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* In a message to SCOUTS-L on 24 MAR 96, John Pannell said:

> Mark Arend asked:
>Why is the middle palm gold and the highest one silver instead of the other
>way around?

SLY> This harkens back to the military tradition, I am told, where silver
SLY> insigniae indicate higher ranks than gold. Excepting general's stars, I
SLY> believe this is still true today.

This is still true today. US officer ranks are:

Grade Insignia USA/USAF/USMC USN/USCG/NOAA/USPHS
O-1 Gold Bar 2nd Lieutenant Ensign
O-2 Silver Bar 1st Lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade)
O-3 2 Silver Bars Captain Lieutenant
O-4 Gold Oak Leaf Major Lieutenant Commander
O-5 Silver Oak Leaf Lieutenant Colonel Commander
O-6 Silver Eagle Colonel Captain
O-7 Silver Star Brigidier General Rear Admiral (lower half)
O-8 2 Silver Stars Major General Rear Admiral (upper half)
O-9 3 Silver Stars Lieutenant General Vice Admiral
O-10 4 Silver Stars General Admiral

I just got back from a 4 day meeting in Washington where officers from O-1
thru O-9 were in attendence. Fortunately the "stars" only hung around to
make a keynote address and then they left so us working level types could
get on with the job.

YIS,
Dave

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