What;s the difference betwwen an enlisted person and an officer?

Question

I thouth all enlisted and whoever performs the best gets promoted?

Answer 1

a enlisted person is one that actually works for a living.

Answer 2

NO... THEY BOTH WORK. The enlisted works for little or no money at all. The Officer makes all the money. The enlisted doesn't have to have a degree. The enlisted doesn't have to stay in very long and there are shorter contracts. The Officer studies his/her *** off, graduates with a degree in the field they would like to work in for the government. The Officer may not always hold a gun, but they do the most gruelsome work of all - OFFICE WORK. Writing papers, assignments, reports. The enlisted gets to carry around a gun, watch people get shot, shoot people, bombs, explosions... Hell, it can end up being much more fun than... AN OFFICER which probably listens to Elevator music while working. You can compare the two but it isn't wise. An enlisted person does the nitty gritty physically and hardly ever takes the blame for mistakes. The Officer does the nitty gritty emotionally, mentally, visually, and gets all the blame. Enlisted men and woman are the same as Officers. The only difference is one is slightly smarter than the other. The greatest difference is that OFFICER IS WISER BC YOU CAN MAKE UP TO 4 TIME MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER MAKE AS AN ENLISTED PERSON. Hats off to the enlisted either way. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS.

Answer 3

First of all...the only good answer on here is from armymedic. All the others don't know crap. The promotion thing is very confusing and i still don't understand it so I'm not going to try to explain it. I think your best option would be to talk to someone in the military. They can explain everything to you and what they don't know themselves they will know who to ask.

As for the officers don't work thing. Total lie!!!!! Being an officer sucks! While the enlisted members are out having fun and doing the cool stuff the officers (most not all) are stuck in the rear doing paper work and making sure the enlisted get everything they need.

Answer 4

the difference is their rank .
To be eligible for an officer ,you have to apply to the Air Force Academy ,or officer training school at West Point where a degree is required.
Normally enlisted men do not get promoted to an officer status ,unless applying specially for the school usually before signing up for the military.
Enlisted rank promotions go before a review board and there is time statures in between the rank promotions,which is not a guarantee,your record is reviewed and only a few choice candidates get promoted even in the enlisted ranks.
Time in service is also a requisite for promotions in the military.

Answer 5

Usually enlisted are the lowest paid, the least educated, the ones that do most of the fighting and dying while their counterpart officers get more money and get most of the medals!

Go to the Vietnam war and see how many Posthumous Medal's of Honor were given, then compare it to all those live officers who got one! Many, if not most, enlisted were dead and most officers were alive!

I remember a Captain at the time who was a company commander in Vietnam, named Peter Dawkin's, a big West Point graduate who was an All-American football player! He was given a Silver Star and nominated for the MOH but it just wasn't to be as the army found out he wasn't even with his troops, who were being over-run, when he called direct fire on their position. He did keep his Silver Star but never went past the rank of Brigadier General before he retired!

Answer 6

Well, yes and no.

Now days, there are test and slots in order to get promoted in all branches of the military. For example; the Navy; let's say that your a Petty Officer 3rd class and the test for the second class is coming up soon, you take the test based on what you know in your rate and some other stuff. wait then of you pass, you the promotion, if not just keep trying. As becoming an officer, there are so many ways of doing that. Promotion for an military officer is based on what they do and so much thing like job rate( how they do on their job, character , no screwups). I hope this works out and is helpful

Answer 7

There are 3 different career paths in the military. I am going to lay out the Army career paths since i have been in for almost 6 years and am familiar with it.

Your basic soldier is enlisted. Most often, these people come straight out of High School. They start out as a Private, and advance in rank. Most people make it to Sergeant in about 4 years, some faster, some slower. A sergeant is a non-commisioned officer. After Sergeant, rank comes slower. Junior NCO ranks include Corporal, Sergeant, and Staff Sergeant. Corporals are kinda rare, they are basically a specialist with a bit more responsibility. Senior NCO ranks include Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant (First Sergeants are the same pay grade, but have WAY more responsibility. They work with the company commander to run the company). After MSG / 1SG, you have the Sergeant Major / Command Sergeant Major. Like 1SG's, Command Sergeant majors have way more responsibility than a Sergeant Major does. Command Sergeant Majors work with commanders from batallion level to division level to run their respective units.

The Warrant Officer career path is a highly technical position. These people are trained to do 1 thing, and do it well. They are often placed in leadership positiions (IE, in charge of overall unit maintenance, depending on the job). In the Army, enlisted can apply for Warrant officer candidate school. They go to a 4 week class, and are warrant officers. They then go to their job training, which can be upwards of a year. A good majority of Army helicopter pilots are Warrant Officers.

The Commisioned officer career path pays the most, and has the most responsibilities, depending on MOS and job position. A company grade officer is considered 2LT, 1LT, and CPT. Field grade officers include MAJ, LTC, and COL, General officers are Brigadier general, Major General, Lieutenant General, and General.
Combat MOS'es, 2LT and 1LT are platoon leaders, they generally work with the platoon sergeant, which is usually a SFC, to run the platoon. A 1LT can be the executive officer of the company, which is the second in command, under the company commander, which is generally a CPT. Battalions are usually commanded by a LTC, and XO'ed by a MAJ. Brigades are generally run by COL. Divisions and overall commands are given to the general officer category.

There are a few different ways an enlisted soldier can become an officer. He can apply for what is called the green to gold program, which means that the army releases you to go to school. After you graduate, you come back in the army as a commisioned officer. There is the OCS program. To go this route, you must have a college degree, apply for the program, you go to OCS and come out an officer. There is also the AMEDD program. If you can complete a nursing degree in 2 years, the army will send you to the school of your choice, pay you your basic pay, and upon completion of college, you will become an Army nurse, which is a commisioned officer job/

Answer 8

From my adventure the officers do little or no "grunt" paintings yet they regularly paintings long hours, consume the comparable nutrition and are not getting jointly plenty with their subordinates. The "stable" officers will purchase a around in port and hoist it with the adult men and then disappear lest they do something stupid whilst under the impact. The lodging a minimum of on the provider is slightly extra appropriate yet we are no longer talking 5 vast call lodging right here. Enlisteds might have super berthing aspects, mine held 2 hundred or so adult men and officers might have 4 or 8 guy bunk rooms. It gets extra appropriate as you get extra senior. A senior officer like a Commander or Captain might have extra room yet in addition will paintings longer hours and be under a great little bit of stress. i think of the transformations in high quality of life are negligible yet an officer will a ways surpass an EM in terms of the pay. 2008 pay scale shows an E9 maxed out at 5500 consistent with month whilst an O6 is over 8000 i've got confidence.

Answer 9

Some very basic differences...

Officers are most always have a BA/BS degree (although a few LDOs in the Nuke field have AA/AS degrees)
officers are commissioned, they are obligated service. They get promoted and hold rank.

Enlisted are given specialized training and perform specific tasks. They are under a service contract, they get advanced and they hold rate.

Answer 10

Its basically like the difference between management and hourly employees in the civilian world. Alot of companies hire college graduates to be management and they are trained by lower level management how to do their job. It works like this in the army as well. Usually a platoon sgt. which is normally and E-7 trains a new lieutenent to do their job and they are actually in charge of the E7. I have noticed at my current civialian job it works the same way as it did when i was in the army. The college guy makes more money than they guys with all the experience.

Answer 11

the enlisted are the ones who get in with no college experience. the officers however are the ones to go to college first then go on from there. officers always have higher rank than enlisted.