General Hammond deserves Four Stars

[Major Tyler]

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In Season 8 Major General Hammond finally gets promoted to Lt. General (three star). I personally believe that this promotion was *way* overdue and I hope he gets deep-selected to full General very soon. George Hammond has been an amazing leader, and a wonderful example to the men and women under his command. His desicions, just as much as SG-1's actions, have saved Earth many times over.

I want a Four-Star General Hammond...better yet, George Hammond for PRESIDENT!

[gate traveler]

I'd vote Hammond for president.

[AgentX]

I don't know if: Ran top secret government program for seven years, dealing with fate of the planet stuff would look good on one's resume for President.

I'd still vote for him though...If it were possible.

[Ace]

Very insy weensy, itty bitty, little, minor season 8, you-probably-already-knew-anyway-but-I'd-better-warn-just-in-case-*SPOILER* below.
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In Season 8 Major General Hammond finally gets promoted to Lt. General (three star). I personally believe that this promotion was *way* overdue and I hope he gets deep-selected to full General very soon. George Hammond has been an amazing leader, and a wonderful example to the men and women under his command. His desicions, just as much as SG-1's actions, have saved Earth many times over.

I want a Four-Star General Hammond...better yet, George Hammond for PRESIDENT!

Are you sure he gets promoted to Lt. General? As far as I can tell he appears to only have gotten a promotion in position and not in rank. I couldn't tell from the pictures of him in the Atlantis episode "Home", but it did look like he was still only wearing two stars!

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but pictures don't lie!

Ace

[Mio]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but pictures don't lie!

yes they do. They lie all the time!

[Ace]

yes they do. They lie all the time!

Care to give an example?

Ace

[David]

There's a shot of Amanda Tapping and Michael Shanks kissing in the "Resurrection" gallery that wasn't in the show, but as far as outfits are concerned, I think what you see is canon

[Ace]

There's a shot of Amanda Tapping and Michael Shanks kissing in the "Resurrection" gallery that wasn't in the show, but as far as outfits are concerned, I think what you see is canon

Touche However like you said we aren't discussing two characters action, but instead their outfits and in these case the uniform General Hammond wears. Which from the picture in Home has only 2 stars on it.

Would be nice to see an extra star on his uniform though!

Ace

[Vyse]

I definetly would vote for Hammond for President, he is way better than all of the current candidates !

[bcmilco]

Wouldn't they refer to it as a re-assignment if he weren't getting a promotion?

::Hammond for President!::

[Ace]

Wouldn't they refer to it as a re-assignment if he weren't getting a promotion?

::Hammond for President!::

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Not necessarily... reassignment suggest a lateral move, wheras a promotion means vertical.

Moving from the Commander of the SGC to being incharge of all things related to the Stargate, including "Homeworld Defense" is definately a vertical move.

But promotion does not always mean a change in rank. For instance if you were the Commander of the Pacific Fleet for the US Navy, you would be wearing 4 stars on your uniform. If you were then promoted to Chief of Naval Operations, you would still be wearing 4 stars on your uniform. But you would have been promoted to the highest ranking member of the Navy.

I wouldn't consider that a reassignment but instead a promotion, as I believe most other people would.

Ace

[David85]

I'm not a military expert, I know very little, but my sister and I were talking about how many stars he has, it's also difficult for them to raise and we came to the conclusion that in order to get 5 stars you have to PUBLICLY save the world. :-D

[Major Tyler]

I may have mistook the button on Hammond's shoulder strap for a third star (in the "Home" picture). If that is the case, I'm even more upset.

[Ace]

I'm not a military expert, I know very little, but my sister and I were talking about how many stars he has, it's also difficult for them to raise and we came to the conclusion that in order to get 5 stars you have to PUBLICLY save the world. :-D

You would also have to be in the middle of a Congress declared war! As that is the only way a person is allowed to gain a 5th star. It is reserved for war time status.

The 5th star was mainly used in WWII so that American commanders would not be outranked by their British counterparts who attained the rank of Field Marshal. As was Eisenhower's case!

Ace

[Ace]

I may have mistook the button on Hammond's shoulder strap for a third star (in the "Home" picture). If that is the case, I'm even more upset.

Yeah...I know, I thought that is probably what happened. Maybe we should start a petition!

GiveGeneralHammondAThirdStar.com

P.S. Sorry in advanced for mocking several well known Stargate websites. But I couldn't resist.

Ace