- Gottalovec4
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About me: I am a vicious wolf of a man.
But really am sweet at heart. =)
Being promoted from the enlisted ranks to officership is near impossible and rarely happens. Since the Chief was effectively drafted, it means he can't be an officer. Officers go through OCS, and are usually college graduates.
Also, being MCPON, which is sort of a goof because the MCPON answers to the Secretary of the Navy and usually handles paperwork and generally is a deskjob in the US Navy, he has the rank to command his unit, the Spartan IIs, each of which is around the rank of a Petty Officer 1st Class. The Spartan IIs were always under the command of an ONI officer or NAVSPECWAR. They weren't trained to be leaders, they were trained to work in a squad/platoon setting.
Now, NOBLE Team and Noble 6 are the exception. Noble 6 was likely given the promotion to LTJG while working on Project Saber in order to get access to classified doccuments and to command the enlistedmen likely doing the fabricating for the project. Noble Team had high ranks because of the nature of the missions, so they could take command of marine and ground units, and overstep the juristiction of low ranking ONI operatives that wanted Spartans to do their dirty work.
So essentially, the Chief is the Chief so he can command other ground units at the squad level, and still answer to ONI and Navy officers when need be. You don't always get ranks because you deserve it in the armed forces, you get what the Joint Chiefs need you to have.
[Edited on 06.21.2012 8:49 PM PDT]