<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=285167.msg14136335#msg14136335">Quote from: wander on 12-05-2018, 00:03:49</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh, also on the OOC spoiler, Will just assumed as Adrianna is older than him and was in the Navy before he was she'd be higher up the tent-pole, keeping IC and OOC knowledge seperate there, I was. :)</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You were half-right. There are just two different tent poles, officer and enlisted. The usual way to compare them between different countries and services is using E-# for enlisted and O-# for officers, where the # is how many steps up the ladder they are (privates being a zero). Adrianna reached E-3 in the Navy, and E-1 in the Army (which any Navy rating will tell you is a negative score that should be subtracted from whatever they were in the Navy. Isn't interservice rivalry fun?), but it isn't cumulative, she just tops out at E-3. This is useful because ranks like 'Captain' may have a different O-# in different services. In a combined arms operation, the higher O-# usually calls the shots, even if they both have the same title.<br/><br/>Sergeants (and POs) are inclined to believe that officers don't work for a living, therefore "DON'T call me Sir, I work for a living."<br/><br/>Of course, this is never said where an officer will overhear it