[TankerKC]

From the USNA site:

All Naval Academy students, men and women, are called midshipmen, which is a rank between chief warrant officer and ensign in the Navy.

Interesting. I'm still not convinced, though.

[demlosers]

I've looked and cannot find in codified law saying where cadets or midshipmen fit in the U.S. military rank structure. I've found all the other known ranks under USC Title 10 but no cigars.

[Gun Pilot]

I was an active duty Warrant Officer and Apache Pilot, and I am still one in the National Guard. All Warrant Officers are OFFICERS period. As WO1s they are Officers by warrant from the secretary of their respective branch. CW2 and above they are Officers by virtue of a commission from the POTUS. They can hold command, and do in the Army in certain cases. They can also sit on courts martial when in a command position. Congress mandates that all military pilots be Officers. The vast majority of the Army's pilots are Warrant Officers. Even though the system is long overdue to change to a Limitied Duty Flight Officer-Commissioned system, like every other branch did.

Warrant Officers outrank the most senior enlisted ranks, ROTC, OCS, and Academy Cadets every time, every where, every day. And, anybody who tries to tell you anything to the contrary is dead wrong.