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Lee-Lee

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2. Dumbasses

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Fri Nov 10, 2017, 08:48 AM

Nov 2017

He was a Lieutenant O-3. If course an O-3 in all the other branches except the Coast Guard is a Captain, but there is a huge difference between a Navy Captain and one in all the other beaches, and I found out when I worked my first joint command... when someone says “Captain so-and-so says this is a priority” I had to check what branch that Captain was if I didn’t know before I determined how much a priority it really was. You only make that mistake once...

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MSNBC Morning Joe just said Bannon was a Navy Captain [View all] maxrandb Nov 2017 OP

Wikipedia confirms your statement: Lieutenant. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #1

Dumbasses Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #2

I read somewhere that Pence said he was ... Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #3

This just demonstrates that joe does not understand military rank. trc Nov 2017 #4

I didnt know that and my dad was in the Navy Kber Nov 2017 #5

Your dad would have been a Master Chief maxrandb Nov 2017 #7

That sounds familiar - thanks! Kber Nov 2017 #11

How true maxrandb Nov 2017 #12

he was an O-3 - a Navy Lietenant - (or in the Army or AF a Captain) DrDan Nov 2017 #6

And promotion to LCDR (O4) is about 95% maxrandb Nov 2017 #8

MJ confused Army/AF with Navy LeftInTX Nov 2017 #9

Joe S had the morning off from his show, so it OldHippieChick Nov 2017 #10