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From: john@gcc-bill.ARPA (John Allred)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Commodor/Captain
Message-ID: <355@gcc-bill.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 09:28:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.355
Posted: Wed Oct  9 09:28:40 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 13-Oct-85 03:22:44 EDT
References: <744@decwrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@gcc-bill.UUCP (John Allred)
Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive)
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Summary: 

In article <744@decwrl.UUCP> timpson@comet.DEC (ACE TECH) writes:
>
>In the US navy a commodor is the rank of a one star Admiral  during war
>time only.  During peace time there is no Commodor rank, only two star
>admirals and up.  Also a commodor is usually put in charge of a small
>battle group and then and admiral will be of the whole flotilla.
>
>steve :^)
>

Sorry, steve, but the commodore rank is back.  It seems that all the one
star general officers of the other services were upset at their navy 
counterparts gettings free rides to the 2 star rank.

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John Allred
General Computer Company 
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