A "rear admiral" wani matsayi ne na sojan ruwa da ake amfani da shi a ƙasashe da yawa. Yawanci matsayi ne mai taurari biyu, sama da matsayin kyaftin kuma ƙasa da matsayin mataimakin admiral. Kalmar "rear" a cikin "rear admiral" tana nufin al'adar tarihi na sanya admiral a matsayin kwamandan rundunar jiragen ruwa daga baya, ko "rearward," matsayi.A rear admiral ne ke da alhakin ba da umarni a baya. Rundunar sojan ruwa ko sashen jiragen ruwa, kuma galibi suna aiki a matsayin jami'an tuta ko jami'an ma'aikata a babban hedikwata. A cikin wasu sojojin ruwa, irin su Navy na Amurka, akwai maki biyu na rear admiral: rear admiral (ƙananan rabi), an rage shi da RDML, da rear admiral ( rabi na sama), wanda aka gajarta da RADM. A taƙaice, babban hafsan sojan ruwa ne babban hafsan sojan ruwa wanda ke da matsayi na taurari biyu kuma shi ke da alhakin ba da umarni da kula da ayyukan sojojin ruwa.