[mattdono]

Interesting. Does any FREEPER have a listing of the command structure for each branch of the service?

I am generally familiar with the rankings, but with all the talking heads on the tube, it is nice to know the relative experience differences between the commentators (i.e., a Captain in the Army isn't the same as a Captain in the Navy).

[BlueLancer]

Look at their rank insignia on their shoulders ... for the most part, the insignia is mirrored between services.

A captain in the Navy wears eagles, comparable to a full colonel in the Army/Marines/Air Force.

An Army captain wears two silver bars, comparable to a full lieutenant in the Navy.

Army 2nd Lt = Navy Ensign
Army 1st Lt = Navy Lieutenant JG
Army CPT = Navy Lieutenant
Army Major = Navy Lt Commmander
Army Lt. Colonel = Navy Commander
Army Colonel = Navy Captain

[scott7278]

This is an exceptional link from the Department of Defense. They place the branches side by side, and it's interesting to see the differences -- a Navy Lieutenant is equal in rank to a Captain in the other brances, and a Navy Captain is equal in rank to a Colonel in the other branches.

The United States Military Rank Insignia

[Ga Rob]

Those types of diffrences only exsist betweent the navy and the rest of the forces.

A Captain in the Army/Air Force/Marines is a Lieutenant in the navy

A 2ND LT in the Army/Air Force/Marines is a Ensign in the Navy

A Full Bird Colonel in the Army/Air Force/Marines is a Captain in the Navy. Not to be confused with a "Captain" of a navy vessel which could be any number of ranks from a LT to a Admiral

Several other instances...not enough time to list them all.

[rabidralph]

(i.e., a Captain in the Army isn't the same as a Captain in the Navy).

When I was in the Navy, stationed at an Air Force base, working at an all-services radio-TV detachment, one of the AF engineers took a phone call from an irate captain complaining about the weak TV signal. The sergeant got testy and told the the captain that the signal would be fixed when he could see clearer reception on his TV, and he angrily hung up the phone. The rest of us at the stationed giggled and asked him who he was yelling at. He said some captain at Yokosuka (a Navy base in Japan). The rest of us stood there with our mouths agape and explained to the AF guy that a captain in the Navy is an 0-6, one rank below admiral, not an 0-3 captain like the other services, a junior officer. Luckily, the guy never called back.