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To: MtnClimber

“Navy Lt. Billy Moseley, who has been an officer for 22 years…” I know he was probably prior enlisted.


4 posted on 05/24/2022 4:31:35 AM PDT by Bruce Kurtz
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To: Bruce Kurtz

(“Navy Lt. Billy Moseley, who has been an officer for 22 years…” I know he was probably prior enlisted.)

I’ve been trying to find what his enlisted rating was before he became an officer but no luck. I was curious since I spent 26 years in the Nav.


5 posted on 05/24/2022 5:00:49 AM PDT by airdalechief
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To: Bruce Kurtz

....was thinking the same thing....”back in the day....” we used to call these enlisted-to-commissioned folks “mustangs”.... wonder if that term is still in use or has it been thrown overboard as being sexist...or something....


6 posted on 05/24/2022 5:12:28 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: Bruce Kurtz

Also known as a “mustang”. Some of the best officers are prior enlisted who had reached the rank of E-6 or above. Experience and having watched the politics that Academy officers play makes them good at bucking the politics so that the crew can get the job done.


7 posted on 05/24/2022 5:31:20 AM PDT by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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