On Thursday, December 30, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, SLAPPS wrote:   
   > The question I have to members of this group is;   
   > Is there still a "civilian equivalence"  to military ranks?   
   > I can remember a civilian employee in DND stating that his status was equal   
   > to that of a Capt.  If this is the case, where is it written?   
      
   There is a loose equivalency. For instance, LCols are considered "execs" and   
   the equiv of an exec 1 in the PSoC. When you get into strategic professional   
   studies, such as JCSP, CSSP, NSP, etc, ou will frequently find senior PSoC   
   managers or execs on them.   
    For a civ to say they have the equiv of a Maj/Col, etc., is nonsense and say   
   rather too much about their character. The biggest thing to understand is that   
   the civs have usually never been in uniform and are essentially glorified   
   paper shufflers. They    
   donlt have much to say in an auditorium full of senior military officers with   
   decades of leaderrshp and multiple tours under their belts.   
      
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