RAdm

An admiral is abbreviated ADM, and a vice admiral, VADM, so you might have expected a rear admiral to be abbreviated RADM.

“RADM Erica Schwartz, a career HHS official, served our country with honor and distinction for more than two decades,” said Adm.

Their May 18 argument reads, “RADM Lorge changed positions. Prior to his conversation with Vice Adm. Crawford he was convinced he should disapprove the findings. After his conversations with Vice Adm. Crawford, Rear Adm. Lorge was still convinced that he should disapprove the findings, but instead approved the sentence in order to avoid the appearance that the military was ‘sweeping sexual assaults under the rug.’”