The broadly accepted definition of Non Commissioned Officer is:
A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not earned a commission.Why do you make the claim that an NCO is not an officer when the title itself states that it is an officer. You make no sense. You don't get to make words mean only what you think they mean. Also, your sense of humor is much different than mine.
Cheers, big ears!
The dividing line is still enlisted versus commissioned, isn’t it though? (US warrant officers FWICS are commissioned.) I don’t mean to move the goalposts, but to just clarify, because I don’t see where the NCO substitutes for the commissioned ranks in formulating missions and suchlike unless in great need.