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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 3182683" data-attributes="member: 5868">I don't think he did.  When the first series started, Lee Adama was a Captain.  He was subsequently promoted to Major.  When he took over Pegasus, he was either breveted Commander (meaning he took over and wore that rank on a temporary basis), or was simply addressed as Commander (similar to the way the captain on a US Navy vessel is addressed as Captain, regardless of whether his actual rank is Lieutenant, Lt Commander, Commander, or Captain).  I believe based on what was see thus far that he was breveted Commander, then returned to his permanent rank of Major when he returned to his duties as Galactica's CAG.  He's probably more effective in that job than he would be as the ship's XO, which is a reason to bump him below Tigh rather than have him retain the Commander's rank.Part of the confusion, I think, is the colonial rank structure.  I'm not 100% certain I've got it right, but it appears that the Colonials use a combined rank structure, unlike, say, today's US Navy and Marine Corps which have different rank titles for the same rank grades.  I believe the Colonial officer Corps structure looks something like:Lieutenant -> Captain -> Major -> Colonel -> Commander -> Admiral, compared to USN:Ensign -> Lieutenant (jg) -> Lieutenant -> Lt Commander -> Commander -> Captain -> Rear Admiral ...or USA/USMC/USAF:2d/1st Lieutenant -> Captain -> Major -> Lt Colonel -> Colonel -> Brigadier General ...Edit: This sort of rank confusion happens all the time in today's US military.  Back when I was a Captain, it used to be fun to make lodging reservations at Navy installations -- I'd get treated really well, since usually they forgot to ask my pay grade over the phone (O3 versus O6) and wouldn't bother to change my room on check in once they figured out I was a lowly *Army* Captain.</blockquote>

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