Posted on Sep 5, 2018
Do you say "junior enlisted" or "lower enlisted"?
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How do you refer to your new(ish) Soldiers? I've always said "junior." I asked on another forum, but I thought I would ask here as well. "Lower" seems derogatory and doesn't run parallel with the other titles (junior/senior officer, junior/senior NCO, ?lower?/senior enlisted).
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SFC (Join to see) good read/share, I always called them by their rank as stipulated in AR-600-20. You can never go wrong with the regulation.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Samantha S. Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Michael Rathbun CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SFC Shirley Whitfield LTC Stephen F. SSG William Jones Capt Dwayne Conyers 1SG Carl McAndrews Lt Col Charlie Brown PO1 Tony Holland SGT Jim Arnold
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL I assumed the question was referring to how to call a group. Like: all my Junior Officers are in supervisory positions. If individual, of course it is by rank
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL - I'm a Sailor we have some very unique terms and traditions, Recruit, Seaman Apprentice, Seaman then last name or Just Last Name. CWO and Jr Officers are Called Mr then Last Name. You make LCDR I Call You Commander, You Make Admiral, I call You Admiral (I Don't care What Level Admiral) Once you make E-4 it is Petty Officer thru E-6 but we have a thing in the Navy about Your Job Specialty and it is always part of Your Rank. In My case it is very appropriate to Refer to Me as CT1 or CTO1 (Usually what the Guys in Deck Division Called Me).
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I always said Junior which is a better descriptor as the dictionary goes. BTW we call them the Senior Enlisted Leader, not the Upper Enlisted Leader.
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