Re: Military Questions
couple points of clarification...<br /><br />couple ways to become an officer- go to an academy, graduate in 4 years, and get commissioned as an o-1 (what i did). you can also get an rotc scholarship, attend a regular college, and graduate and get commissioned. or you can graduate college, decide you want to be an officer, and attend ocs and get commissioned. completely untrue that academy grads promote quicker than the others. while some don't agree with me, i feel academy grads and to a lesser extent rotc grads, are better suited when they first enter the field, as opposed to the ocs grads (only 12 weeks of military experience vs. 4 years). but after a few years, it is hard to tell the difference.<br /><br />for an enlisted to become an officer, there are now many programs to allow it. if the enlisted member has a college degree, they can apply through one program and get commissioned as an o-1 (they would then be referred to as a mustang (slang)). they can also apply to a program which sends them to school and ocs, and they are then commissioned as an o-1. there are then other programs that commission the very best enlisted members after they have a lot of experience. one example is a warrant officer. another is an ldo or limited duty officer. these officers recieve the rank of ensign and up, but are obviosuly looked at much differently and receive much different jobs.<br /><br />there is a lot that goes into the rank structure of the military, too much to type here. in the end, we all know what it means, what comes with rank, and how to treat each person.
<br /><br />Ken
