>  CS> More recently, many CPO clubs are now combined Officer/Chief sorts.
 >  CS> Drop your rank and issues at the door before entering.  Had many a
 >  CS> happy beer with my CO/XO.  It;s not a problem at all.  I'd call it one
 >  CS> of the more positive changes the Navy has seen in the past 10 years.
 > 
 > 
 > I suspect this traces back to the Brit navy, a true caste system and
 > probably still in effect there?
 > 
 > Sad to say it was still very much in effect during my days - a very rare
 > officer who would even know your name, let alone talk to you.  :)
 > 
 > By and large,if you did see one, he was probably a Mustang.

Times change though.  This is one of the ones thats good.
              xxcarol
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