Aren't Nantz and Santos the same rank?
Nantz is a Marine Staff Sergeant and Santos an Air Force Technical Sergeant. According to Wikipedia they're both E6.
Yes, they are the same pay grade but he could outrank her due to his date of promotion. However, since Nantz is in command of the infantry squad with advanced infantry trainig and tactics and Santos a comm specialist with basic infantry training, she may have placed herself under his command if she outranked for according to their promotion date.
"We're paratroopers lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded"
Captain Winters, Bastogne 1944
O yea of course. I wouldn't expect there to be any question of Nantz still being in charge. She just seemed a little bit too deferential sometimes given that their ranks were the same.
Yes, and Air Force Technical Sergeant is equal to an Army or Marine Corps Staff Sergeant. Seniority at that point would be determined by time in grade, then time in service, then date of birth (believe it or not). I've actually been in a situation where I assumed authority based on being a year older than another guy on my shift (who was exactly the same rank, and had the same time in grade and time in service). We enlisted on the same day and went to basic training together. But as I was older than him, I was in charge (thank God because he was an idiot).
O yea of course. I wouldn't expect there to be any question of Nantz still being in charge. She just seemed a little bit too deferential sometimes given that their ranks were the same.But to be honest, I would be too if I were in that situation. It would be ridiculous for me to try to assume command of a combat squad simply because I am the highest ranking when I have little or no actual combat experience. A move like that is likely to get everyone killed! The only time it would be absolutely necessary for the highest ranking to assume command, regardless of branch or position, is if they all became captured, prisoners of war. At that point, the highest ranking is legally bound under Article IV of the Code of Conduct to assume command. Until that point, you can defer to the most qualified/experienced member of the team to lead.
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From my understanding. When it comes to the same ranks, unless s/he is a NCO or command clarifies, it goes to the most experience. Plus people forget that women are NOT allowed combat jobs. So why she was in recon, let alone intentionaly sent into combat is beyond me.
shareShe wasn't sent into direct combat. She was part of an electronic warfare unit tracking the aliens. Her unit got it's ass handed to them and she survived. She just ran into some National Guard soldiers and Marines while making it back to the FOB.
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