CBS TV 'The Code' Error in First Episode: showing 'wrong rank' on sleeve

15-April-2019

[topher]

The show, in the first episode, showed a US Navy Commander as a defendant. His sleeve had the following: only had two stripes (the rank of a Lt.):

For US Navy Commander, it should have been three stripes:

For a US Navy Lt. Commander, it should have been 2 and half stripes (shown below):

[topher]

Serious error, in my opinion, for this TV series. If they cannot get the rank of Service Personnel correct, no telling what else they are doing wrong in the making of this TV Series.

[dp0622]

Great having you guys on board. :)

Whatever the sign for in the brig is, that would be mine :)

Or is brig just for army guys?

[Oiao]

What it probably means is that the US Navy (DOD PedoWood Office) is not officially endorsing the show.

If not officially endorsed, they have to make obvious errors in uniforms and other such items so that any footage is not time period or currently accurate in its depiction of the characters, plot line or such.

[Ace's Dad]

As of a few years ago, all Lieutenant Commanders and Commanders are referred to as "Commanders." LCDRs had the title of "Mister."

Used to really bother me. (Well, that's not the word I would use for "bother").

[central_va]

The Code takes place as the "United States Military's brightest minds take on Americas toughest challenges inside the courtroom and out, where each attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator—and a Marine.

Wait, what????

[hanamizu]

There was a time, many years ago, when such an error could not have been made since many on the crew would have been service members during WWII.

There is a movie, Red, where the characters mispronounce the name of the city Mobile, Ala.—saying it like it is Mobil. I can’t understand how the American actors didn’t know they were saying it wrong.

[dp0622]

I guessed that :)

Why refer to two different titles with one title?

[mylife]

I just said tonight LTs seem to think the 2 butter bars mean the railroad runs through them.

Commanders respect the men.

[Real Cynic No More]

Also, marines use the head, not the latrine.

How about all that hair on the officers?

Seems to me, the show needs some military advisers.

[Celtic Conservative]

The brig is navy. The stockade is army.

CC

[mylife]

Still, confusion abounds LOL

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/477174/Last-Detail-The-Movie-Clip-Thirteen-Buttons.html

[dp0622]

Thanks!

[ETCM]

As of a few years ago, all Lieutenant Commanders and Commanders are referred to as "Commanders."

Unless that's something new, no one calls LCDR's "Commander" other than they themselves. There was an old joke that they were "phone Commanders", as in, they answered their phone as CDR So-and-so. In a very informal setting, they might be called CDR to stroke their ego, but rarely. I know during my 30 years in, I never did.

[mylife]

In my time in even the CDR held the greatest respect for the Senior enlisted man.

Heck, we have you surrounded ;)

[ETCM]

By the time most Officers make it to CDR, they have seen what happens to Officers that don’t listen to their Chiefs. Some have learned the hard way, but the smart ones learned from the mistakes of others.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=NnEplVekOOc

[dfwgator]

Maybe he’s a “Corporal-Captain”.

[mylife]

Bingo

[sparklite2]

“JAG” got all the markings correct even though David Eliot, whot played Harm, is Canadian and said he had no idea what that stuff meant. LOL

[sparklite2]

I never heard of that. Can you provide a cite?