I wonder if it is then better to be a Colonel or a Captain - since you have to dock sometime :D

For the record, he was a Captain in WWI due to field promotions and the officers ahead of him being killed.

This is how I could become a the CEO!!

The states in the US is something I really don't get - it seems to weaken the premise of it being a country, since each does its own thing, often to the detriment of others - which makes the national vote a bit of a farce. Australia seems to be heading down the same path.