i went and signed up as 'ElHombre' (it's the handle i use the most on forums). thanks for the invitation. now i just have to re-learn my espanol so i can contribute.

and if that doesn't make me to learn & use spanish, nothing will. :lol:

blast it! where are my manners!

feliz diez y sies amigo!

(if that came out wrong, i apologize. remember what i wrote about my spanish?)

gracias! i've been looking around for something like this for a while.

i'll be looking at your forum too. my problem is that my spanish is terrible, despite having a hispanic wife. no, it's beyond terrible. i can screw up ordering at a 'taco bell'. ;)

the use of commodore varies from one navy to the next. in many navies, a commodore is more of a title than a rank. going by the US ranking system, any rank of grade O-7 and above is considered a flag officer.

a COMMISION could be defined as permission by the government to command its soldiers.

ack! somebody call the pun police.

here in the US, the commision technically comes from the government, not a person.

part of that whole 'nation of laws, not people' structure we have here. :)

no. each nation uses its own rank system. since most ranks are the same, just with different names, this is not a problem. i have seen on occasion where an officer of one country will wear the insignia of another in order to aviod confusion. during the persian gulf war, i saw a picture of (4-star) g...

since chris will do the US flag, i'll post about the ol lone star flag, the state of texas. [img]http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/u/us-tx.gif[/img] this flag was approved in 1839, during the time of the republic before annexation to the US. it has become the state flag since then. the red is for ...