To furthur confuse the issue ranks in the same service in the same
country are not always equal.
Excellent example is Napoleonic France where a rank in the imperial
guard counted as the next higher equivalent in the regular army. Even
worse is the British army where one officer coud hold a different rank
in his regt and on a staff, as well as brevet rank. Tieing this back to
epic, the space marine capt, who seems to be the second highest rank in
a SM chapter, could easily rank an IG colnel.
> ----------
> From: J. Michael Looney[SMTP:mlooney_at_...]
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 1998 10:18 AM
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] IG infantry detachments
>
> Michael P. Lepisto wrote:
>
> >
> > Actually in the US military an Army, Marine or even Air Force
> Colonel is
> > the same rank as a Navy (and I believe Coast Guard) Captain in terms
> of
> > protocol, pay, etc.
>
> Point the first: I spent 10 years active duty in the US Army. I have
> some idea about the O-ranks of the US Military.
>
> Point the 2nd:
> The US Navy does not have Colonels.
>
> Point the 3rd:
> The US Military has 4 services, The Army (my old service), the USAF
> (aka
> the Zoomies) the USMC and the US Navy. Of those 4, 3 of them have
> Colonel (Army, Air Force, Marines). The Coast Guard is a
> paramilitary
> force belonging the the Treasure department. In time of war it is
> assigned, in toto to the US Navy. It follows the Navy's ranks
>
> I still stand my my statement, if a given Military force has both
> Captains and Colonels, the Colonel ranks the Captain. Some forces
> (mainly Navies, and I believe the Royal Air force) don't have
> Colonels,
> so the rank of Captain is some what higher on the feeding chain. The
> fact that most, if not all, countries have more than one military
> force,
> is beside the point.
>
> Please do not become confused by the fact that US, like most other
> countries, has an over all command level (The Department of Defense)
> controlling its military forces. The US has 4 military forces, only
> one
> of which (the Navy) is lacking in Colonels.
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