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Originally Posted by 03USMC So in reality judging by the post above
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No, the reality in this case is that you don't like the answer. I went in and checked today - midshipmen are called "sir", as you said, only in certain cases - such as, for example, when they are acting as conning officer (an instance which I believe you mentioned earlier). The only time I
have heard "mister" used to address a midshipman was at the Naval Academy; otherwise it seems to be mainly a means of addressing JOs. This also could possibly be a quirk of my unit, I can find out.
The piece of information about 1/C courtesies comes straight from my AMOI; who told every single 1/C going for nuke and aviation interviews that they were due the courtesies of a junior officer when they were on base. Again, as I said earlier, there is not a single midshipman that I know who would correct enlisted on this, and I am certainly not one of them. I've actually seen this; on a trip to DC for the Sunset Parade with a couple of USNA midshipmen, a sentry at the Marine War Memorial saluted only the 1/C and left the 3/C I was with alone.
Show me a regulation (link if possible) that countermands anything I have just said, and I'll print it out and go directly to Gunny's office. I would, honestly, love to see that brief, because the material we've been given for active duty training this summer is very thin to the point of absurdity.
Is there any way you could split this side-chat into a separate thread? It's good information but distracting where it is now.