Cub Driver wrote:

I think it's a hoot that a navy *warrant* officer should be
commissioned, given that the whole point of the "warrant" was to
create an officer who wasn't commissioned.

The British navy used to have warrant officers, and probably devised
the system. Thus the OED: "an officer in certain armed services
(formerly also in the Navy) who holds office by a warrant, ranking
between a commissioned officer and an NCO."

Are you sure that what's on your wall is a commission and not a
warrant? Both are pieces of paper.

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Glad you think it's a hoot. But the facts are that Chief Warrant
Officers in the USN carry commissions.
The differences are minor and mostly of interest to barracks/sea
lawyers. Whether it's a warrant or a commission doesn't matter nearly as
much as how well you lead...