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Why is the symbol for Captain difficulty an eagle ?

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:35 pm
by Philippeatbay
The symbol for lieutenant difficulty is a captain's bars. (??!!)

The symbol for captain difficulty is a colonel's eagle (??!!)

Come on guys, those symbols actually mean something, and anyone who's been in the American military (and many who haven't) know what they mean.



[But I'm not going to start a thread about how your marketing department uses the wrong American flag in all of its promotional videos. How would you feel about a video that used the cross of St. George instead of the Union Flag]?

Re: Why is the symbol for Captain difficulty an eagle ?

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:07 pm
by adherbal
Is this image wrong about the Navy ranks then?

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Re: Why is the symbol for Captain difficulty an eagle ?

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:48 pm
by MarechalJoffre
Captain is essentially a Colonel in the Navy, so nothing wrong there.

Re: Why is the symbol for Captain difficulty an eagle ?

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:59 am
by adherbal
For the US Marines xpack, we are using the army rank names.
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Re: Why is the symbol for Captain difficulty an eagle ?

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:48 pm
by Philippeatbay
As is probably obvious by now, everyone in my family was either in the Army, Army Air Corps, or Marines in WW II. I guess I'm just not used to seeing naval officers in khaki.