Re: Force sizes-Confusing US ranks

Well, when I received an LOC from a lower-half a few years ago, he
referred 
to himself as "the commodore" (of the wing; comasubfltlant IIRC)

>From: Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: Re: Force sizes-Confusing US ranks
>Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:18:12 -0500 (EST)
>
>On 22-Mar-02 at 12:07, Joe Ross (ft4breedn@hotmail.com) wrote:
> > Actualy, in a time of war, rear-admirals are divided into lower and 
>upper
> > halves, during peace time, they are both referred to as commodore,
the
> > "rank" has not been done away with, per se, but it is like calling a
> > leuitenant that skippers a boat a captain... kinda but not really..
>
>Just before I got out 10 years ago a directive came down that said
>we were no longer to use the word Commodore, we were to use the
>term RA-LH.  It even had justification, Commodore was being confused
>with Commander by the civilians.
>
>Roger
>

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