So, anyone got any info on the next Honor Harrington book?

I missed the Staff meeting, but the Memos showed that mike weber
<fairportfan.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:18:00 -0500 in
alt.books.david-weber :
>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:11:16 -0700, Michelle Steiner
><michelle.TakeThisOut@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>>In article <bf52s3p4joog8dell6jacebgm999n7vl23.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>,
>> pyotr filipivich <phamp.TakeThisOut@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Pg 83 refers to her as a Master Sergeant, which was higher than a
>>> staff sergeant anyway, if memory serves.
>>
>>Two grades higher. Army enlisted ranks are
>>
>>E1: Private (slick sleeve)
>>E2: Private (one stripe)
>>E3: Private first class (one stripe with rocker)
>>E4: Corporal (two stripes)
>> Specialist (eagle)
>>E5: Sergeant (three stripes)
>>E6: Staff Sergeant (three stripes and rocker)
>>E7: Sergeant First Class (three stripes and two rockers)
>> Platoon Sergeant (same as SFC)
>>E8: Master Sergeant (three stripes and three rockers)
>> First Sergeant (Same as MSG, but with a diamond in the middle)
>>E9: Sergeant Major (same as MSG, but with star in the middle)
>> Command Sergeant Major (same as Sgt. Maj., but with wreath around
>>the star)
>> Sgt. Maj. of the army (Same as MSG, but with Eagle in the middle)
>
>Navy (last i looked, but there have been change sin the officer ranks
>since i was in):
>
>E1 - Seaman recruit
>E2- Seaman Apprentice - two stripes (not chevrons, short diagonal
>bars; may or may not have a "rating badge", indicating what specialty
>you're "striking" for)
>E3 - Seaman - three stripes.
>E4- Tird Class Petty Officer - one chevron, with rating badge above,
>surmounted by "crow" (spread eagle).
>E5 - Second Class PO - two chevrons
>E6 - First Class
>E7 - Chief PO - rocker above the rating badge, crow basically sitting
>on the rocker
>E8 - Senior Chief - as for CPO, but with one star above
>E9 - Master Chief - bankfaced spacehelmet ... errr ... as fro CPO, but
>two stars
> Master Chief Petty Office of the Navy - three stars above, i
>think.
>
>In additiion, the lace composing the chevrons and rockers and
>hashmarks (one for every four years) may be red or gold. Gold
>baiscally indcates that you haven't been caught for twelve years.

All of which is well and good, but what is the rank structure of
the Imperial Army, Navy, etc.?

tschus
pyotr

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