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Posted by: Infinitus One
Once you've been turned down by a drunk, fat, Irish bird then fear of rejection is dead to you forever.
Posted by: TitusAdronicus
Idk why people make such a big deal about love. Just -blam!- everything you see, until you find the one you want to -blam!- for the rest of your life.
Posted by: XBLDragon029
When you're in the (real) military, you don't ever call out to your superiors by their first name.
Last name is fine, but even then you must respect their rank by calling out "Flight Lieutenant Smith", etc. In those cases, the only reason you'd use their last name is so that you can be specific to a person when around multiple same ranks.
Because John-117 doesn't have a last name (unless you count the 3 digits as one), everybody pretty much has to call him Master Chief.
Those above him have the authority to call him nicknames like "Chief". Those that call him a Spartan just obviously don't have any way of knowing what rank he is, or are too astounded to follow protocol.
Oh and just because he's an NCO doesn't make him any less fierce. For example, in (at least the Australian Defence Force), Warrant Officers hold nearly absolute respect on a base.
For example, on a parade ground, a WOFF has the authority to make any officer; even a General do what he wants. (A WOFF for example may reprimand any ADF personel so long as they respect rank - ie "Sir! (Air Chief Marshal) You will pick up your rubbish!".)
Although if you act like too much of an arse they can just get you back later when you make a mistake elsewhere, or just by pulling some strings behind your back.
That's because they are career personnel with alot of years of experience behind them. An Officer takes heed of what they say because of this, and respect his advise.
Once saw the Warrant Officer of the Army yell at a civilian for cutting through the parade ground at ADFA. That's some scary -blam!- right there.
The reason one may confuse the Chief with a commissioned officer is because many NCOs refer to him as "sir". While normally you never refer to an NCO as "sir", usually the highest NCO rank, such as WOFF or MCPO, is referred to as "Sir", however they are still not saluted as they are not commissioned officers.