president of the united states is the highest ranking officer in the navy.
who is the highest ranking officer in the navy?
president of the united states
in early 1981 spiridonov and much of the pacific fleet's leadership attended meetings in leningrad, before planning to return to vladivostok on 7 february. at 18:00 local time the plane, a tupolev tu-104, took off from pushkin airport, and almost immediately crashed just clear of the runway, killing all aboard. spiridonov was the highest ranking officer to die, along with 15 other admirals and generals, and 38 lower ranking officers. also killed along with spiridonov was his wife valentina. they were both interred with most of the other victims of the crash in the serafimovskoe cemetery in leningrad, where a memorial to the dead was erected on the orders of the navy's commander-in-chief, sergey gorshkov. a memorial service is held annually on 7 february at the st. nicholas naval cathedral in st petersburg, and on the twentieth anniversary of the crash the line “those who died in the line of duty on 7 february 1981” and an orthodox cross were added to the memorial stele commemorating the pacific navy sailors.
emil spiridonov
before the movement, supardjo was a highly decorated military officer. he was the highest ranking officer to participate in the movement as commander of the fourth combat command of the mandala vigilance command. many are quick to assume that supardjo had a significant role in planning the movement due to the fact that he was the highest ranking officer; however, he confesses in the document that he only arrived in jakarta three days before the event.
supardjo