352 active CWOs tapped to move up (Navy)

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352 active CWOs tapped to move up (Navy)

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352 active CWOs tapped to move up

Posted : Tuesday Sep 16, 2008 16:29:23 EDT

These active-duty warrant officers have been selected for promotion to chief warrant officer 5, 4 and 3.

Officers not selected for promotion for the second time and who are retirement-eligible should submit retirement requests by early November.

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Hey. I know one of those guys! :D
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The Warrant Officer classifcation has always weirded me out. Neither commisioned Officer or non-commisioned. Neither feast, nor fowl.

Doesn't the Navy address both Midshipman and Warrants as "Mister (and whatever the female equivalent is this epoq)?"
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sam wrote:The Warrant Officer classifcation has always weirded me out. Neither commisioned Officer or non-commisioned. Neither feast, nor fowl.

Doesn't the Navy address both Midshipman and Warrants as "Mister (and whatever the female equivalent is this epoq)?"
Well, the Warrant Officer has a commission...just not from Congress (the commission comes from their individual branch and since it doesn't come from Congress they are not "Commissioned Officers.") Generally speaking you get to be a Warrant because you are just that damn good at your job. In some cases (Army and recently the Navy) they give you the rank of Warrant when they want an enlisted person to be trained in jobs typically held by officers (ie pilot.)

Now Midshipmen is kind of a funny one. Unlike Cadet that both the Army and Air Force use, Midshipmen is an actual rank dating back to the times of sail. Just like in Master and Commander Midshipmen held actual positions of leadership and were to be accorded the same respects due other officers by the enlisted men of the boat. To this day, technically Midshipmen still warrant a salute and greeting from the enlisted ranks but rarely ever due because most simply do not even know what you are when you show up. Because of this status Midshipmen falls as a rank between Warrant Officer and Commissioned Officer.
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tcourtplayer wrote:
sam wrote: Now Midshipmen is kind of a funny one. Unlike Cadet that both the Army and Air Force use, Midshipmen is an actual rank dating back to the times of sail. Just like in Master and Commander Midshipmen held actual positions of leadership and were to be accorded the same respects due other officers by the enlisted men of the boat. To this day, technically Midshipmen still warrant a salute and greeting from the enlisted ranks but rarely ever due because most simply do not even know what you are when you show up. Because of this status Midshipmen falls as a rank between Warrant Officer and Commissioned Officer.

Damn right.
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