Re: Force sizes-Confusing US ranks

At 11:59 AM -0500 3/22/02, Roger Books 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.

Every time I hear that, I think its some kind of "crossing the line"
title.
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