That's As Good As It Gets???

[Simmy]

I have never made more than the rank of Captain in SH4.
But I know from the boys in the office that there are provisions
for Rear and Vice Admirals. What in Tar Nation does it take to get
to one of those ranks. I have sunk half the IJN, well me and the boys,
and never been offered more than Captain. Thinking I could do better
in the army.:haha:

[Red October1984]

I have never made more than the rank of Captain in SH4.
But I know from the boys in the office that there are provisions
for Rear and Vice Admirals. What in Tar Nation does it take to get
to one of those ranks. I have sunk half the IJN, well me and the boys,
and never been offered more than Captain. Thinking I could do better
in the army.:haha:

FINALLY! Somebody says that on Subsim! :arrgh!:

After sinking half the IJN and not getting Admiral, transfer to the Army.... :O:

[Armistead]

Sink a millions tons and finish the war.

[Dread Knot]

I have never made more than the rank of Captain in SH4.
But I know from the boys in the office that there are provisions
for Rear and Vice Admirals. What in Tar Nation does it take to get
to one of those ranks. I have sunk half the IJN, well me and the boys,
and never been offered more than Captain. Thinking I could do better
in the army.:haha:

Sorry, but the top Navy brass is unimpressed by mere Japanese tonnage. To reach those vaunted ranks, you also have to win every Army-Navy football game played between 1942 and 45 singlehandedly. :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

I have never made more than the rank of Captain in SH4.
But I know from the boys in the office that there are provisions
for Rear and Vice Admirals. What in Tar Nation does it take to get
to one of those ranks. I have sunk half the IJN, well me and the boys,
and never been offered more than Captain. Thinking I could do better
in the army.:haha:

Doing such a good job with decimating the IJN that only a fool would promote you to a desk. :up:

[Simmy]

Well that's it...I'm off to see the recruiter.
I always did look better in green.:salute:

[Sailor Steve]

A little reality: Dick O'Kane, top-scoring US submarine ace and Medal Of Honor winner, ended the war as a Commander. He didn't make captain until 1953.

I'm sorry, but Captain is a rank that should not be in SH4. Captains don't command submarines, they command Battleships. Admirals command fleets.

[Sniper297]

Funny thing, Navy was always a tradition in my family except for the Civil War, when all the Wards joined the Army instead for some reason. So when my oldest son turned 18 he started to enlist in the US Navy - only to find out he has that common form of color blindness for shades of blue-green. The US Navy requires 100% normal color vision for all rates except stuff like Yeoman and Mess Cook - my son had no interest in typing or slinging hash, so he went across the hall and talked to the Army recruiter instead, chose artillery.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/297639_251659768211644_1173604439_n.jpg

That's my son on the far left, today he's Command Sergeant Major of 1/120 Field Artillery, equivalent to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Command. :sunny:

[Sailor Steve]

Good on 'im, Sniper! "By golly I'm gonna serve, one way or another!"

I wanted to fly fighters, but when I was ten my eyes went wonky. I joined the navy and became a radioman.

[Simmy]

Nice shot of the 155.
I was in artillery, 8 inch nuclear - Fire Direction Control (FDC)
Germany - VII Corp.
When the Russians found out I was there, they decided to stay
in the Eastern Bloc.:har:

[captgeo]

Great Pic sniper:yeah:

my son-inlaw just joined the RCAF

[Red October1984]

I want to fly....if I can't...well...I'll be in the Army. Military Service runs in my family...

My uncle is a General who went through ROTC. He is commanding forces in Germany now.

Another uncle was a PA for the Wolfhounds. They made a documentary about his unit while he was in Northern Iraq. He's retired.

My Dad went to West Point but didn't get through. He's a lawyer now.

My Grandpa also went to West Point. He was in 'Nam just like you Steve. He died in 2006.

And I've got more distant relatives all around that fought in various wars.

I plan on serving one way or another. :yep: :up:

[Webster]

as Sailor Steve mentioned getting those kinds of promotions means you arent in a sub anymore so thats why it isnt in this game, it doesnt make sense to give you a rank that means you arent in a sub so that would mean you arent in the game anymore

they "tried" to keep things "mostly" realistic in the game

[Simmy]

as Sailor Steve mentioned getting those kinds of promotions means you arent in a sub anymore so thats why it isnt in this game, it doesnt make sense to give you a rank that means you arent in a sub so that would mean you arent in the game anymore

That's pretty much what I assumed since it made some reference to being
behind a desk when I read the Rear Admiral report.

[TorpX]

Nice photo, Sniper.

Where was it taken, Fort Sill?

[Sniper297]

Fort McCoy, WI. He was senior artillery instructor there until his promotion to CSM.

[ColonelSandersLite]

Worth mentioning here is the career of Leo Major of the Canadian army in WWII.

This man singlehandedly captured something like 180 German prisoners in two separate engagements, and god knows how many he killed. In the latter, he drove the SS out of the city of zwolle *by himself*. Oh, and he did it after having lost an eye just days after the invasion of france.

His reward for all of that?

A DCM and a promotion to corporal. Frankly, this man should have been given the VC twice over and a spot promotion to general just for his gigantic balls of steel.

[SimHq Tom Cofield]

Who wants to make Admiral anyway?

I hear the dive rate of an Admiral's desk is abysmal.

[Arlo]

I'm reckoning that was a bit of 'trolling for hollars.' :03:

Yeah, Captains or above didn't skipper fleet boats.

But ....

I wouldn't mind seeing a more realistic/accurate award system:

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/Silent_Service_4_Wolves_of_the_Pacific/SH4_medalsofvalor_zps105262f5.png

[Simmy]

I'm reckoning that was a bit of 'trolling for hollars.' :03:

No trolling here. I was not aware that captains did not command fleet boats.
But this is Navy, and I never was Navy.:stare:

[Sailor Steve]

You're cool. A lot of people don't know how it worked. A lot of other people get sucked in and start reading every book they can find on the subject. It is, as they say, just a game. Enjoy it, and don't forget to ask more questions. :sunny:

[Armistead]

You can be whtever you want here.

[Arlo]

You can be whtever you want here.


I'm a doctor, I'm a lawyer, I'm a movie star. I'm an astronaut, and I own this bar. :arrgh!:

[Sailor Steve]

Well, today you can be whatever you want. While you're at it, pop into General Topics to visit your thread! :D

[Red October1984]

Here...I am:

This guy (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2010270&postcount=2123)

:D