[ccmay]

Many people mistakenly refer to an admiral with a single star as a Rear Admiral, when in fact they are a Rear Admiral (lower half).

Why in the world did they get rid of commodores, and why didn't they come up with a better title than rear admiral lower half?

-ccm

[CWOJackson]

"Why in the world did they get rid of commodores..."

IBM's replaced them.

Sorry, couldn't resist.