Mustang

Aaron spent his first drill weekend as an officer. Last week he signed all the paperwork that deleted him from the enlisted ranks and added him to the officer ranks. He said it was very strange to have people soluting him and calling him sir. He kept looking around for the officer before realizing that it was him. I guess after 10 years of being the one who says sir and solutes first, it take a bit getting use to being soluted and called sir.

For those who don't know, in the Navy when someone receives a commission to go from the enlisted ranks to the officer ranks they are forever reffered to as a Mustang. Someone who came in directly as an officer or through the Academy and never spent time in the enlisted ranks does not receive this "title". Aaron proudly accepts being a Mustang.