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<p>My husband just retired from 22 years in the military and I never called anyone by their rank, nor did our son. I’m a civilian, it’s no longer appropriate or expected that I would address someone by their military rank. </p>
<p>My husband used his rank in the military and in our civilian social life we went by “Mr and Mrs.” Sometimes other civilians would address him by his rank and he would always say, “Please call me Mr. PMK” or, more often, by his first name. Of course, he was in the Marine Corps, perhaps other branches handle it differently. </p>
<p>An exception would be if I was introducing someone on active duty to another person on active duty, then I would say, “Major Lee, please meet Captain Jones.”</p>