Newsgroups: sci.military Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: tomh@modcomp.uucp (Tom Harvey) Subject: Re: Questions about rank Organization: MODCOMP, an AEG company Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 02:12:32 GMT Approved: military@att.att.com Message-ID: <1990Oct18.021232.6816@cbnews.att.com> References: <1990Oct15.034011.13332@cbnews.att.com> <1990Oct16.010922.11162@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military-request@att.att.com Lines: 33 From: tomh@modcomp.uucp (Tom Harvey) cr2r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christian M. Restifo) writes: >From: "Christian M. Restifo" >main differences duty wise is that of OOD. The Officer of the Deck is >the commanding officer's duly appointed person responsible for the ship. > The OOD is always a qualified officer. Enlisted can't hold positions >such as this one. The OOD must be an officer while underway. I can assure you that on smaller ships senior eenlisteds do indeed serve as OOD. Typically E-6 and above are in port OOD qualified. When the USS Farragut (DDG-37) was in drydock in ~1977, I was a qualified OOD as an E-5. (I guess we were in no danger of sinking) This sort of stuff is typical in the "skeleton" crew standown situation. The division officer's job on smaller ships (IMHO, of course) is more like a section manager. The senior enlisteds (usually E-7 and above) are the supervisors, while the E-6/5 is the forman or "Leading Petty Officer" of the division. It's tough to say which rank/rate does what because it's all relative to ship size. On tugs, the Captain may be E-6 and above, yet the tug has the same chain of command structure. (sort of too many chiefs and not enough indians) -- "Play it sassy, like yo' sweet mama's pajamas..." -Harry Chapin, "Bluesman" _____________________________________________________________________________ I don't speak for AEG/ModComp. I do speak for ...!uunet!modcomp!tomh