Board Thread:Comics/@comment-29342734-20161224004438/@comment-42712-20171013074312

And now, in Robinson's run (issue 32), Steve and Diana are working with ARGUS temporarily. One of the scientists calls him "Colonel Trevor." Steve corrects him, and the following exchange happens:

>Trevor: "I'm Navy now, so for one thing -- if you say my rank, it's Master Chief."

>Dr. Peril: "I never did understand why you transferred over."

>Trevor: "And you don't need to. Let's just say I wanted a simpler life."

This in no way makes any sense. During Rucka's Rebirth arc, Steve is Navy in both the Rebirth-present, and in the "year one" issues. So for his Air Force/ARGUS colonel past to still have happened, the scenario would have to have been something like:

Young Steve Trevor enlists in the United States Navy. He's a Chief Petty Officer when he meets Princess Diana of Themyscira. Some time later, he goes to officer candidate school, and transfers to the United States Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of Colonel. He then leaves regular USAF duties to lead the government agency ARGUS, for a number of years, before deciding he wants a "simpler life," and transfers back to the US Navy, forsaking his officer's commission for the rank of a senior non-commissioned officer, and becomes Master Chief Petty Officer Steve Trevor.

That career trajectory is so convoluted and unnecessary that just contemplating it makes my head hurt. Not to mention the fact that, even if he did transfer from Air Force to Navy, there's no way he'd be able to drop from Colonel to Master Chief even if he *wanted* to.

Besides, the life of a USAF Colonel is a heck of a lot simpler than that of *any* NCO, let alone an active duty Master Chief leading his own "special forces" squad.

I appreciate Robinson's effort in trying to address the continuity issue, but all it did was complicate matters horribly. I'd much prefer it just being that post-Rebirth, Steve's "always" been Navy.