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Queen Elizabeth II Visits 36 Engineers Regiment And The Queen's Gurkha Engineers
HM Queen Elizabeth II resheaths a Gurkha soldier's sword as part of his commissioning ceremony to become a Late Entry Officer on her visit to Invicta Park Barracks on February 24, 2011 in Maidstone, England. During her visit the Queen inspected the 36 Engineer Regiment and The Queen's Gurkha Engineers as well as meeting regimental families and commissioned three Gurkha Late Entry Officers.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
To: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Fri, May 19, 2006 10:21:01 PM
Subject: Re: Journal May 19, 2006
Kerry Burgess wrote:
My memory, which I am growing increasingly certain is false beyond a certain date
I wonder where the divergence point is in history? When did I become Kerry Burgess and who am I really? There was probably a real Kerry Burgess, someone that looked like me. While I have memories of being on the Wainwright, I think they are false. KB was probably on the WWT, and maybe I was there too. But I wonder if I was one of the Marines I remember being onboard back in the Persian Gulf in 1988?
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 19 May 2006 excerpt ends]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Princeton_(CG-59)
USS Princeton (CG-59)
USS Princeton (CG-59) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. Armed with naval guns and anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine missiles, plus other weapons, she is equipped for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and anti-submarine warfare. She also is the home of two Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_Officer_(United_States)#Marine_Corps
Warrant Officer (United States)
In the United States military, the rank of Warrant Officer (grade W-1 to W-5) is rated as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and candidates, but below the officer grade of O-1 (NATO: OF-1). Warrant officers are highly skilled, single-track specialty officers, and while the ranks are authorized by Congress, each branch of the Uniformed Services selects, manages, and utilizes warrant officers in slightly different ways.
The Marine Corps has had warranted officers since 1916 as technical specialists who perform duties that require extensive knowledge, training and experience with particular systems or equipment. Marine warrant officers would be selected from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and given additional training in leadership and management. In 1943, all Marine warrant officer ranks were aligned with the other services. They were Warrant Officer (W1) and Commissioned Warrant Officer (W2). The duties Marine warrant officers typically fulfill are those that would normally call for the authority of a commissioned officer, however, require an additional level of technical proficiency and practical experience that a commissioned officer would not have had the opportunity to achieve.
An enlisted Marine can apply for the warrant officer program after serving at least eight years of enlisted service, and reaching the grade of E-5 (Sergeant) for the administrative warrant officer program or after serving at least sixteen years of enlisted service and reaching the grade of E-7 (Gunnery Sergeant) for the weapons warrant officer program. If the Marine NCO is selected, he or she is given additional leadership and management training during the Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC), conducted at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia.
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File:USMC WO1.svg
Description English: US Marine Corps Warrant Officer 1 insignia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_police
Military police
Military police (MP) are police organisations connected with, or part of, the military of a state.
United States
Each branch of the military of the United States maintains its own military police force, except for the US Coast Guard which is its own law enforcement agency; the coast guard uses its shore patrol, Reserve Investigators, and members of the Coast Guard Investigative Service to regulate its own population. Here is a list of military police forces:
Military Police Corps/Office of the Provost Marshal General—United States Army
Provost Marshal's Office—United States Marine Corps
Masters-at-Arms branch (occasionally aided by temporary members of the Shore Patrol)—United States Navy
Air Force Security Forces (formerly called the Security Police and before that, the Air Police)—United States Air Force
U.S. Naval Security Forces (NSF)
Each service also maintains uniformed civilian police departments. They are referred to as Department of Defense Police (DoD Police). These police fall under each directorate they work for within the United States Department of Defense, for example: DoD Army or DoD Navy Police. The police officers' duties are similar to those of local civilian police officers. They enforce the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), federal and state laws, and the regulations of their particular installation.
Limitation of authority and jurisdiction
United States military police are prohibited from enacting state police powers and domestic peace officer powers under the Posse Comitatus Act, a federal law passed in 1878. MPs may enforce certain limited powers, such as traffic stops, on access roads and other federal property not necessarily within the boundaries of their military base or installation. The only way MPs are allowed to enforce law and order outside of the military realm as stated above is when martial law is in effect. When combined, the Posse Comitatus Act and Insurrection Act place significant limits on presidential power to use the military in a law enforcement capacity. This allows the state more time to use their resources and authorities to the fullest extent, allowing for the possibility of military involvement only when their resources have been completely used up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_duty_officer
Limited duty officer
A Limited Duty Officer (LDO) is an officer in the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps who was selected for commissioning based on his/her skill and expertise
They are employed in situations where it is desirable to have an officer with strong, specific technical knowledge and seasoned leadership. Per Title 10, US Code, an LDO is a permanent commissioned officer appointed under section 5589 in a permanent grade above chief warrant officer, W-5, and designated for limited duty.
LDOs perform similar tasks as those of the Warrant Officer (WO), but the formal definition differences are subtle and focus on the degree of authority and level of responsibility, as well as the breadth of required expertise. The term "Limited Duty" refers not to an LDO's authority, but rather the LDO's career progression and restrictions. Historically an LDO, prior to World War II, could only advance as far as lieutenant. Later an LDO could be promoted to commander and, in the Marine Corps, the senior LDO rank is Lieutenant Colonel. In the 1990s the ceiling in most U.S. Navy communities was raised to captain.
Command
Unlike their Unrestricted Line Officer (URL) brethren, most LDOs cannot aspire to command a major warship, combat aviation squadron, or auxiliary vessel, although for a select few in the right communities this is now a possibility. In the U.S. Marine Corps, some Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) permit LDOs to be commanding officers. Many LDOs have qualified for command ashore of certain shore activities, ranging from small activities such as Navy Operational Support Centers (formerly "Naval Reserve Centers") at the Lieutenant Commander and Commander level, to large activities such as the Naval Air Technical Training Center at the Captain level.[citation needed] In other words, LDOs may succeed to command activities which have a primary function corresponding to the MOS of the officer concerned.
LDOs will only be assigned to billets that are in their MOS and that are designated as LDO billets. LDOs may not be assigned to billets designated for unrestricted officers. This does not preclude an LDO from being assigned additional duties as deemed appropriate, including Joint duty.
In the U.S. Marine Corps, only warrant officers (WOs) can become LDOs. LDOs are experts and leaders in the MOS from which they came. LDOs are considered more the officer and less the technician than the WO. In the Marine Corps, WOs with less than 20 years of active duty service are eligible for the LDO program. This program is managed within the Recruiting Command because it is an accession board not a promotion board.
In the U.S. Navy, LDOs and WOs are former enlisted technicians (petty officers or chiefs). They are experts and leaders in the technical specialty enlisted rates from which they came. In the Navy, First Class Petty Officers and Chief Petty Officers in the Navy with less than 20 years of service are eligible for the LDO program, while chiefs with 16 or more years of service, senior chief and master chiefs usually are selected in the WO program.
