Michael Dorosh
Army.ca Veteran
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BUT SERIOUSLY - there are very, very few junior officers who get as much respect as a competent career warrant officer. I shouldn‘t make fun because you have no way of knowing this, but kid, you have a lot to learn about the world.
My best friend just commissioned after 15 years as a corporal in both the reserves and the Regular Force (infantry and supply tech). His perspective on junior officers vs. career NCOs is not a unique one, but he could probably assure you that a junior subaltern is really only a private with more responsibilities. Certainly no one looks up to them, and I kind of get the impression there is nothing lower in the officer‘s mess than a new subaltern. I actually think private soldiers get treated better their first year or two than most newly commissioned officers.
There are many officers I respect, and most of the junior officers I‘ve met in my own unit are pretty good guys and good soldiers - but the backbone of the regiment is still the senior NCOs, and nobody gets "looked up to" more than them.
My best friend just commissioned after 15 years as a corporal in both the reserves and the Regular Force (infantry and supply tech). His perspective on junior officers vs. career NCOs is not a unique one, but he could probably assure you that a junior subaltern is really only a private with more responsibilities. Certainly no one looks up to them, and I kind of get the impression there is nothing lower in the officer‘s mess than a new subaltern. I actually think private soldiers get treated better their first year or two than most newly commissioned officers.
There are many officers I respect, and most of the junior officers I‘ve met in my own unit are pretty good guys and good soldiers - but the backbone of the regiment is still the senior NCOs, and nobody gets "looked up to" more than them.