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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: More fun stuff about Cobol
Message-ID: <3758@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 20:08:08 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 25 20:08:08 1987
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Summary: Hopper retired as rear admiral
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In article <1490@cullvax.UUCP> drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:
>I believe that Grace Hopper has been promoted to Commodore, up from
>Captain.

Hopper was indeed promoted to Commodore.  I believe the Navy recently
got rid of the rank of Commodore again, returning to the strange
practice of several years ago that lumps O-7s (= Brig Gen in the other
services) and O-8s (= Major Gen) together as Rear Admirals, lower and
upper half.  (This odd terminology, especially in a service like the
Navy, leads to some obvious jokes.)

Anyway, I think Hopper retired after the wholesale conversion of
Commodores to Rear Admirals, so she retired a Rear Admiral.

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D Gary Grady
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