I think the guy making the speech introducing him is supposed to be the Secretary of Defense but for the new part they're keeping the current President and Cabinet mysteriously offscreen
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And of course, generals DO occasionally get in an engagement. But yeah, superheroes are like... WH40k Inquisitors, or medieval Ministerialis, or FF12 Judges. Their authority is designed to let them *ignore* other governing authorities and cut through the bullshit, not administer.
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So Steve's rank is basically "enough to tell everyone else to fuck off," but not enough to actually embed him into the command structure in a way that would bias him in favor of the military-industrial complex & state hierarchy. I think this is canon in the comics.
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And brevet promotions used to be far more common in the past (the equivalent of an honorary doctorate), someone having a higher rank than their actual operational rank basically as an extra-special medal (The US military has avoided doing this since the Civil War though)
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Like the Nazi sniper dude in Enemy at the Gates having been breveted as a major just because he's killed so many people Which, as a result, leads to his title just being "the Major", spoken with dread and awe (because no actual major should be doing his job)
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