Talk:Surgeon General of the United States

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[edit] Why is a General a Vice Admiral?

It would be nice to know the details of how it is that civilians hold a rank of "Vice Admiral": upon being nominated to Surgeon general, are people also sworn into the Navy? This is weird stuff.

I was wondering the same thing. According to the current Wikipedia definition, Vice Admiral is a strictly Naval rank. I was under the impression that the Surgeon General was a... general. I can clearly see from the official page that Vice Admiral is the given rank, but... why call him a general and why the Naval rank? Can anyone clear this up? It would be worth adding to the article. - Epastore 00:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I got it. Uniformed services of the United States pretty much clears it up. But the use of "general" is still a mystery to me. - Epastore 01:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

The reason is that the "General", If I am not mistaken, is not a reference to the rank of General, but as in "General Superior", which means 'the head of an organization', in this case the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac § 01:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] my thoughts as a hippie

fsgwqg hollA AT YA BALLA YO —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.218.240.101 (talk) 11:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC).