HockeyPlayer47
Regular
Wow, it's been awhile. Some of you around here may remember me. I'm in the United States Air Force now and so things like rank and uniforms stand out to me when I watch TV and movies now. So I have a couple of questions about Babylon 5.
Now I've come to realize that Earth Force uses the Navy/Coast Guard rank structure. Well, mostly anyway. They've kinda combined it with the Army/Air Force/Marines structure. They've replaced the Rear Admiral - Admiral ranks with the Brigader General - General ranks. Except in the episode Eyes when we meet a Colonel (The equivalent of a Captain. That's why Sinclair saluted first.), and I still havn't figured out what to make of that.
My questions, however, are these. In Day of the Dead, Lochley says, when shes talking to Zoe, "... about 10 years ago I enrolled in earth force cadet corps..." In season 5 she's a Captain. That's an O-6. How the heck did she make rank that quickly?
My other question is this. When Lochley was explaining to Garabaldi that she and Sheriden had been married, I forget the episode, she said that they either met or got married right out of officers traing school (OTS). She went to the Acadamy and so did Sheriden. Why then would they go to OTS? It doesn't make sense.
Later,
HockeyPlayer47
Now I've come to realize that Earth Force uses the Navy/Coast Guard rank structure. Well, mostly anyway. They've kinda combined it with the Army/Air Force/Marines structure. They've replaced the Rear Admiral - Admiral ranks with the Brigader General - General ranks. Except in the episode Eyes when we meet a Colonel (The equivalent of a Captain. That's why Sinclair saluted first.), and I still havn't figured out what to make of that.
My questions, however, are these. In Day of the Dead, Lochley says, when shes talking to Zoe, "... about 10 years ago I enrolled in earth force cadet corps..." In season 5 she's a Captain. That's an O-6. How the heck did she make rank that quickly?
My other question is this. When Lochley was explaining to Garabaldi that she and Sheriden had been married, I forget the episode, she said that they either met or got married right out of officers traing school (OTS). She went to the Acadamy and so did Sheriden. Why then would they go to OTS? It doesn't make sense.
Later,
HockeyPlayer47