[Ditto]

Good article, but a question. What's with this"

Commodore Robert S. Harward

I didn't know the Navy still had that rank.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

I didn't either. Of course, it was always just a temporary rank anyway. But I did think that they had gotten rid of it a few years ago. Did they decide to reinstate it?

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Commodore

His Navy rank is Captain, but was called Commodore to denote his status as the commander of Task Force (TF) K-Bar.

At the same time K-Bar was around, they also had TF Bowie and TF Dagger. The military likes to start operations and use related names for TF's, areas, operations, etc.

[Travis McGee]

Commodore is a title or position, not a rank. A commodore leads a squadron, usually of a similar type of ship, as in a destroyer squadron. The commodore in those cases may have the rank of Commander or Captain.