Re: [OT] A variety of terminology/history questions

On  6-Dec-01 at 12:32, Tomb (tomb@dreammechanics.com) wrote:
> Hi list! 
> 
> Me again. 
> 
> I've been working on some game stuff. I've also been doing some
reading.
> This has left me with a variety of questions which someone or some
> several someones of this list can undoubtedly answer authoritatively
(we
> have all kinds aboard). So, with that in mind, I submit these
questions:
> 
> 1) USMC (or US military in general): What ranks are accorded the title
> "sir"?

Officers only.	The one exception is boot camp where the senior enlisted
in charge of a group of recruits (company in the Navy) is called sir.

The rest I will leave to the ground pounders.