Indian-American woman captains US warship to India

[gambit]

That's interesting.... USN's mainstay warships are commanded by a commander. Aren't the master of the ship a captain, which is senior to commander.

There is a difference between 'grade', 'rank', and 'title'. A 'grade' like O-6 which for the US Army would be 'Colonel' but the US Navy would be 'Captain'. Both grades would draw the same pay but have different ranks. For the enlisted, an example would be E-4 which for the USAF would be 'Senior Airman', a non-NCO rank, but for the US Army, an E-4 would be 'Corporal', the first NCO rank.

For the USN, an O-5 has the rank of 'Commander', can be a 'Captain' of a ship that is not something like an aircraft carrier. The 'Captain' here is a title and is an appropriate address for the person holding that command. The higher the grade approaching O-6, the larger the ship. For an aircraft carrier, there can be several O-6s reporting to a more senior O-6 or an O-7, an Admiral. Navies have plenty of traditions that can be very confusing and this 'grade' versus 'rank' versus 'title' certainly is one of them.

 

[jbond197]

nothing compare to an italian lady by the name of sona who is ruling india LMAO

Three things for you:

1. She is widow of Late Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi and Indian Citizen since 1983.
2. She is not PM of India. Constitutionaly India is ruled by PM Manmohan singh.
3. Take your trolling somewhere else.

@topic

Glad to see Indian American taking a lead here but i guess she benefited because of her roots and this is very well thought appointment by Americans to appear more friendly and I don't see anything wrong with it.

 

[desioptimist]

I dont think the appointment has anything to do with MRCA. It appears to be routine.

 

[@nline]

brain drained from india,,, gained by America..

Kia khoob kaha aap ne,

 

[Thoma Yosip]

Obviously, nobody can serve in the US Armed forces without being an US citizen.

Untrue to a point. Officers must be US citizens, but non-citizens can enlist.

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For legal immigrants who do enlist, there are accelerated citizenship procedures for non-citizens on active duty. For details, see our article, Becoming a Citizen in the US Military.