Talk:Marshal/@comment-184.166.62.209-20150111041243

I believe the denoation "of the Alliance Army" (or whathave you) is less "of the ENTIRE Alliance Army" and more "one of many Marshals who are ranked within the Alliance Army." This is how military rank is often described. "Lt. Joe Smith of the Alliance Army." Obviously there's more than one Lieutenant in any army and he functions within his particular chain of command. Same can be said here.

Speaking of chain of command, no you can't 'technically' order other militant groups because of your rank. A Marshal (at least, how it's being portrayed in WoW) is in charge of their own unit, so no other Marshal could technically walk in and order anyone around. If they do, a person from that home unit can ignore the invading Marshal's orders based on their being outside their chain-of-command. They could literally tell that Marshal to shove it, forcing him/her to talk to the home Marshal if they want to get anything done with soldiers that are not under his direct command.

That's how it would be done based off of the military as we know it present day, anyhow. Anyone waving around the flag of "I'm a Marshal of the Alliance Army and thus have authority over you, person outside my unit" would honestly function way outside the norm of ranks.

Just a little insight from a player who served in the military. *thumbs up*