Philippines Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. greets and shakes hands with the Commander of the Vietnam People's Navy Rear Admiral Tran Thanh Nghiem and fellow ASEAN navy officials, after the fleet review as part of the 42nd ASEAN Multilateral Naval Exercises at Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Britain's King Charles III (R) arrives, with Rear Admiral Roy Alexander George Clare (L), at the Colchester Library during a visit in Colchester, Britain on March 7, 2023. BEN STANSALL/Pool via REUTERS 

Rear Admiral Jose Carlos Tinoco Castrejon and Sea Shepherd President Pritam Singh pose for pictures at the Seahorse, the new vessel of Sea Shepherd, which will be used for "Operation Miracle" to protect the vaquita porpoise's area, near San Felipe, in the Gulf of California, Baja California state, Mexico January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha 

Rear Admiral Gregory Huffman, Commander of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, speaks to members of the media on board U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford while anchored in the Solent near Gosport, Britain, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Rear Admiral Gregory Huffman, Commander of Carrier Strike Group Twelve and Captain Paul Lanzilotta, speak to members of the media on board U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford while anchored in the Solent near Gosport, Britain, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Rear Admiral John Mauger of the United States Coast Guard rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Veterans Day in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis accompanies Britain's Queen Camilla as she greets a woman at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis accompanies Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis and National President of the Royal British Legion Lt General James Bashall accompany Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis and National President of the Royal British Legion Lt General James Bashall accompany Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis and National President of the Royal British Legion Lt General James Bashall accompany Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis and National President of the Royal British Legion Lt General James Bashall accompany Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis accompanies Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis accompanies Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

President of The Poppy Factory Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis accompanies Britain's Queen Camilla as she attends the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool 

Rear Admiral Michael "Buzz" Donnelly, Commander of Carrier Strike Group 5, speaks to the media during the goodwill visit of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in Manila, Philippines, October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Derek A. Trinque speaks during the opening ceremony of the joint military exercises Kamandag or the “Cooperation of the Warriors of the Sea,” at the headquarters of Philippine Marine Corps, in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Turkey's representative at the Joint Coordination Centre Rear Admiral Ozcan Altunbulak attends a news conference after the first ship to carry Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine five months ago, left the port of Odesa for Lebanon in Istanbul, Turkey, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Defense Minister Jose Manuel Zelaya, Honduras President Xiomara Castro and Rear Admiral Jose Jorge Fortin Aguilar review the troops before Castro received the baton of command as the Constitutional President of the Republic and Commander General of the Armed Forces, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez 

Rear Admiral Jose Jorge Fortin Aguilar gives the baton of command to the Constitutional President of the Republic and Commander General of the Armed Forces Xiomara Castro, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez 

Honduras President Xiomara Castro, Defense Minister Jose Manuel Zelaya and Rear Admiral Jose Jorge Fortin Aguilar attend an event after Castro received the baton of command as the Constitutional President of the Republic and Commander General of the Armed Forces, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez 

Honduras President Xiomara Castro and Rear Admiral Jose Jorge Fortin Aguilar review the troops before Castro received the baton of command as the Constitutional President of the Republic and Commander General of the Armed Forces, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez 

Rear Admiral Jose Jorge Fortin Aguilar gives the baton of command to the Constitutional President of the Republic and Commander General of the Armed Forces Xiomara Castro, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez 

The Rear Admiral Jamie Sands, Commander of Special Operations Command Africa, speaks during the opening ceremony of the U.S. sponsored Flintlock exercises at the site of the new French-backed international counter-terrorism academy in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Luc Gnago 

The Rear Admiral Jamie Sands, Commander of Special Operations Command Africa, speaks during the opening ceremony of the U.S. sponsored Flintlock exercises at the site of the new French-backed international counter-terrorism academy in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Luc Gnago 

The Rear Admiral Jamie Sands, Commander of Special Operations Command Africa, speaks during the opening ceremony of the U.S. sponsored Flintlock exercises at the site of the new French-backed international counter-terrorism academy in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Luc Gnago 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth hosts Rear Admiral James Macleod and Major General Eldon Millar as she meets the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Britain February 16, 2022. Rear Admiral Macleod relinquished his appointment as Defence Services Secretary as Major General Millar assumed the role. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth hosts Rear Admiral James Macleod and Major General Eldon Millar as she meets the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Britain February 16, 2022. Rear Admiral Macleod relinquished his appointment as Defence Services Secretary as Major General Millar assumed the role. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS 

Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw, commander of the Carrier Strike Group 8, speaks during a press conference onboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, in the Adriatic Sea, February 2, 2022. The Truman strike group is operating under NATO command and control along with several other NATO allies for coordinated maritime manoeuvres, anti-submarine warfare training and long-range training. REUTERS/Yara Nardi 

New Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman and retiring Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Rocky Meade inspect troops at the Change of Command Parade, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

New Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman walks with Lieutenant Commander Judy-Ann Neil at the Change of Command Parade, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness walks with new Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman at the Change of Command Parade, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

New Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman and retiring Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Rocky Meade inspect troops at the Change of Command Parade, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

Troops participate in the Change of Command Parade for new Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

Incoming Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman receives her hat from retiring Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Rocky Meade at a promotion ceremony, in Kingston, Jamaica January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

Incoming Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman is being pinned by retiring Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Rocky Meade and her mother Marie Freckleton at a promotion ceremony, in Kingston, Jamaica January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and Director of the Naval International Programs Office Anthony E. Rossi and Boeing P-8 Vice President and Program Manager Stu Voboril present aircraft keys to Norwegian Defense Material Agency Director Mette Elin Sorfonden at a delivery ceremony of the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Norway at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Redmond 

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and Director of the Naval International Programs Office Anthony E. Rossi speaks at a delivery ceremony of the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Norway at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Redmond 

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and Director of the Naval International Programs Office Anthony E. Rossi, Principal Director and Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy Marty Simon, Norwegian Defense Material Agency Director Mette Elin Sorfonden, Norway Defense Attache Major General Odd-Harald Hagen and Boeing P-8 Vice President and Program Manager Stu Voboril cut a ribbon at a delivery ceremony of the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Norway at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Redmond 

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and Director of the Naval International Programs Office Anthony E. Rossi, Principal Director and Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy Marty Simon, Norwegian Defense Material Agency Director Mette Elin Sorfonden, Norway Defense Attache Major General Odd-Harald Hagen and Boeing P-8 Vice President and Program Manager Stu Voboril cut a ribbon at a delivery ceremony of the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Norway at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Redmond 

Rear Admiral Ramiro Lobato Camacho and Mexico's undersecretary of Human Rights Alejandro Encinas Rodriguez attend a ceremony where members of the Mexican Marines offer an apology to family members of victims for their role in the 2018 forced disappearances, according to Attorney General's Office in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril 

Rear Admiral Ramiro Lobato Camacho speaks as members of the Mexican Marines offer an apology to family members of victims for their role in the 2018 forced disappearances, according to Attorney General's Office in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril 

Brian Shukan, U.S. Embassy Khartoum Charge de Affairs, Rear Admiral Michael Baze, U.S. navy sixth fleet Director of the Maritime Affairs, and Captain Ibrahim Hammad Al Nayer, stand together as a U.S navy vessel docks in the eastern city of Port Sudan, Sudan March 1, 2021. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddiq 

Rear Admiral Michael Baze, U.S. navy sixth fleet Director of the Maritime Affairs, stands next to Captain Ibrahim Hammad Al Nayer, commander of the fleet of the Port Sudan Naval base, as a U.S navy vessel docks in the eastern city of Port Sudan, Sudan March 1, 2021. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddiq 

Chile's Rear Admiral Eric Solar, director of Security and Maritime Operations, shows the areas where the Chilean government is keeping tabs on a large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels fishing along the Pacific Coast of South America, in Valparaiso, Chile October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido 

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir talks with Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk at the start of a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

The hats of Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett Giroir sit on the floor behind the witness table at the start of a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk adjusts his protective face mask as he testifies before a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk waits to testify as his fellow witness U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir elbow bumps another man in place of a handshake behind him before the start of a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk adjusts his protective face mask as he testifies before a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir speaks with Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk at the start of a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

U.S. Admiral Brett P. Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, talks with Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, leader of the Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force and vice director of logistics of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, swear in before testifying during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "The Administration's Efforts to Procure, Stockpile, and Distribute Critical Supplies" in the Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. Caroline Brehman/Pool via REUTERS 

Admiral Brett P. Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, talks with Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, leader of the Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force and vice director of logistics of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the start of a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "The Administration's Efforts to Procure, Stockpile, and Distribute Critical Supplies" in the Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. Caroline Brehman/Pool via REUTERS 

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise talks with Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, leader of the Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force and vice director of logistics of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral Brett P. Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, before the start of a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "The Administration's Efforts to Procure, Stockpile, and Distribute Critical Supplies" in the Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. Caroline Brehman/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. House of Representatives Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) talks with Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir at the start of a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

U.S. House of Representatives Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) talks with Pentagon Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Vice Director of Logistics Rear Admiral John Polowczyk and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir at the start of a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool 

U.S. President Donald Trump watches a multimedia presentation created by the White House to defend the president's response to the coronavirus outbreak with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Navy Rear Admiral John Polowczyk and Vice President Mike Pence during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the daily coronavirus task force briefing as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; Navy Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, supply chain task force lead for FEMA; and Vice President Mike Pence look on at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the administration's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as Dr. Deborah Birx and Rear Admiral John Polowczyk listen during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President Mike Pence, Rear Admiral John Polowczyk and Dr. Deborah Birx look on during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts