Sentence examples for first admiral from inspiring English sources

He appeared under the brilliant klieg lights, the first admiral most of us junior officers had ever laid eyes on.

Legend has it that the plebe to place the hat on the top of the obelisk is destined to become the first admiral of that graduating class.

Admiral Fallon, 63, took over the Central Command only a year ago, becoming the first admiral to become the top officer there.

The project, named after David Glasgow Farragut, the first admiral in the United States Navy, was completed in 1952, and has a population of about 3,440 in 10 buildings.

"Son," the first Admiral McCain had told the second, "there is no greater thing than to die for the principles — for the country and the principles that you believe in".

David G. Farragut, whose father was an immigrant from Spain, was promoted to admiral in 1866, when the rank of four-star admiral did not exist, and is often cited as the Navy's first admiral of Hispanic ancestry.

A third admiral, Rear Adm. George W. Davis VI, came in for less stringent criticism and has been reassigned from his position as Naval inspector general.

There was a fourth admiral, Mark L. Bristol, who was in command of the Asiatic Fleet, but except for the formality of his two years seniority, which made him senior to Hughes and Wiley, he was considered to be out of p268 the main channel of the Navy's high command.

The harbor was vital to the British, as the Royal Navy, at first under Admiral Samuel Graves, and later under Admiral Molyneux Shuldham, provided protection for the troops in Boston, as well as transportation of supplies to the besieged city.

Fallon, 62, is the first Navy admiral to be named to head Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. military forces in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa.

One claim frequently bandied about is that Farragut was the nation's first rear admiral, a moniker that implies a singular achievement.