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From: dmason@ecs.umass.edu
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Subject: Re: Warrent vs. regular officers.
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Date: 15 Feb 91 07:11:30 GMT
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From: dmason@ecs.umass.edu
In article <1991Feb12.015621.11055@cbnews.att.com>, bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) writes:
> From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
> 
>> From: cyclist@hubcap.clemson.edu (Barry Johnson)
>> Could someone tell the distiction between warrent officers and "regular"
>> officers?
>  
>   In rank order Warrants are below second lieutenants and
>   above sargeants major.

     (much correct information deleted)

      Ummm, as far as I was told, through out my training at Beautiful Fort
       Benning, Ga ITC, Warrant Officers are equal to regular officers as shown
       below:

       Chief Warrant Officer 4 == Major O-4
       Chief Warrant Officer 3 == Captain 0-3
       Chief Warrant Officer 2 == 2nd Lieutenant
      Then again, we don't have WO's in a Rifle Company in the Infantry, so
         that's one less person to salute.

    Don Mason/ College of Engineering/  University of Massachusetts/Amherst