dtuttle@uw-june (David C. Tuttle) (11/17/85)
>In article <3168@hplabsb.UUCP> bl@hplabsb.UUCP writes: >>It's official, the navy has dropped the rank of commodore. Those officers >>who used to be commodores (one star) will now be known as "rear admiral >>lower half". Officers with two stars will now be known as "rear admiral >>upper half". I kid you not! >Care to cite your source? I just got out of the Navy, and about 3-4 yrs ago >they reinstituted the rank of Commodore. It seems that the other one-star >officers (Brigadier General) were upset that the Navy one-stars got a >free ride to two stars. > John Allred Well, I read it in the paper last week, and if you can't believe what you read in the paper, what *can* you believe? :-) ========== ========== ========== David C. Tuttle Dept. of Computer Science, University of Washington [ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax]!uw-beaver!uw-june!dtuttle dtuttle@uw-june.ARPA