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 

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a comment from Dr. Anthony Fauci behind the podium as Rear Admiral John Polowczyk and Vice President Mike Pence look on during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner addresses the daily coronavirus response briefing as Ambassador Debbie Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, and Navy Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, supply chain task force lead for FEMA, listen during the daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner looks on with Navy Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, supply chain task force lead for FEMA, as U.S. President Donald Trump leads the daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, Vice Director for Logistics, J4, listens during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, and supply chain distributors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago 

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Andrew Burcher (L) and Commander of the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), Rear Admiral Paolo Fantoni (R), hold a news conference on board an Italian frigate during a NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise known as Dynamic Manta 2020, at sea off the coast of Catania, Italy, February 24, 2020. Picture taken February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello 

Britain's Prince Charles meets Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths, who survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in 1941, during the official commissioning ceremony of HMS Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth, Britain, December 10, 2019. Andrew Matthres/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown, Assistant Commandant for Response Policy, as he returns from Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown, Assistant Commandant for Response Policy, as he returns from Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media about Hurricane Dorian with Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown, Assistant Commandant for Response Policy, as he returns from Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media about Hurricane Dorian with Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown, Assistant Commandant for Response Policy, as he returns from Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 

Rear Admiral Olivier Lebas, French Ambassador to Singapore Marc Abensour and Captain Marc-Antoine de St Germain are pictured during a tour of the French Navy's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at Changi Naval Base in Singapore, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim 

A commander of the Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) Rear Admiral Edward Cashman speaks to media in Riga, Latvia May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

India's Air Vice-Marshal R.G.K Kapoor (C) flanked by Navy's Rear Admiral DS Gujral and Army's Major General Surinder Singh Mahal speaks with the media in the lawns of India's Defence Ministry in New Delhi, India, February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

India's Air Vice-Marshal R.G.K Kapoor (R) flanked by Navy's Rear Admiral DS Gujral (C) and Army's Major General Surinder Singh Mahal speaks with the media in the lawns of India's Defence Ministry in New Delhi, India, February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Rear Admiral Karl Thomas, commander of Battle Force 7th Fleet, speaks to the media at a news conference on the flight deck of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during its visit to Hong Kong, China November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Yuyang Wang 

The Duchess of Cambridge walks with Rear Admiral Ludger Brummelaar during the state visit by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, at Buckingham Palace, in London, Britain, October 23, 2018. John Stillwell/Pool via REUTERS 

Rear Admiral Tatsuya Fukuda, the commander of the Japanese helicopter carrier Kaga flotilla, observes a joint naval drill with Indonesian patrol boat Kurau in the Indian Ocean, Indonesia September 22, 2018. Picture taken September 22, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Rear Admiral Tatsuya Fukuda, the commander of Japanese helicopter carrier Kaga flotilla waves to Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki after its joint naval drill with Indonesian patrol boat Kurau in the Indian Ocean, Indonesia September 22, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Rear Admiral Louis C. Tripoli, Command Surgeon of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, gestures during his speech at the Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange 2018, in Xian, Shaanxi province, China September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard 

Rear Admiral Marc Dalton, commander of the Battle Force 7th Fleet, speaks to the media onboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro 

Rear Admiral Marc Dalton, commander of the Battle Force 7th Fleet, speaks to the media onboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro 

Rear Admiral Marc Dalton, commander of the Battle Force 7th Fleet, speaks to the media onboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro 

Commander of the Carrier Strike Group 8, Rear Admiral Gene Black is seen on the bridge of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, May 4, 2018. Picture taken May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

Strike Group Commander Rear Admiral Steve Koehler gestures while talking to journalists and Philippine officials in front of F-18 fighters at the hangar bay of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, transiting the South China Sea April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Karen Lema 

Rear Admiral Brad Cooper, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Commander, speaks to media inside the USS Wasp (LHD 1) amphibious assault carrier during their operation in the waters off Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Harry Harris (2-R), 24th Commander of the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), and William F. Hagerty (L), U.S. Ambassador to Japan, are escorted by Tatsuhiko Takashima (R), Japan Self-Defense Force's Rear Admiral and Director General of General Affairs Department, as Harris makes a courtesy visit to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, 16 November 2017. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama/Pool 

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (2nd R) with his wife Karen Pence, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (R) and Navy retired rear admiral Thomas Lynch participate in a volunteer service event cleaning the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas 

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Rear Admiral Koji Manabe is welcomed upon his arrival in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev 

Rear Admiral Marc Dalton, commander of the Battle Force 7th Fleet, speaks onboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, as it stations, during a port visit to Hong Kong, China October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip 

Rear Admiral Marc Dalton, commander of the Battle Force 7th Fleet, speaks onboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, as it stations, during a port visit to Hong Kong, China October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip 

Rear Admiral, Bill Byrne, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 11, speaks to media onboard the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz in the Arabian Gulf, August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed 

(L-R) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Marc Dalton, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command Admiral Harry Harris and Australian Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher participate in a ceremony marking the start of Talisman Saber 2017, a biennial joint military exercise between the United States and Australia aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sydney, Australia, June 29, 2017.REUTERS/Jason Reed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photograph with Ensign Ruth Salvatori (L), of Mexico, and her father Mexican Navy Rear Admiral Jorge Zilly (R) after presenting her commission at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement in New London, Connecticut, U.S., May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Filipino-Chinese residents greet China People's Liberation Army Navy Rear Admiral Shen Hao and other Chinese Navy officers, during the visit of a Chinese naval ship in Davao city, southern Philippines April 30, 2017. REUTERS/Lean Daval Jr TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - CORRECTING ID 

Commander, Carrier Strike Group TWO Rear Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, speaks to media on board the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in this photo taken on March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed 

Commander, Carrier Strike Group TWO Rear Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, speaks to media on board the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in this photo taken on March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed 

Commander, Carrier Strike Group TWO Rear Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, speaks to media on board the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in this photo taken on March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed 

Commander, Carrier Strike Group TWO Rear Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, speaks to media on board the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in this photo taken on March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed