Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: gjw@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mr Garry J. Wardrope) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Warrent vs. regular officers. Message-ID: <1991Feb15.071238.11061@cbnews.att.com> Date: 15 Feb 91 07:12:38 GMT References: <1991Feb9.033425.4606@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb12.015621.11055@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb13.031918.26955@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Computing Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland Lines: 48 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "Mr Garry J. Wardrope" Officers and Rates follow two compleatly different career structures. One does not naturally lead on to the other. As far a the Royal Navy goes when you reach the rank of Chief Petty Officer there was the rate of Fleet Chief Petty Officer now known as Warrent Officer (it always was equivalent to army warrent officer ) Few people reach this position, only the very best. They command a great deal of respect from officers and men alike. There is of course the possability of being commisioned and put on the Special Duty List (SD) Pay on the SD list is higher than other lists. This of course also involves a change in lifestiles moving from ones mess to the wardroom - not favoured by all. The way it actually works is realy quite complex, its one of these things that has evolved and is full of tradition. To try and sumarise I'll use a diagram. Officers Men X X X X X X X X X X X X X The idea is it shows roughly equivalent levals of seniority. Technically of course the men ar always below the officers, but in technical matters not many people would listen to the Suby rather than the WO. Incedently WO in the Royal Navy are traditionally afforded the mork of respect by being refered to as 'mister' rather than 'warrent officer'. Hope this hasn't confused the issue. -- Mail: Garry Wardrope, Computing Science Dept., Tel: (041) 339 8855 x5322 Glasgow Univ., 17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. ARPA: gjw%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk USENET: gjw@cs.glasgow.uucp JANET:gjw@uk.ac.glasgow.cs useBANGnet: ...mcsun!ukc!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!gjw