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The Vice-President is not actually in the chain of command, even though he succeeds the President in case of death or incapacity. The operational chain goes President - SecDef - Secretary of the Army/Navy/etc (as relevant), and so forth.
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(The Vice-President is not actually in the chain of command, even though he succeeds the President in case of death or incapacity. The operational chain goes President - SecDef - Secretary of the Army/Navy/etc (as relevant), and so forth.) |
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*** A flashback scene from ''We Were Soldiers'' has some of the soldiers telling a story about a [[Badass]] sergeant who was part of a platoon being inspected by a brand-new 2nd Lieutenant. The LT wanted to get an idea of the kind of guys he was leading, so he had them change into their working uniforms with ribbons to check out their awards. The sergeant at first comes back wearing no ribbons and is stoically chewed out by the LT to go back and put on his awards. He comes back a few minutes later wearing his boots, [[Badass|TWO Medals of Honor (!!)]] and nothing else. The LT stares in shock for a long moment before snapping off a salute, wise enough at this point not to try chewing the Sarge out for being out of uniform twice.
**** ''"So that was [[Sergeant Rock|Plumley]]?"'' "No, that was McDune." ''"So what was the point of that story?"'' "Well, Plumley was McDune's boss. And McDune was scared shitless [[Oh Crap|of him]]."
*** Also per regulation the only civilians that are supposed to be rendered a salute are members of the High Command (
** Another [[Real Life]] exception are the Brazilian armed forces. Whenever any soldier or officer SEES someone of higher rank, whether or not they are on duty or even wearing a uniform, they MUST render a salute, even if they are ''driving'', riding a horse or a ''bicycle''. In fact, regulations say they must halt, salute the officer, and then ask permission to continue. Of course that means that Brazilian fiction with correct saluting protocol is impossible to find.
* A general example that tends to crop up when British personnel feature in US media. In the UK, the rank of Lieutenant is pronounced "leff-tenant," not "loo-tenant." It can also happen with Canadian personnel, with Canadians pronouncing it the same way as the British.
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*** One tradition in the Canadian Forces was that a Lieutenant (Naval) would be referred to as "leftenant" while a Lieutenant in the air force or army would use the "loo-tenant" pronunciation. It served some practicality as a Lieutenant in the navy is the equivalent rank to a Captain in the air force or army, so one could differentiate between them while speaking: Loo-tenant Smith has to salute Lef-tenant Degrasse.
** Additionally, there seems to be some confusion over the names of the British armed forces. There's a Royal Air Force and a Royal Navy, but the Royal Army hasn't existed since the Civil War. The eldest surviving regiments can trace themselves back that far, but the oldest was actually founded under Cromwell and the Protectorate.
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