Talk:Military ranks of Brazil

Marechal-do-Ar
Wouldn't Marshal of the Air Force be a better translation than Air Marshal? Greenshed 19:37, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I would venture to say not. First, the UK does have the rank of Air Vice Marshal as a precedent in English language. Also, when the rank was created in Brazil, it seems that the idea was to designate that that rank was occupied by a marshal (in essence) whose job was the affairs of the air.SrAtoz (talk) 13:22, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

FAB in 1822?
The Lead has the following sentence:
 * This article presents the insignia and ranks of the Brazilian military. These ranks were originally adopted upon Brazil's independence from Portugal in 1822.

Given that the Brazilian Air Force has a unique rank system, and does not use the Brazilian Army's system, I sincerely doubt the FAB was around in 1822. This sentence needs to be changed to be more clear. The date the FAB's ranks were implemented would be good to have, if someone has a reliable source for that. - BillCJ (talk) 12:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It is a notable fact in Brazilian History that the Air Force was created in 1941. I will add the information citing a source.SrAtoz (talk) 13:26, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

One-star general?
The rankings appear to skip from colonel-level to two-star general. But on another page with the Brazil army's organization chart, there are one-star generals.jrn0074| 9:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The epaulettes have two stars, but the rank is equivalent to an American one-star general. The rank that is skipped is the three-star general. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.42.21.187 (talk) 09:20, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

"Squadron" Admiral?
In the main page, the translation to "Almirante-de-esquadra" is shown as "Squadron Admiral". But a squadron is a limited set of warships that amount to just a fraction of a country's fleet. In contrast, the admiral in question holds the highest rank, and one of them is in fact the Navy's overall commander. At the same time, in strict Portuguese "esquadra" is a collective for ships, but it can also be used to mean the whole of the navy. I submit to you that "Almirante-de-esquadra" should be translated as its equivalent in other navies, "Fleet Admiral". Please mull this over. SrAtoz (talk) 01:11, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

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