To: YellowRoseofTx
Believe it or not wikipedia has some good articles explaining the differences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_Officer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioned_officer
Warrants apparently derive from English Naval Rank.
91 posted on
03/29/2007 4:15:11 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
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To: Centurion2000
Believe it or not wikipedia has some good articles explaining the differences.
Thanks, I'll check them out. I appreciate the explanation. My dad was in the army in WW11, but would never talk about it with us girls.
To: All
As far as I know Non-commissioned Officers do not have commissions. Warrant Officer have a warrant of their rank. Commissioned Officers have commissions signed by the President...
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94 posted on
03/29/2007 4:22:49 PM PDT by
Bender2
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