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The assistant Secretary of Health is also a commissioned 4 star admiral but they have never seen been the inside of a Navy ship. The last one was a pediatrician
by dmix 3y ago
The assistant Secretary of Health is also a commissioned 4 star admiral but they have never seen been the inside of a Navy ship. The last one was a pediatrician before joining. There's a lot of symbolic and tradition based commissions like that through the US gov.
- jki275 3y agoCommissioned in the US Public Health Service, not the US Navy. Their ranks are the same as the Navy's, but they have no connection to the Navy.