Uniform Insignia Forum

Proteus

Rt. Hon. Dr. John Smith, P.C., Q.C., O.B.E., Ph.D., M.A., LL.B.,B.A., C.M.A. The "Dr" shouldn't be used as well as the "Rt Hon" ("Rt Hon" takes precedence) and OBE comes before PC. Technically, Rt Hon and PC shouldn't be used together either, since they both indicate t...

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Robb Mavins wrote:Rt. Hon. Dr. John Smith, P.C., Q.C., O.B.E., Ph.D., M.A., LL.B.,B.A., C.M.A.

The "Dr" shouldn't be used as well as the "Rt Hon" ("Rt Hon" takes precedence) and OBE comes before PC.

Proteus

Generally, this is true, but like everything else there are exceptions. For instance, Dr can be used with Reverend (The Rt Rev Dr John Smith). The ecclesiastical prefix precedes Prof (The Rev Prof John Smith). Mrs can be used with Honourable if the 'Honourable' is the lady's husband's title and not...

Proteus

I was wondering, does anyone know how this system compairs to that of the United States or Canada. I'm especially interested in Canada, since I live there. The Canadian system is probably extremely similar to the UK one. The US won't be nearly as complicated, as there are far fewer titles, and they...

Proteus

First, how does one order titles before a name. These include ranks, doctorates, religious titles, peerages, honourifics, etc. What is the general rule to follow when someone has many different titles, such as Dr., Colonel, and Honourable? In the example you give, he'd be Colonel The Hon John Smith...

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Erskine Calderon wrote:Maxim - criticism without corrective alternative is NOT constructive.

That's why I pointed out the correct versions.

And I was not rude at all, I merely pointed out that the insignia were incorrect, and that an incorrect version of something is not semi-correct, but wrong.

Proteus

toXic wrote:Hence the name: SEMI-cannon

They aren't semi-canon. They're anti-canon.

Proteus

toXic wrote:Semi-Cannon Post-TMP-Era:
http://www.st-chronicles.de/scripts/ranks_01/index.html

These insignia, although used in the ST Encyclopaedia, are incorrect. The correct forms are shown here:
http://www.captainmike.org/Galactopedia/insignia.html

Proteus

With the Able Rate shoulder slip-ons, do you know if the Ordinary /Junior Rates wear these as well ? Also don't know if you got my note about Dental Officers ? I think that "Able Rate" is the basic rate for serving personnel, and that the others are for people in training. The actual rati...

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UK - Royal Navy The Admiral ranks have changed their insignia, so they have one more star than is shown (Rear Adm has 2, Vice Adm has 3, Adm has 4). New system is shown here: http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/1936.html The only colour between the gold stripes is red for medical and dental of...

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Robb Mavins wrote:Also in the RN Commodore is still (and never was) not a permanent rank and many officers and promoted from Captain to Rear Admiral.

They changed that very recently. I think it became a real rank in 1997.

Proteus

Please note that ranks of Warrant Officer 1st,2nd Class are no equivalent to MSGT/1SGT and MGySGT/SGTMJ. Why not? How would you show differences for example between Master Gunnery Sergeant and Sergant Major? I wouldn't. They aren't really different grades of rank - merely positions. It's similar to...

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Well couldn't we try to compare them with the UK ranks like this (this is based on that comparison page): United States Sergeant OR-5 English Equivalent: (Junior) Sergeant United States Staff Sergeant OR-6 English Equivalent: (Senior) Sergeant United States Sergeant First Class OR-7 English Equivale...

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I'm not talking about changing the actual ranks used by Armed Forces, merely the English equivalents given on the website. So, for instance, I think that the German naval rank of "Flottillenadmiral" should be described as "Commodore" rather than "Rear Admiral (Lower Half)&qu...

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I agree that the method several people have mentioned would be a very useful system. However there still remains the question of what to use as the English equivalent. It's easy for ranks like Captain and Lieutenant Commander, but should it be "Commodore" or "Rear Admiral (Lower Half)...

Proteus

It's an exact copy of [url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov1999/n11221999_9911224.html]this article[/url] at the US DefenseLINK website.

The only difference is the credited author...

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