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From: tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas)
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Subject: Re: Re: Movie inspiring episodes question
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 09:31:26 EDT
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Okay, I'm confused here.  There seems to be some logical consistancy to
the braid worn on uniform sleeves, to wit:

               Ensign (no braid)


========       Leutenant (one thick band)

- - - -
=======        Leutenant Commander (one thick band, one broken band)


=======
=======        Commander (two thick bands)


=======
- - - -
=======        Captain (thick, broken, thick)


=======
#######
#######
=======        Commodore (e.g. Decker) (solid gold wide band bordered by
                                       two thick bands).


Now Hunter Scales tells us that Commodore is a courtesy title.  Why does
Decker have clearly different braid, then?  Somebody else told us that
Kirk was really still an admiral after taking command of the Enterprise in
ST-TMP.  Why then does he switch to braid showing the rank of captain? 

RJS in Toronto.