[quote=Gunther]
The size of your ship would dictate a Lieutenant Commander. To get to that rank, an officer would have to spend at least 12 years in the Navy before that happens, which would put her at 34 years old after four years in some commissioning source (college/university/military academy). The only thing nepotism does for a sailor or soldier is bring down a boat load of flak from subordinate.
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More background: My father is forty and he's an O-4.