They were the same rank. They belong to different commands. Neither of them had the authority or rig
They were the same rank. They belong to different commands. Neither of them had the authority or right to give the other one an order. But when he gave the order to report to the cigar lounge that night it was obeyed, as was the order to submit was. Just as he knew it would be. Because they might have been equals in the military’s eyes but he knew who held court and who knelt and swore fealty. -- source link
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