Talk:Colonel Shay/@comment-392041-20100513135906

Well, he's in the Air Force, not the Navy (the Navy doesn't even have Colonels, it has Captains), but according to this page (http://usmilitary.about.com/od/promotions/l/blofficerprom.htm), it looks like it could take, with the minimum amount of years possible, 9.5 years. So, I'm guessing he'd have had to of ranked up fast to hit that rank, considering he was already a Colonel by the time Carly was 13 (I'm basing this off Colonel Morgan's visit). Though I don't quite understand WHY he'd be on a submarine, but if you look at Dan's blog post (http://danwarp.blogspot.com/2009/03/carlys-dad-air-force.html) he says there's many reasons why it could happen. So, in theory, it's possible, but VERY unlikely. I doubt Dan actually thought a whole lot about it, considering the show really doesn't have much to do with it, but I dunno. You'd have to ask him!