# Military Question: When Army Meets Navy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-question-when-army-meets-navy/237743>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-question-when-army-meets-navy/237743 "2004-04-01T16:01:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-question-when-army-meets-navy/237743/21 "2004-04-04T02:08:47Z")

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> [@Snooooopy](#):
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> In the event that a question of authority cannot be resolved, I believe that tradition dictates a best two-out-of-three “Rock Scissors Paper” tournament be employed.
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> Although some services prefer to do “Odds and Evens” or have a third party think of a number between one and 100, with whichever person whose guess is closer being declared in charge.

I’d love to see that game, but joking aside, the real answer as to which person of equal rank, and assignment, would be “superior” would be determined by “Time in rank”.

e.g. If I made O-3 before another O-3, I’d be the superior the Chain of command (assignments being equal)

-Butler (IANAsoldier, but I’ve a passion for that knowledge.

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**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-question-when-army-meets-navy/237743/22 "2004-04-04T14:57:36Z")

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> [@Yeah](#):
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> 1. The Marines post an equivlancy chart different from that posted by Audilover at [https://lnweb1.manpower.usmc.mil/CCLD/working/working\_usmc\_rank\_equivalencies.htm:](https://lnweb1.manpower.usmc.mil/CCLD/working/working_usmc_rank_equivalencies.htm:)

That’s not too far off. And I’ve never seen our equivalencies written down…they’re just kinda understood in the collective unconscious. Also, we don’t have any GS-10’s in my organization.

Then again, most of us in the lab are on an alternate pay system anyway (myself included.) So to figure out where I am against the officer pay grades, I have to convert my pay grade to GS then to O. :rolleyes:

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