# Are all military pilots officers (non-NCO)?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-military-pilots-officers-non-nco/751917 "2016-04-11T19:20:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-military-pilots-officers-non-nco/751917/67 "2016-04-15T00:17:17Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> Recent? Having retired from the USN on 29 February 2000, I feel your pain on that. The first SEA to the Chairman began serving in that position on 1 October 2015, a decade ago. [Wiki has a page about it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chairman). There have been three SEAs to the Chairman and also a short (2 years plus change) period when the billet was unfilled.

OK, _him_: either he or the green 2LT better better put their coffee down when they pass or there’ll be trouble.

Just guessing here.

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