navy who served as Chief of the Naval Staff till 24 July 2023. Previously he held the posts of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations &Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Personnel in Naval Headquarters.
Vice Admiral Atul Anand,AVSM,VSM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Additional Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs. He earlier served as the Director General Naval Operations,as Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area,as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area and as the Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor of the National Defence Academy.
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