"Major" Davis?

[Flyboy]

Trivial point, but was anyone else dissapointed that good ol' Major Davis hadn't been promoted after spending AT LEAST ten years at that rank (Davis first appeared in S2's "A Matter of Time" and Continuum is set during S5 of Atlantis which would coincide with theoretical 12th season of Sg1). I'm assuming that with the USAF like the RAF promotion past the junior officer ranks (2nd Lt - Cpt) is based on merit, not timescale, but surely Davis has MORE than earned promotion to at LEAST Lt Colonel, if not full bird by this time?

[Inferno D]

He didn't save the world singlehandedly enough times.

[Flyboy]

Neither do most military officers. But still, at least ten years as a Major seems pretty long to me... considering the high level intelligence work he appears to be doing (though I must admit, I'm not sure of his specific branch), I'd have thought he'd be the next "Colonel Simmons" or "Colonel Maybourne" minus the whole traitor thing...

[Inferno D]

Well I think we can accept that there really is no reason that he is still a major.

[Crichiel]

LOL. The kids and I just watched two or three episodes and all had Major Davis. I kept reminding them who he was (they are only 7 and sometimes mix some minor characters up). When I repeated it again for the third time, I paused and said, "Wait a minute, is he still a Major here? WAIT a minute.......heeeeeey! He is still a Major period! What's up with that?!"

[Flyboy]

LOL. The kids and I just watched two or three episodes and all had Major Davis. I kept reminding them who he was (they are only 7 and sometimes mix some minor characters up). When I repeated it again for the third time, I paused and said, "Wait a minute, is he still a Major here? WAIT a minute.......heeeeeey! He is still a Major period! What's up with that?!"

Indeed, considering in the same amount of time Carter has gone from Captain to Colonel, that's promoted three times, Davis hasn't been promoted once, it's a bit annoying.

[Muh_tuttles]

he he . . . i sorta didn't think about him. He's cool and all but his character is really minor.

But yeah, he should have been promoted!

[Flyboy]

As a minor character, there's even less reason not to promote him, all they have to do is exchange to rank tabs for two others and get Mitchell to call him Colonel instead of Major.

[Jack_Bauer]

As a minor character, there's even less reason not to promote him, all they have to do is exchange to rank tabs for two others and get Mitchell to call him Colonel instead of Major.

Just thinking about that, wasn;t this the first time we have seen Mitchell and Davis meet 'on screen'.... just a thought

[Muh_tuttles]

Maybe the props department couldn't be bothered to change his suit, even with minor changes, and just dressed him up in the same thing.

[Flyboy]

Maybe the props department couldn't be bothered to change his suit, even with minor changes, and just dressed him up in the same thing.

Then that would be extremely lazy.

[Jack_Bauer]

Maybe the props department couldn't be bothered to change his suit, even with minor changes, and just dressed him up in the same thing.

Then that would be extremely lazy.

LOL.

But DAvis hasn't been on the show for like.... ages.... surely they wouldn;t have had his suit lying around and would have had to make a new one or whatever...

[Flyboy]

It takes all of ten minutes to change the rank insignia on number one uniform, particularly USAF number ones where the rank insignia is pinned on as opposed to sewn on like the RAF insignia. Sloppy. Basically. And kinda dashed my hopes we'd be seeing a full bird Colonel Davis in Stargate Universe (alongside a Colonel Dixon of course).

[Major_Griff]

With the exception of Major Marks (who rose in rank even faster than Carter), they seem to not promote the minor characters. I think Samuels got a promotion at one point but that was in Season 1.

[Petra]

With the exception of Major Marks (who rose in rank even faster than Carter), they seem to not promote the minor characters. I think Samuels got a promotion at one point but that was in Season 1.

Yep, Samuels was promoted. And Col. Kennedy.
They also promoted Reynolds. He was first introduced working in Area 51 in season 2 as a Major and then we met him again in season 5 at the SGC as a Lt. Colonel.
So yeah, it's an outrage Davis is still a Major Poor guy deserves to be a full colonel by now.

[Hong3103]

Neither do most military officers. But still, at least ten years as a Major seems pretty long to me... considering the high level intelligence work he appears to be doing (though I must admit, I'm not sure of his specific branch), I'd have thought he'd be the next "Colonel Simmons" or "Colonel Maybourne" minus the whole traitor thing...

I haven't looked through all of the episodes with him in it (I've got all episodes in Xvid on my HD) but his occupational badge seems to resemble this... a Force Protection badge w/ a Master badge above it.





I've been told that promotion can be slow in the AF but 10 years at Major is ridiculous. Unless he was picked up Major very very early in his career. Regardless he's been associated with the upper echelon's of SGC and their success... he should be at least a Lt. Col by now.

[NKDietrich]

Promotion in rank typically goes with new duties. As far as we know, he is still a liaison between the Pentagon and the SGC, a position which the Air Force has deemed appropriate for a Major.

He hasn't gotten new duties because he hasn't been a major recurring character for quite some time, and the writers have no need.

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

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You need upload those images onto the internet first, they won't come from your computer like that (on this board at least)



Anyway, as much as I wanna see Davis get promoted "Major Davis" has a much better ring than "Colonel Davis", and I'm sure in RL this is something the USAF takes into consideration when deciding whether to promote their officers

[Hong3103]

Promotion in rank typically goes with new duties. As far as we know, he is still a liaison between the Pentagon and the SGC, a position which the Air Force has deemed appropriate for a Major.
He hasn't gotten new duties because he hasn't been a major recurring character for quite some time, and the writers have no need.

Not necessarily. Promotion doesn't always mean a new job. You have bigger responsibilities when you are promoted. I've been in enough Change of Command procedures to know that that isn't true. I've gotten new CO's that were salty Lt. Col's.

You need upload those images onto the internet first, they won't come from your computer like that (on this board at least)

Anyway, as much as I wanna see Davis get promoted "Major Davis" has a much better ring than "Colonel Davis", and I'm sure in RL this is something the USAF takes into consideration when deciding whether to promote their officers

Whoops... brainfart. Regardless of how much easier either Major or Col Davis is to say, 10 years at one rank (especially a company grade officer) is not common. If officers drop the ball to the point that they don't get promoted for 10 years... in all likely hood is that they aren't going to get promoted at all. Major Davis hasn't dropped the ball (at least on any of the episodes he's on) so following normal promotion... he'd be at least a Lt. Col by now. On another note 10 years is usually half of one's career in the U.S. military. Most officers will retire after 20-25 years of military service and collect that pension.

[Khentkawes]

Yep, that definitely bothered me. I think I yelled at the screen when Mitchell called him "Major." If it has been Jack that said it, I would write it off as Jack being forgetful... but that's not really characteristic of Mitchell.

I was actually upset in season 9 (the last time I can recall Davis being mentioned) when they said that Major Davis was trying to help out with the formation of the New Jaffa Nation. Even then it seemed absurd for him to still be a major. Now, it's just plain thoughtless writing. A lack of attention to detail.

Davis originally outranked Sam, who has since been promoted three times. I may not be military, but this still seems illogical to me. I think it would be logical to assume that his duties probably would have changed when Homeworld Security was founded in season 8... so that should have warranted a promotion.