If he was a Navy captain, he could not have been all that young. To make things more confusing, the Navy equivalent of an AF captain is a lieutenant, and the Navy equivalent of a AF lieutenant is an ensign. Convoluting matters further, in the Canadian and British militaries, lieutenant is pronounced 'lef-tenant' yet spelled the same. And the AF equivalent of a captain is a colonel, which is also not pronounced as it sounds because of a horrific entomological journey from Italian via French to English. A 2nd Lieutenant wears a gold bar, yet a 1st lieutenant wears a silver bar.
Ranks make much sense sometimes.
The RISK - not using unique keys for different military service's ranks. And there weren't any last September. As stated, this is true. However, let the record show that the US Navy still flies the flag daily over 1 commissioned battleship, the USS Arizona, permanently stationed in Honolulu. Thanks for debunking the battleship takeover story.