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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Darkwing: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [qb] [QUOTE]in "Starship Troopers" Heinlein said that if there was an infantry captain on a navy vessel, the o-3 captain would be referred to as 'major' in title only, so as to not be referred to as captain.. but im pretty sure this probably only held in official functions like dinners and ceremonies, when the navy and infantry were segregated they probably referred to each other business as usual.. and if there was another o-6 _naval_ captain aboard, then _they'd_ be referred to as commodore.. anyone know any actual navy practice? [/QUOTE]Yeah, the part about Marines is correct, although they are referred to as Major all the time they are on board ship. Not sure what happens with two Navy Captains on board but I'll try to find out. [/qb][/QUOTE]Actually, I've never seen that practiced in real life. My first two ships were smallboys, so the issue never came up, but my last was a flagship, so we had many naval captains and a number of marines of vasrying ranks aboard. I never heard any bumped up a grade for courtesy. Heinlein knew his RL military stuff, but in Starship Troopers, he made his own version to suit his story, so I don't think there's any connection to the real world. That said, I like the idea and used it when I ran ST rpgs. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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