The Mayor Of Kingstown

[jimmyj]

TV Series on Amazon Prime Movies I am watching.
Season 1 Episode 8 : Police Captain. Captain Bars on His shiirt collar but Corporal Stripes on His shirt sleeves ???

 

[yaktamer]

It's been done before:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuP6ueVJhM[/ame]

 

[lihpster]

"E-4 Mafia for Life! Represent!"

 

[Tom Beavert]

On Hill Street Blues, Hunter wore Lt. bars on his hat, and E5 stripes on his sleeves. H was busted back often.
Tom B

 

[LoboGunLeather]

So the guy wearing gold oak leaves on his collar and sergeant stripes on his sleeve isn't the Sergeant Major? What about the Lieutenant General, and why is he higher up than a Major General? Come to think about it, why is a just plain old General in charge of all the Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals, and Brigadier Generals?

Why are these things so confusing?

 

[ameridaddy]

TV Series on Amazon Prime Movies I am watching.
Season 1 Episode 8 : Black Police Captain. Captain Bars on His shirt collar but Corporal Stripes on His shirt sleeves ???

I dunno. Maybe the chevrons (Corporal Stripes) are service stripes and the very talented guy married the mayor's daughter and made captain in just six years?

 

[swsig]

So the guy wearing gold oak leaves on his collar and sergeant stripes on his sleeve isn't the Sergeant Major? What about the Lieutenant General, and why is he higher up than a Major General? Come to think about it, why is a just plain old General in charge of all the Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals, and Brigadier Generals?

Why are these things so confusing?

And don't forget the Navy. Some Rear Admirals wear a single star, but other Rear Admirals get to wear two stars.

 

[yaktamer]

And don't forget the Navy. Some Rear Admirals wear a single star, but other Rear Admirals get to wear two stars.

I thought wearing a single star in the Navy made you Lionel Richie.

 

[CH4]

Can’t remember the name, but there’s a famous movie out there with someone wearing a uniform with colonel or general’s rank on the shoulders and sergeant stripes on the sleeves. Someone one in the costume department was asleep a the wheel. Been discussed on this forum before.

 

[rwsmith]

What's the big....

It's been done before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuP6ueVJhM

...sock holder doing on the wall behind them?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

And don't forget the Navy. Some Rear Admirals wear a single star, but other Rear Admirals get to wear two stars.

Somehow "Rear" never seemed right to me.........

 

[yaktamer]

Somehow "Rear" never seemed right to me.........

It was either that or "Posterior."

 

[smoothshooter]

Why is there a rank called Rear Admiral?
What is the “Rear”’all about?
I’ll bet it has spawned a lot of jokes over the years.

 

[pharmer]

No BS, there was a proctologist in Winter Park, retired now, had "Rear Admiral" for the front license tag on his Porsche. Used to see him at the Lakeland show (big collector) but not since the move to the airport. Joe

 

[swsig]

And don't forget the Navy. Some Rear Admirals wear a single star, but other Rear Admirals get to wear two stars.

Why is there a rank called Rear Admiral?
What is the “Rear”’all about?
I’ll bet it has spawned a lot of jokes over the years.

Somehow "Rear" never seemed right to me.........

The term "Rear Admiral" was borrowed from the Royal Navy (make of that what you will). Here is the Royal Navy's explanation of how that rank was named:

"The concept of the Rear Admiral originated in the days of naval sailing squadrons, where the admiral in charge of the rear section of the squadron was considered to be the most junior of the admirals, yet still played a crucial role in directing the remaining ships."

To add to the mirth, in the U S Navy, a one-star Rear Admiral is designated as a "lower half". Two-star Rear Admirals are "upper half". (At least they didn't use "top" and "bottom".) The whole mess was created when the U S Navy eliminated the former one-star rank of Commodore. Subsequently, the Admiral ranks in the Navy started with two stars. The other uniform services objected to this "star inflation", so the Navy had to split the Rear Admiral rank into upper and lower halves. The Royal Navy has wisely retained the rank of Commodore.

 

[erikpolcrack]

I hope I'm not falling for a prank and thus embarassing myself, but I will explain the Army ranks that people may be confused about, like swsig did for the Navy. Lieutenant General is a rank whose original meaning was a lieutenant (assistant) to a general. (Same logic goes for the rank Lieutenant Colonel.) Major General was originally Sergeant Major General, therefore a lower rank than Lieutenant General. Brigadier General was just sort of a clarification of the original rank, Brigadier, meaning one who commands a brigade. General was just added to the rank at some point because our army considers it a general officer rank. Other armies do not. To them it's just a rank above colonel. A lot of armies just start their general ranks at Major General.

 

[Bald1]

Here are the ranks that matter. In order
1 member
2 bronze contributor
3 silver contributor
4 gold contributor
5 MODERATOR

 

[Birdgun]

I also heard that Major General was a shortened version of Sergeant Major General. And a Brigadier General was under a Sergeant Major General because at one time in the French Army a cavalry Brigadier was the equivalent of an infantry Corporal. Then the British Army started calling commanders of a brigade a Brigadier. Then the U.S. Army wanted to come up with an equivalent rank for the European Marshal but the U.S. Army's Chief of Staff at the time (General Marshall) didn't want to be called "Marshal Marshall" so the U.S. chose the rank of General of the Army (five stars). But the Navy five star rank wasn't Admiral of the Navy but "Fleet Admiral" because George Dewey was the Navy's only Admiral of the Navy and the U.S. retired the rank in honor of G. Dewey. Oh, and supposedly the U.S. Army had two six star ranking officers, General of the Armies John Pershing and George Washington, however George Washington was posthumorously promoted to General of the Armies on July 4, 1976 to make him the highest ranking officer of the United States. But, since John Pershing was given the rank General of the Armies, his promotion was before Washington's. Soooo.....?? Now I also understand a Private is called a Private because the man had a "private" contract with the Army or Nobleman's forces he was joining; as opposed to "mercenaries." Oh, I was/am a Commissioned Warrant Officer! Let's not go into that one....

And that's why it's so easy to understand clearly how the military works. FUBAR!

John T.

 

[Birdgun]

Somehow "Rear" never seemed right to me.........

Maybe that's why his next rank is to "Vice." ;-)