On July 9, 2019, Wynnyk announced his retirement after he claimed that the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance, planned to replace him as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Vice admiral (abbreviated as VADM) is a three-star commissioned naval officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, with the pay grade of O-9. Media in category "Mark Norman (admiral)" The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. Mark has 6 jobs listed on their profile. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, the former commander of the navy, was accused of leaking cabinet secrets on 12 separate occasions, almost all of them involved the period of time prior to the last election. On July 16, 2018, Lieutenant-General Paul Wynnyk was named Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. View Mark Norman’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Mark’s connections and jobs at similar companies. Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal.A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral.In many navies, vice admiral is a three-star rank with a NATO code of OF-8, although in some navies like the French Navy it is an OF-7 rank, the OF-8 code corresponding to the four-star rank of squadron vice-admiral 150421-N-ZI511-401 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert welcomes Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Vice Adm. Mark Norman.jpg 2,100 × 1,500; 1.47 MB Vice admiral ranks above rear admiral and below admiral.