Posted on Aug 23, 2014
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I thought about it for a long time to post or not to post. But then again, why not? Legitimate question like CPT (Join to see)'s, right?
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
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That's an easier conundrum to resolve because you can count stars instead of claiming the light reflecting off the moon disabled you from distinguishing the color differential between a gold and silver bar.
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To add to that, you're not drunk or seeing double
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MSG(P) Michael Warrick
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Yes and why do we keep asking these saluting questions !
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'Cause it's weekend, and I vote no to saluting on weekends, right MSG(P) Michael Warrick?
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LTC Operations Officer (Opso)
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Best part of a Pentagon tour in uniform is walking outside in the middle where you do not wear cover or salute....
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MSG Wade Huffman
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Oh no... looks like LTC (Join to see) has gotten to you too... the universe seems to be unraveling at warp speed. Need coffee.....
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Legitimate question, right MSG? WW1LTERS? What would CPT (Join to see) say?
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CPT Senior Instructor
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I have nothing.
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CPT Senior Instructor
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Who would have thought a branch of the military would have used who got the top bunk on a ship as a means of Rank. Go Navy!
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Like corporate ladder: when the guys above look down, they see sh&$heads. When he guys below look up, they see &$$holes
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LCDR Aerospace Engineering Duty, Maintenance (AMDO and AMO)
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Actually, it's the Army's fault we did this. Y'all whined about us not having a one-star rank, so we split the Rear Admiral rank in two.

See? Army makes everything more complicated.
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LCDR (Join to see), I heard 'split the rear' in a different context before: 'tear you a new a-hole'. Don't know if there's a correlation between the two. Just saying
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Should Rear Admiral Lower Half salute Rear Admiral Upper Half?
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In a more serious side note - I don't think Warrants should salute Ensigns. The regulations state that they rank "with, but behind" Ensigns. That appears to imply that they're the same rank, but technically junior.
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You indeed got a point there, Sir. Furthermore Ensign probably wouldn't stand a chance in 'correcting' CWO in saluting him!
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LCDR Aerospace Engineering Duty, Maintenance (AMDO and AMO)
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Clearly not... nor should Majors salute Majors General. After all, they're both Majors, amirite?
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Don't forget Sergeant Majors!
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LCDR Aerospace Engineering Duty, Maintenance (AMDO and AMO)
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But they're just the very model of a modern Sergeant Major General.
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CPT Zachary Brooks
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You and LTC (Join to see) are lucky you didn't show up to the RPX conference. You bastards and your in sighting of this crap…

http://i.imgur.com/fD5R7Xj.gif
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I'll take thumbs up too, sir!
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CPO Command Chief
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Seriously...?
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Chief, this is a sequel to 'should 2LT salute 1LT'. Chime-in!
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CPT Senior Instructor
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First off, why would the Navy have such ranks. It is just not dignified. Second of all, why didn't just keep the title of commodore. Silly navy and their silly games.
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LCDR Aerospace Engineering Duty, Maintenance (AMDO and AMO)
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We switched Commodore to Commodore-Admiral because the other nations couldn't figure out that our Commodores were flag officers. That just got messy, so we dumped our one-star flag rank.

That's when the Army did what the Army does best - whined about the Navy, so we split our Rear Admiral rank in half - so that the Army's BGs wouldn't feel inferior.
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