Neo Barb wrote:It's a specific rank in every navy we know about that uses English-language ranks in the Honorverse, but it's quite possible someone adopted USN-style ranks and did not have a formal rank of Commodore (heck, if there we hadn't seen a Frontier Fleet office with the rank of Commodore, I'd argue the SLN was one of them; Roszack went from Captain to Rear Admiral, and jumping ranks has got to be an extremely rare event in the SLN).
Back when USN O-7s were called "Commodore," there was speculation that the Navy suffered from "General" envy. Amy/Air Force/Marine O-7s were called "General." Navy O-7s, even though they were Flag Officers, were not called "Admiral."
Hence the complication of "Rear Admiral Lower Half." And some speculation that all "Rear Admirals" of whichever half were junior to even the newest Major General.
Apologies if I've lost count of the number of quotes of someone quoting somebody else quoting yet another person quoting himself.