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One of the niggling details of creating an all new branch of the military is “What do we call ourselves?” The last time we did this was after the 1947 realignment of the military. It took several years for the new Air Force to decide what their ranks and titles would be. There were some changes to the enlisted side, but the officer ranks remained unchanged (except for the five-star rank, which changed from “of the Army” to “of the Air Force”).<\/p>\n
Some people, including those in Congress, want to suss out these details now. Navy veteran Rep Crenshaw (R-TX) introduced a rider, which was passed, to the 2021 defense spending bill that would order the Space Force to use Navy-style officer ranks.<\/p>\n
Bill Shatner, who played the legendary Captain Kirk on the Star Trek series, had this to say;<\/p>\n
“I’m just a nobody here but I was wondering; is it true that the commanding officer onboard a ‘Space Force’ ship is designated a Colonel & not a Captain?,” William Shatner, the actor who played Kirk on “Star Trek,” wrote to the service on Twitter. “Is this up for debate? I think I’d like to debate the issue.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now if we can only get all the other fictional space captain’s views.<\/p>\n
Source; Military.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"