For a while now, reading boating forums, I have been puzzled by the term.
I gathered, or more likely assumed, The Admiral was a reference to ones most frequent shipboard companion.
Based on some comments, said companion could easily be a person, a dog, maybe a squirrel or a Yeti full of Corona. Although I can't imagine why anyone would want one of those hairy, stinking creatures aboard, much less a loaded one.
I have also wondered what rank, if any, the author of the term holds and being totally confused by the structure of the US military, I am still in a fog. Why call people running around in the desert, Marines and what is an Ensign, if not a flag?
Then I came across this;
http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/navy_ranks.asp
which clearly shows there is no "Admiral" so now, I think I understand.
Or do I?
I gathered, or more likely assumed, The Admiral was a reference to ones most frequent shipboard companion.
Based on some comments, said companion could easily be a person, a dog, maybe a squirrel or a Yeti full of Corona. Although I can't imagine why anyone would want one of those hairy, stinking creatures aboard, much less a loaded one.
I have also wondered what rank, if any, the author of the term holds and being totally confused by the structure of the US military, I am still in a fog. Why call people running around in the desert, Marines and what is an Ensign, if not a flag?
Then I came across this;
http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/navy_ranks.asp
which clearly shows there is no "Admiral" so now, I think I understand.
Or do I?
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