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Does anyone know what rank Sgt Bates holds? I mean, obviously Sergeant Bates, but he's USMC, isn't he? So is he Sgt Bates? Staff Sgt Bates? Gunnery Sgt Bates? What rank does he hold? Does anyone know? The SciFi site only lists him as 'Sergeant', but that's the lowest Sergeant rank, and Bates seems to have more experience than that, plus both Markham and Stackhouse are also both listed as Sgts, and seem to defer to him, suggesting that somehow, in the labrynthine rank structure he's a more important Sgt than they are :)
I haven't seen any shots of his insignia, but there's this guide to what they mean.
And why does it have to be so complicated? The other characters probably think of him as 'Sgt' but Bates strikes me as the type of man who would think of himself by his full rank.
I haven't seen any shots of his insignia, but there's this guide to what they mean.
And why does it have to be so complicated? The other characters probably think of him as 'Sgt' but Bates strikes me as the type of man who would think of himself by his full rank.