I marked "Rank what's Rank". I'm a very liberul GM when it comes to things like rank. When I'm running a game, I want everyone to participate and have fun.
I also tell players who have characters with higher ranks that they are expected to take some type of leadership role with the caveat that this is not the real world military, so don't be surprised if someone disagrees.
Having said that, it doesn't always work, like Rae and Adm. Lee have said. Some players are up to the challenge of taking a leadership role and some just want a high rank so they can look "cool".
I recall a short lived PBEM where a high school kid generated a USMC Force Recon Lt. Colonel, the rest of the players (some of my guys from my own PBEM, due to time constraints I wasn't playing) were NCO or enlisted ranks. The game quickly bogged down because the guy playing the Lt. Colonel was one of those "strong silent types".
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