However, what with all the other government malfeasance being discovered these days, the US Navy, to its credit, is being quite open about Cap’n Crunch, who after many years was discovered with false stripes.
Is it correct to call the commander of any vessel “captain?” While aboard in the military service, as well as in civil? (We all do in civilian life, but I can see on some occasions it might be confusing* or socially off, or, perhaps, important in liability issues.
*As in a cockpit of an airplane with a pilot requesting permission for take-off, receiving directions and acknowledging same, manned by Clarence Oveur, co-pilot named Roger, and Navigator named Victor.
Yes, the commanding officer of a U.S. Navy vessel is referred to as “captain,” whether or not that is his or her actual rank. Civilian commanding officers are usually referred to as either “captain” or even “skipper.”
Captain America would never have leftenant’s stripes on his sleeves. If he had leftenant’s stripes, he would have been Captain United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland.
Also, may we point out that from his outfit, Cap’n Crunch may date from before the USN or RN sleeve braid was standardized to the pattern we know and recognize.
Forget about his stripes. Cap’n Crunch, like most cartoon characters, has only three fingers and a thumb. If he can do with three fingers and be a human, I’m perfectly fine with him having three sleeve stripes and being a captain.
I’ll note that people in the Navy have four fingers plus a thumb, while our Cap’n has three. So I think he has the correct number of stripes for who he is. Quit repressing him.
The OP is mistaken in thinking that Cap’n Crunch is claiming he holds the rank of Captain. In reality, Horatio Magellan Crunch is the Capetian - hereditary head of the Capet dynasty and claimant to the Kingdom of France.
Speaking for civilian protocol, it’s definitely not the done thing on my flight-deck or on any I’ve been in. Referring to each other as “captain” and “first officer” is reserved for the final steps in the support process of crew resource management. If your offsider is doing something stupid with the aeroplane and the standard words, hints, and suggestions aren’t getting the point across then you become formal and might state something such as “Captain you must listen! Go around now!”, possibly followed by “My controls!” I have flown with some non-pilot crew (flight attendants and radar operators mainly) who have called me “captain” and it’s hard to tell if they are taking the piss or not. One was an old sea dog turned radar operator who was being mock-formal when he said it, another was an ex-military singaporean flight attendant who used the title in all seriousness and there is a senior female flight attendant I fly with regularly who won’t call you “captain” directly but will refer to you as “the captain” when talking to others, even other flight attendants. I haven’t quite worked out where she stands on the seriousness/mock-formal spectrum.
What military unit is he in, and where is the guide to the uniform published ?
Perhaps he is an air force rescue officer.. where even a fire truck driver could be Captain.
An airforce rescue boat driver could be given a naval looking uniform…
Captain Britain. And of course, they spell it lieutenant over there, they just insist on pronouncing it funny.
It’s the same level of peerage, he just got the title from Elizabeth or someone. Or he’s a Jarl, but then that would mean he was no vampire, but a draugr.
He was actually Rear Admiral Crunch(y) bottom who was on board the Galaxy class closet (yes closet, not pocket) universe explorer when during the dimensional transition, entropy loving aliens (the Maxwellian demons of their anti-verse) attempted to take over the ship. These would later be referred to in the popular literature as “The Soggies.” The actual captain was, as is so often the case in these tragic tales, killed in the onslaught, his/her name lost to history and Mssr. Crunch (he’s actually French) assumed command.
No. military officers in command of a vessel are not known as captain.Naval officers in command of vessels at sea, whatever their actual rank are known as captain. This is an RN tradition, NOT a USN tradition as stated above. Although, I believe the USN follows it.No idea about other Navies.