Sergeant Royce Sims a United States Navy SEAL who serves as a member of SEAL Team 3. There are no Sargents in the US Navy or in the Seal Teams. They are known as Petty Officers. A sergeant Rank or E-5 would be a Second Class Petty Officer. Petty Officer Royce Sims would be the correct title. Also, the term soldier belongs to the Army alone. Marines are Marines, Navy personnel are known as Sailors, Air Force members are referred to as Airmen.
The US forces deployed to the fictional nation of Kunami are supposed to be from SEAL Team 3, but the squad leader is addressed as "Captain" by both President Kirkman and Agent Wells. A Navy Captain is a senior officer (O-6). The leader of a SEAL squad would be a Lieutenant (O-2 or O-3), not a Captain.
The US Navy SEAL Team has men on the team with incorrect ranks. The commanding officer of the team is identified as a Captain. A Navy Captain (O-6) is equal to a Colonel in the other branches and is way too senior of an officer to be used for this type of mission. The main SEAL that we follow in the episode introduces himself as a Sergeant. This rank does not exist in the US Navy. The show may have intended for this to be a US Army Special Forces team, but got confused. The ranks would have been appropriate for Special Forces (Green Berets).
Royce Sims, brother of Whitehouse staffer Tricia Sims, is noted to be the rank of Sergeant, and a member of SEAL Team 3.
This is a mistake, as the NAVY does not have Sergeant as one of its ranks. Instead, Royce would be the rank of PO2 (Petty Officer Second Class).
This is a mistake, as the NAVY does not have Sergeant as one of its ranks. Instead, Royce would be the rank of PO2 (Petty Officer Second Class).