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Re: Force sizes-Confusing US ranks

From: John Leary <john_t_leary@y...>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:49:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Force sizes-Confusing US ranks


--- Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net> wrote:
> On 22-Mar-02 at 11:17, Brian Bilderback
> (bbilderback@hotmail.com) wrote:
..
> I wonder what the conversion is since the Navy did
> away with the
> rank of Commodore.  FYI the name was changed to
> "Rear Admiral, Lower
> Half."  It is somehow...appropriate.

Commodore is not a rank in the U.S.N..	 A Commodore
is the senior captain in a group of captains of equal
rank.

Bye for now,
John L.

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