cap_ironman | Cap's rank?

Well, uh... I was planning to de-lurk when I actually had something to contribute, like, you know, a drawing, but apparently the universe had other, better plans. Oh, well. Hi, hello, I'm Anna, I'm new, I'm a tyro at Marvel comics (because it appears Sweden hates superhero comics) and I'm pants at introductions. Nice to meet you! ♥

So, uh, back to the reason for my premature de-lurking.
Has it been made known which military rank Steve held? Was he a captain, or was it just a code name? I know he worked undercover or something as a "low ranker" but that wouldn't be his official rank, would it?
Am I even making any sense at all? No? Didin't think so. ::facepalm::

So. Enough rambling. I'll just spit it out and have it over with. At a social function, "present times", Steve wears a uniform, but which rank would he be holding? As a perfectionist, this detail is driving me nuts.

(And no, this is totally not research for that drawing I mentioned earlier. Why would you imagine that? ♥)

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De facto while not de jure, I'm pretty sure Captain America is its own rank, one above everybody else including heads of state and deities. Because if Captain America tells you to do something, and you are not a villain, you damn well do it and are proud he paid attention to you.

Is he even technically in the American military anymore? I always thought he wasn't...

Well, at the moment he's... legally dead? So no. :) But yeah, in the modern day he's retired from the military.

Because if Captain America tells you to do something, and you are not a villain, you damn well do it and are proud he paid attention to you.

I always thought that was more because of his charisma than anything else -- like, when a big guy who fights monsters with a shield orders you to do something, it just doesn't occur to you to say no. But I might very well be talking through my hat. =)

Dear Marvel, you and your so-called canon confuse me.

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