AIB Questions-Prep

[MJ171717]

Hi all,

Preparing some answers for questions that may come up at the AIB,was hoping someone could give me a clear answer for these two questions.

-What is the difference between a senior rate and an officer?
-What does a DO do?(I believe DO is Divisonal Officer)

Thank you in advance.

 

[WreckerL]

Senior rate is a rating who is senior (PO, CPO,WO2,WO1), Officers, are well, officers.

Look at SR as middle management, officers as management, if your looking at it with civvy eyes.

A DO (Divisional Officer) looks after the "morale, wellbeing and discipline" of those in his division, they can be either an officer or a Senior Rate. If they are a Senior Rate they must be 2 rates higher than the person they are DO to.

As CPO I was DO to Phase 2 trainee submariner ratings in Raleigh, which was quite enlightning/frustrating/annoying depending on what day it was

 

[Seadog]

I've always considered Warrant Officers to be Warrant Officers, not Senior Rates hence; Warrant Officers' and Senior Rates' Mess.

That's just me.

 

[dapperdunn]

I've always considered Warrant Officers to be Warrant Officers, not Senior Rates hence; Warrant Officers' and Senior Rates' Mess.

That's just me.

But on board, they live in the Chief's mess?
And eat in the Senior Rates Dining Hall

 

[Ballistic]

But on board, they live in the Chief's mess?

Everyone calls it that but on the door it says "WO & CPO's Mess".

Also, I quickly googled this:

 

[dapperdunn]

Everyone calls it that but on the door it says "WO & CPO's Mess".

Also, I quickly googled this:

I meant 'on board' as on a warship

 

[pompeyexpat]

I've always considered Warrant Officers to be Warrant Officers, not Senior Rates hence; Warrant Officers' and Senior Rates' Mess.

That's just me.

Absolutely. I was never a WO, I was a CPO when I commissioned, but I would consider a WO to be on a par with a junior Lt and distinct from the rest of the Senior Rates mess.

But on board, they live in the Chief's mess?
And eat in the Senior Rates Dining Hall

Simple logistics, there isn't (on anything I've sailed in) room for a separate WO's mess, but if WO's are carried onboard the mess should be called the 'Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' mess.

 

[dapperdunn]

there isn't (on anything I've sailed in) room for a separate WO's mess.

Agree, me too.

the mess should be called the 'Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' mess.

Perhaps 'should be' but isn't. In my experience.
I wasn't trying to denigrate. I was countering Seadog's statement that the mess is called the WO&SR, when in my experience afloat, it isn't.

 

[Joint_Force_Harrier]

The chap on the photo outside the mess is the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service, and I've heard he is to made a Lt RN on retirement this year as a thank you.

 

[Ballistic]

I meant 'on board' as on a warship

So did I
That pic was an afterthought.

 

[dapperdunn]

So did I
That pic was an afterthought.

Gotcha

 

[ElQuesoGrande]

CPOs can be DOs to POs now. And write their SJAR as 1RO.

 

[WreckerL]

CPOs can be DOs to POs now. And write their SJAR as 1RO.

Every day's a school day

 

[Spare_Rib]

The chap on the photo outside the mess is the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service, and I've heard he is to made a Lt RN on retirement this year as a thank you.

That's a NAAFI queue rumour - the previous incumbents didn't and it really doesn't make sense to. I doubt Mr Cass would want to be an 'honourary' Lt either!

 

[Joint_Force_Harrier]

That's a NAAFI queue rumour - the previous incumbents didn't and it really doesn't make sense to. I doubt Mr Cass would want to be an 'honourary' Lt either!

Sure looks like him at Dartmouth this week [emoji6] not Air miles Andy [emoji3]





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