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To: wishuponastarr

14 posted on 05/22/2012 12:34:08 PM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)

15 posted on 05/22/2012 12:47:12 PM PDT by wishuponastarr

Well, ecept in the UAF - the O-6 is “Bob”, and the O-7 is “John.”

O-5’s are “Hey, you...”

I will stop now, before I get in trouble...

20 posted on 05/22/2012 4:28:56 PM PDT by patton (DateDiff)

To: JRios1968; wishuponastarr

AHA!!!..the BIGquestion that WUAS should NOW be asking IS:

"If a major outranks a lieutenant, then why does a Lt.Gen outrank a Maj.Gen ( or vice versa)?"

FYI..the general consenus is that in medievil times, there was a rank of seargent-major general, which was of course subordinate to lieutenant general..SMG was way too unwieldy..heck..by the time that an aide ran up to an SMG to report, and just started to say the rank..."Seargent-Major General, sir.."..the enemy could well have broken through the lines...

So, it was shortened to Maj.Gen, but tis still beneath Lt. Gen in the chain of command..

40 posted on 05/24/2012 10:57:42 AM PDT by ken5050 (FRACK Obama!!!)

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