Posted on Jun 27, 2015
Do you think Officers and NCO's should be allowed to date or get married as long as they are not in the same Chain of Command?
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Unless something has changed recently officers and enlisted have always been allowed to marry just not date. It's a loophole in the reg's but one that has been used over the years.
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Absolutely! I have no idea why the difference between officer and enlisted even exists anymore. Incredibly antiquitated. Most the NCOs I work with have college degrees or more. Why does the officer ranks exists anymore? Combine it into a rank system not based upon a caste system our nation was not founded upon, and against, anyway?
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CW4 (Join to see), I thought I had commented on this earlier but going through the comments I guess I didn't. Maybe I replied to a similar thread.
Anyway, after careful consideration I have changed my opinion on this matter. My opinion used to be "no way."
Now my opinion is this: If not in the same Chain of Command, or stationed at the same command (which is actually a rule in the Navy's fraternization policy when it comes to E7-E9 dating E6 and below), no problem. There would be issues to be worked out of course when it comes time for the members to PCS. Their respective detailers would have to work together to ensure the members would never go to the same command (I think this should be a rule if the fraternization policy between Officers and Enlisted changes). Also, if the members are in different branches (Army to Air Force as mentioned by one member for example) it also should not be an issue.
I could also go over the reasons why I changed my opinion, but they're the same as everyone else who has changed their minds here.
The only time I personally have seen cases of Officer and Enlisted dating it WAS an issue because in both cases the Officer and Enlisted were in the same chain of command. In the second case, the enlisted person got discharged and the officer got a Letter of Intent or Letter of Reprimand, whatever it's called for an Officer, meaning that his career was immediately over.
Anyway, after careful consideration I have changed my opinion on this matter. My opinion used to be "no way."
Now my opinion is this: If not in the same Chain of Command, or stationed at the same command (which is actually a rule in the Navy's fraternization policy when it comes to E7-E9 dating E6 and below), no problem. There would be issues to be worked out of course when it comes time for the members to PCS. Their respective detailers would have to work together to ensure the members would never go to the same command (I think this should be a rule if the fraternization policy between Officers and Enlisted changes). Also, if the members are in different branches (Army to Air Force as mentioned by one member for example) it also should not be an issue.
I could also go over the reasons why I changed my opinion, but they're the same as everyone else who has changed their minds here.
The only time I personally have seen cases of Officer and Enlisted dating it WAS an issue because in both cases the Officer and Enlisted were in the same chain of command. In the second case, the enlisted person got discharged and the officer got a Letter of Intent or Letter of Reprimand, whatever it's called for an Officer, meaning that his career was immediately over.
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As longs at they don't have an influence on each others careers it shouldn't matter
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