Hi Phil,
On 08/12/2020 10:48 PM Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:


On Monday, August 10, 2020, 09:50:41 PM MST, xxxxxx@gmail.com <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:


I don't recall ever seeing Warrant Officers existing in the Imperium. For those with broad memories, is that correct? 

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AFAIK, it is true.

Which, to me, is so very surprising, as MM, in his own words, did spend a tour in VietNam, with the US Army, which was choc-a-bloc with WO's who were chopper pilots.

p.s. I didn't know there was a WO5 in the US. From the time I was a child I was only aware of four grades of WO.
The USN has a rank of CWO-5 but I have never seen one. IIRC the USCG added the potential to have a CWO-5 some in the 1990s but I don't know if they have any either.

Tom Rux