directly? i know it is done in the Marine Corps but is it also done in the other services? i mean directly, not thru ROTC or anything similar i mean straight from enlisted to officer. marines calls them "mustangers"
2007-10-27 13:00:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
You don't get promoted to officer ranks. You get comissioned. Even mustang officers have to get a college degree. Mustang officers are prior enlisted Marines who goes through Marine Enlisted Comissioning Education Program to get a college degree and then they go to OCS to become an officer.
2007-10-27 13:07:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The requirements for one to be an officer are the same for an Enlisted person as for a civilian.
You need a degree. The service has to have a need.
The Enlisted guy used to need the recommendation of his CO. I think the civilian is subjected to tests.
Some of the best officers I've had the privilege of serving under were mustangers.
However, if you mean "field promotions," the Navy doesn't have them, though I believe the Army has made some. That's when the service says, "This job requires a LT," so they spot promote some guy to LT. But the promotion isn't necessarily permanent.
In the Navy it doesn't make any difference what your pay-grade is, if you're the senior person present, you take charge. If you're in a group of guys and the commissioned officer in the group is out of action, and the next in line is an E-5, the E-5 takes command... and the others follow him. And he's not promoted to an O-1 just because the commissioned officer was an O-1.
2007-10-27 13:19:36 · answer #2 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a "mustang" But, you can't do what I did anymore and receive a commission while only having a high school diploma. Prior to receiving my commission I served under three "mustangs" in a row who also had only a high school diploma when they were given a commission from the ranks.
Right now there are any number of enlisted to officer programs. In the Navy there is the Seaman to Admiral program. And enlisted members of the Hospital Corps are still being commissioned in the Health Care Administration Section of the Navy Medical Service Corps.
The Navy also still has the limited duty officer program, but the upper limit on rank in that program is still Lieutenant Commander (0-4).
I'm sure the Army and Air Force have similar programs. There are a few Air Force Physicians' Assistant at my nearby Air Force Hospital who were commissioned from the ranks after obtaining the needed degree.
2007-10-27 13:48:01 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only in war time, such as in Vietnam where officers in the field didnt last too long; could an enlisted man be temporarilly upgraded to an officer rank. Usually after your tour of duty in the field is ended you are reduced in rank back to non-com status but usually gaining a non-com rank for service rendered, and with a recommendation for ( OCS) this happened to me in Vietnam.
An enlisted person must attain at least an E-5 Non-Commisioned Officer (NCO) rank in order to be considered for Officer Candidate School (OCS), he must be elected or suggested as a candidate by his/her commanding officer.
2007-10-27 13:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by TIGER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was in during Vietnam i thought when you reached the rank of chief warrant officer that this could be done through
the enlisted ranks!!!
this was told to me by a navy lawyer who said he was getting out at the end of the war, he decided not to be a lifer!!!
2007-10-27 13:35:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋