[Centurion2000]

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.

[YellowRoseofTx]

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.

[Bender2]

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...

It is about to rain here, big booming thunder some 56 miles south of Big D...

Yep, that cow is about to do it to that flat rock!

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