To elaborate on my earlier post (my lunch break ended), I myself am an amateur military historian but I've never served in the military so my knowledge of certain current military procedureshas some holes in it. A friend asked me to play the unit commander in a T2K PbP and I was somewhat reluctant due to the above. I solved the problem by creating a PC who is an ex-USAF pilot, grounded by a lack of aircraft/parts/fuel, and placed into an army combat command due to attrition. He knows his limitations and confers often with his senior NCOs, sometimes deferring to their experience.
In another PbP, we actually had an NCO PC choke out a ranking officer because he felt that the officer was consistently risking the other PC's lives by making some bad calls. The other members of the unit felt much the same way and supported the act.
A PC played by Law once pistol-whipped my officer PC because of a disagreement over what to do with a Russian prisoner.
This kind of thing can sometimes add to a game, but a lot of times it can do more harm than good.
So, based on my own experiences, games in which rank is not so important probably have a better chance of surviving longer.
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