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December 25th, 2003, 03:28 AM
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Re: All I want for Christmas is a "Promotion"..
Ooooooooo, subtle Narf
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December 25th, 2003, 04:14 AM
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Re: All I want for Christmas is a "Promotion"..
i whack people with hammer's. whaddya expect? 
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December 25th, 2003, 04:55 AM
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Re: All I want for Christmas is a "Promotion"..
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I don't understand this military ranking system. A major is above a lieutenant, and yet a lieutenant general is above a major general... why? 
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It's modeled after real world rank systems, and that's how real world world ranks systems do it. As to why the real world rank systems do that, I am sure there is a historical reason that makes sense. But I don't know it.
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December 25th, 2003, 04:57 AM
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Re: All I want for Christmas is a "Promotion"..
I googled it and found a good page explaining it.
http://pearlandjrotc.freeservers.com/armyhist.htm
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December 25th, 2003, 01:47 PM
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Re: All I want for Christmas is a "Promotion"..
Nice page, Geo. Bery helpful.
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December 25th, 2003, 05:54 PM
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Re: All I want for Christmas is a "Promotion"..
Thanks for the explaination, Geo.  |
December 29th, 2003, 04:45 PM
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Re: All I want for Christmas is a "Promotion"..
I always thought that Navy ranks would be much more appropriate for Space 4X games. Horatio Hornblower far from his superiors, having to make decisions on his own, etc...
But, to be fair, when/if we ever start sending ships into deep space with humans on them, it'll probably be the Air Force that does it...and they use a modified Army naming system for ranks.
But "Admiral" still sounds better to me than "General"
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