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Re: Posters ranks
Post by MPCatchup   » Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:38 pm

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So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by TN4994   » Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:43 pm

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MPCatchup wrote:So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.

Don't get petty.
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by Keith_w   » Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:44 pm

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MPCatchup wrote:So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.


Yes, we're officers, we don't work for a living. :lol:
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by TN4994   » Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:11 pm

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Keith_w wrote:
MPCatchup wrote:So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.


Yes, we're officers, we don't work for a living. :lol:

We are actually equivalent to most Royal British Admirals around the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Not assigned active duty and not getting paid. Although there was a small stipend for some.
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by Charybdis   » Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:27 pm

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MPCatchup wrote:So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.
TN4994 wrote:Yes, we're officers, we don't work for a living. :lol:
Keith_w wrote:We are actually equivalent to most Royal British Admirals around the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Not assigned active duty and not getting paid. Although there was a small stipend for some.

Half pay and on the beach - the human reserve fleet!
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by Randomiser   » Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:32 pm

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Keith_w wrote:
MPCatchup wrote:So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.


Yes, we're officers, we don't work for a living. :lol:


Obviously, otherwise we wouldn't have time to post here. :lol:
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by Keith_w   » Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:26 pm

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Randomiser wrote: quote="Keith_w" quote="MPCatchup"
So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer. /quote

Yes, we're officers, we don't work for a living. :lol: /quote

Obviously, otherwise we wouldn't have time to post here. :lol:


Unfortunately, that is very true.
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by Charybdis   » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:59 am

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Keith_w wrote:
MPCatchup wrote:So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.
Yes, we're officers, we don't work for a living. :lol:
Randomiser wrote:Obviously, otherwise we wouldn't have time to post here. :lol:

I note the recent news of the last US Vietnam War Era Draftee is only now retiring from the US Army. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph Rigby, 62, has served for 42 years after going through Fort Dix in 1972.

CWO5 is a rank that is as rare as hens teeth and while technically ranked below the commission ranks, it would be a VERY stupid butter bar that would expect honors. (I'm sure there were some though!)
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Re: Posters ranks
Post by fallsfromtrees   » Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:28 pm

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Charybdis wrote:
MPCatchup wrote:So I guess this means I'm never going to be a Senior Command Master Chief Petty Officer.
Yes, we're officers, we don't work for a living. :lol:
Randomiser wrote:Obviously, otherwise we wouldn't have time to post here. :lol:
Keith_w wrote:I note the recent news of the last US Vietnam War Era Draftee is only now retiring from the US Army. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph Rigby, 62, has served for 42 years after going through Fort Dix in 1972.

CWO5 is a rank that is as rare as hens teeth and while technically ranked below the commission ranks, it would be a VERY stupid butter bar that would expect honors. (I'm sure there were some though!)

I am sure that CWO5 Rigby was punctilious about offering honors to a butterbar, but when he made a suggestion about how things should be done, I would expect that said butterbar paid close attention, or else got counseling from a superior officer about the proper relationship between a butterbar and a CWO with 40 years experience.
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