Mark Horton Goof

[Irwin]

Rachel Maxwell over at the AIOwiki brought up this point and wanted it to be shared on the ToO so here we go:

This is a really little thing, but it also really bugs me, and the more I try to look it up, the more confused I get. In Room Enough for Two Mark Horton says he's a second lieutenant. In A Lamb's Tale he says he and another guy played pranks on their sergeant in Rakistan; I thought lieutenants outranked sergeants? The NCO thing confuses me. I know this is almost insignificant, but it bothers me, and I wanted to be sure it was a goof before putting it up as one.

[31899]

Rachel Maxwell over at the AIOwiki brought up this point and wanted it to be shared on the ToO so here we go:

This is a really little thing, but it also really bugs me, and the more I try to look it up, the more confused I get. In Room Enough for Two Mark Horton says he's a second lieutenant. In A Lamb's Tale he says he and another guy played pranks on their sergeant in Rakistan; I thought lieutenants outranked sergeants? The NCO thing confuses me. I know this is almost insignificant, but it bothers me, and I wanted to be sure it was a goof before putting it up as one.

2 lieutenant is an officer rank therefore he'd be playing pranks on his sergeants because he would be in charge of them.

[KODY 105]

Pulling a prank on a lower officer could be construed as misuse of rank.

[Mrs Jason Whittaker]

Maybe, when he was talking about playing pranks on the sergeant he was talking in the past before he became a second lieutenant, when he was still a private.