> I doubt if a RMC or a CTC from my day could even find the bridge, let alone
 > stand a watch there.  :)  Are you saying that you, while on the bridge, had
 > the same 'power' as the OD - or were you THE OD at the time?

 CS> I never tried for that one but many QMC/SMC's have done so and they are
 CS> often the OOD.  So many times a ship has made a note that all the
 CS> 'Officers' on deck were enlisted, they stopped mentioning it around
 CS> 2002.

Wow, this is mind-boogling to me. :)  I wonder who takes the heat if the 
ship runs aground with a all enlisted crew on the bridge?

 >  CS> change it to male as a female beat him).
 >
 > The only thing that I can relate to in re to this is for years submarines
 > had a title called 'chief of the boat.'  This was the senior enlisted man
 > and he was near officer in responsibity etc, in fact I believe he could
 > take command if certain situations arose?  (Not sure what these would be,
 > but think it was possible?)

 CS> Not related.  Big deck stuff.  Small decks and subs, that position is
 CS> junior enlisted (CSOOW) if they have one at all.  Big decks, is same
 CS> level as EOOW and just under OOD.  Officer or rate related enlisted for
 CS> weapons and other combat systems gear.  Basically in a battle I trll
 CS> the EOOW what load centers to prioritize so we can survive a battle.

Not sure I follow this one?  But from what I read into this it seems that 
senior enlisted rates are doing more and more jobs that were once only 
officer work?   

I guess my old mind set is still back in the days where we didn't even talk 
to officers unless we had to - in fact went out of our way to avoid them.  
Working side/side was a concept way beyond me :)






 
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