{"id":211705,"date":"2014-05-13T06:48:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T06:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/05\/13\/typewriterchan-dixie-chicken\/"},"modified":"2018-09-20T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:22:36","slug":"typewriterchan-dixie-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/05\/13\/typewriterchan-dixie-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-211705 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/05\/13\/typewriterchan-dixie-chicken\/attachment\/211706\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_m75rpkNYrB1qdp0lko1_540-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_m75rpkNYrB1qdp0lko1_540-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_m75rpkNYrB1qdp0lko1_540-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/typewriterchan.tumblr.com\/post\/85502860508\/dixie-chicken-typewriterchan\" target=\"_blank\">typewriterchan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/dixie-chicken.tumblr.com\/post\/85502745379\/typewriterchan-youneedtolookatthis\" target=\"_blank\">dixie-chicken<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/typewriterchan.tumblr.com\/post\/85502586073\/youneedtolookatthis-sairobee-scrollgirl\" target=\"_blank\">typewriterchan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/youneedtolookatthis.tumblr.com\/post\/85499422994\/sairobee-scrollgirl-dear-avengers-and\" target=\"_blank\">youneedtolookatthis<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/sairobee.tumblr.com\/post\/27574013815\/rhodey\" target=\"_blank\">sairobee<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/scrollgirl.tumblr.com\/post\/27198095195\/rhodey\" target=\"_blank\">scrollgirl<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"image\" height=\"365\" src=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v118\/Scrollgirl\/Marvel\/rhodeyim2.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear <em>Avengers<\/em> and <em>Iron Man<\/em> movieverse fandom,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve noticed there\u2019s fanfic in which poor Rhodey has been demoted three whole ranks. Here are some facts that may prove helpful when writing:<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 He is Lieutenant COLONEL James Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0 He is addressed as \u201cColonel\u201d or \u201cLieutenant Colonel\u201d in conversation.<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 His pay grade is O-5.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0 Lieutenant Colonel is ranked above a Major (O-4) and below a full-bird Colonel (O-6).<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0 Steve would salute Rhodey and Rhodey would return the salute, not the other way around. A Captain (O-3) is two ranks below a Lt Col.<\/p>\n<p>5a)\u00a0 But Rhodey MAY salute Steve first, out of respect.<\/p>\n<p>6)\u00a0 Rhodey is NOT a Lieutenant, which is one of the two LOWEST commissioned officer ranks in the Air Force, 2nd LT (O-1) and 1st LT (O-2).<\/p>\n<p>7)\u00a0 His insignia is a silver oak leaf (or a black oak leaf if wearing desert cammo).<\/p>\n<p>8)\u00a0 Based on his rank, he\u2019s served approximately 10 to 16 years in the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>9)\u00a0 He was <a href=\"http:\/\/afrotc.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force ROTC at MIT<\/a>. (It\u2019s implied, anyway, since Tony talks about them going on Spring Break together.)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>Scroll<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Handy stuff to know!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And Carol Danvers \/is\/ a\u00a0full-bird Colonel, so she ranks both Steve \/and\/ Rhodey.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An addendum: one of the only legit and proper ways Rhodey would salute Steve first is if Steve is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. \u00a0While it is not required by law or military regulation, there is a very strong cultural tradition in the services of rendering a salute to a CMOH winner as a sign of respect.<\/p>\n<p>(I don\u2019t know if Steve is a CMOH recipient in the MCU, &#8211; I\u2019d consider it fairly likely, though, given the events at the end of First Avenger. \u00a0A lot of CMOH awards are posthumous.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I have reblogged all this before, but I have been told that Rhodey is full-bird Colonel by the end of IM3. I do not have the canon source for this, but he rescued the goddamned President with a 45, I\u2019m shocked he\u2019s not Secretary of fucking Defense by the end of IM3.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Suddenly, fic thoughts of Rhodey being presented the CMOH (because let\u2019s be honest, if there\u2019s valor, it\u2019s rescuing the President with a .45 and a polo shirt) and Steve being at the ceremony and possibly getting the privilege of putting it on him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>typewriterchan: dixie-chicken: typewriterchan: youneedtolookatthis: sairobee: scrollgirl: Dear Avengers and Iron Man movieverse fandom, I\u2019ve noticed there\u2019s fanfic in which poor Rhodey has been demoted three whole ranks. Here are some facts that may prove helpful when writing: 1)\u00a0 He is Lieutenant COLONEL James Rhodes. 2)\u00a0 He is addressed as \u201cColonel\u201d or \u201cLieutenant Colonel\u201d in conversation. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/05\/13\/typewriterchan-dixie-chicken\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[787,22211,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211707,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211705\/revisions\/211707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}