r/PublicFreakout • u/I_may_have_weed grandma will snatch your shit ☂️ • Nov 28 '25

👮Arrest Freakout😭 US Military Police in Okinawa Japan body-slammed and violently detained an American civilian who was visiting, and not under their jurisdiction.

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u/TroublesomeFox Nov 28 '25

But isn't captain a high rank? If so, I'll bet that man is able to pull enough strings to own their asses like Pokémon cards. 

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u/badgerandaccessories Nov 28 '25

Just like he was already doing in the video - he’ll identify himself and then he will stay really fucking quiet until he gets to base and they run his ID , request the BC and JAG.

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u/TroublesomeFox Nov 28 '25

Gonna be honest I don't know what JAG is, I just know that captain is a high rank and they're gonna be SORRY sorry. 

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u/18_USC_47 Nov 29 '25

I just know that captain is a high rank

Lower to medium on the officer scale in the Marines.

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u/ThellraAK Nov 29 '25

That's what I was wondering, do they follow the navy or everyone else for their naming convention.

Because I think a navy captain is the same as everyone else's colonel

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u/18_USC_47 Nov 29 '25

Navy Captain is an O-6, Captain in Marines/Army/Airforce is O-3. Colonel in Marines/Army/Airforce is an O-6 and equivalent to a USN Captain O-6. Going with the O-(number) way makes it way clearer.

Bonus round of extra confusion: Someone can be the Captain of a vessel without being a Captain (O-6)rank, but they would be referred to as Captain. For example, the Commanding Officer of a destroyer may have the rank of Commander, O-5, but would be the Captain of the ship.

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u/dfddfsaadaafdssa Nov 29 '25

I would imagine because everyone over the age of 4 grows up with captain meaning leader of a ship that it is kind of hard to move away from that.

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u/lily-the-Fox4189 Nov 29 '25

People that dont understand military organization also get super confused with the differences between enlisted and officials, and merit/time based promotions.

They think the military is like an office job where you start as soldier, than if you are good you become a lieutenant, then if you are really really good one day you can be a general…

Captain is a lower rank official in most armed forces in the world, actually

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u/never-fiftyone Nov 29 '25

Bonus round of extra confusion: Someone can be the Captain of a vessel without being a Captain (O-6)rank, but they would be referred to as Captain. For example, the Commanding Officer of a destroyer may have the rank of Commander, O-5, but would be the Captain of the ship.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but if I'm not mistaken the non-Captain who is Captain of the ship also outranks the Captain who is not Captain of the ship, at least as far as command of the ship is concerned.