"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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R. David Steele /OMEGA wrote:

:But even at an infantry platoon level, the NCOs take on decision
:making that it seems in the Navy is done by the division officer.
:The Chiefs may supervise but are just not the leaders that Army
:NCOs are.

You don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.

Whenever I was on a gator, and had to go into CPO country, and knocked on
the door of their mess to request permission to come in to deliver a
message, I sure as hell didn't think they were "supervising". In fact, they
were God, and I quaked in fear before them. One time I forgot to knock and
ask for permission to enter, and just opened the hatch and strolled in, on
one amphib - BAD mistake. Very BAD mistake.

Even petty officers in the USN have significant leadership responsibilities.
I never noticed that any of the PO's I knew were not charged with duties and
decision-making that was not comparable to equal ranks in other services.

AHS