10 Facts About Commissioned officers

1.

Commissioned officers typically make up between an eighth and a fifth of modern armed forces personnel.

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2.

Commissioned officers generally receive training as leadership and management generalists, in addition to training relating to their specific military occupational specialty or function in the military.

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3.

LE Commissioned officers, whilst holding the same King's commission, generally work in different roles from the DE Commissioned officers.

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4.

Royal Marines Commissioned officers receive their training in the Command Wing of the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines during a gruelling 15-month course.

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5.

Commissioned officers exist in all eight uniformed services of the United States.

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6.

Similarly, the Space Force was created with no warrant officer or LDO programs, Both services require all commissioned officers to possess a bachelor's degree prior to commissioning.

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7.

In Commonwealth nations, commissioned officers are given commissioning scrolls signed by the sovereign or the governor general acting on the monarch's behalf.

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8.

In certain Commonwealth nations, commissioned officers are made commissioners of oaths by virtue of their office and can thus administer oaths or take affidavits or declarations, limited in certain cases by rank or by appointment, and generally limited to activities or personnel related to their employment.

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9.

In many other countries, warrant officers often fill the role of very senior non-commissioned officers.

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10.

Article 49 of the Third Geneva Convention stipulates that even as prisoners of war, commissioned officers cannot be compelled to work, and NCOs can only be given supervisory work.

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