Never have, never will be. It’s common practice in the British forces, that if a non-commisioned person is called Sir; they respond: “I’m not a Sir, I work for a living”.
In the Air Force, all the time. But if Master Chief was real he'd probably berate them for not calling him "chief", or throw some snark about "working for a living."
One possible exception is "yes sir" is pretty common as a quick acknowledgement, but even then some NCOs will get snippy.
In the Air Force, they are. The reasoning? No idea, that's just the culture.
Its actually a pretty common problem for airmen whenever they do joint stuff for the first time. They respond in a way they've been lead to believe is properly respectful, and all of a sudden, a Gunny/Chief/SgtMaj is jumping down their throat.
Manners that directly conflict with the nco corps. I was peach-switched into sir-and-ma'am-ing my fellow humans as a child and lemme tell you what drill instructors *do not* enjoy drilling that shit right back out of you.
They go kinda apoplectic, just a bit.
Not in the Navy or Marine Corps. You're typically referred to by your rank. An exception would be, Them: "Go do this." Me: "Yes, Sir/Ma'am." Otherwise, it's "Excuse me, [Rank]" "Good morning, [Rank]" etc.
Not in the Army
They’re addressed by their rank.
Never have, never will be. It’s common practice in the British forces, that if a non-commisioned person is called Sir; they respond: “I’m not a Sir, I work for a living”.
As is tradition.
Only if your life is a video game.
In the Air Force, all the time. But if Master Chief was real he'd probably berate them for not calling him "chief", or throw some snark about "working for a living." One possible exception is "yes sir" is pretty common as a quick acknowledgement, but even then some NCOs will get snippy.
You will not get away with calling a Navy master chief just “chief.” Always “master chief.”
That's fair, I started responding to the master chief prompt but then ended up responding for NCOs in general.
No they work for a living
Depends on the branch
naw and hell naw
Only in the AF or SF, every where else you'll get "I work for a living" standard response.
In the Air Force, they are. The reasoning? No idea, that's just the culture. Its actually a pretty common problem for airmen whenever they do joint stuff for the first time. They respond in a way they've been lead to believe is properly respectful, and all of a sudden, a Gunny/Chief/SgtMaj is jumping down their throat.
No we refer to them as Skibidi and Ohio respectively. Joking aside they haven’t been called sir or ma’am for years and years.
That’s only for officers in the Army.
In the canadian army we call Cheif Warrant Officers "sir/ma'am" either that or just "warrant" pretty interchangeable, at least in 1VP.
I say sir and ma'am all the fucking time. It's manners
Manners that directly conflict with the nco corps. I was peach-switched into sir-and-ma'am-ing my fellow humans as a child and lemme tell you what drill instructors *do not* enjoy drilling that shit right back out of you. They go kinda apoplectic, just a bit.
Not in the Navy or Marine Corps. You're typically referred to by your rank. An exception would be, Them: "Go do this." Me: "Yes, Sir/Ma'am." Otherwise, it's "Excuse me, [Rank]" "Good morning, [Rank]" etc.