Thread:LordRimus/@comment-28260014-20160517022839/@comment-28260014-20160530021844

I read this in the comment I'm not sure if he's correct or not but it sounds right

they were more or less civilian employees. <- should be "civil employees" (meaning "people who work for the government"); "civilian employees" are subcontracted civilians that work for the military without being military (like plumbers, electricians...), and thus they have no rank (or rather, they hold the out-of-command-line rank of "civilian employee" or "non-military personnel").