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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 17, 2006 12:55:56 GMT 12
I know I used to know this in my RNZAf days, but have clean forgotten after all these years.
What is the difference in the titles "Commanding Officer" (or CO), and "Officer Commanding" (OC)?
Is it the size of the unit they command that denotes the way it's written?
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Post by phil82 on Aug 17, 2006 19:53:52 GMT 12
Quite a significant difference actually Dave, and self-explanatory when you think about it. A CO is a Commanding Officer, with all that that implies, but he may have within his responsibility, a Base for example, but on which there are many lodger units which for chain of command purpose have an Officer Commanding. For example, the officer in charge of a particular activity, like engineering at Whenuapai, is an OC, but reporting ultimately to the CO!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 17, 2006 20:24:56 GMT 12
Ah right. I thought that was how it went but just couldn't remember. So OC's would generally be junior in rank to CO's I guess.
So, eg OC Avionics Squadron, under CO Technical Wing, etc.
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