LOL...John Rose. I knew a John Rose. I just borrowed his name. In fact, everyone in this RP are people I've been in one capacity or another. Dutch Bag, check my friends list on FB for Tom Stewart. He is a Lieutenant Colonel Commanding 1st Battalion 182nd Infantry. Jonh Rose was the Maintenance NCO of the last Infantry Battalion I was with; a Master Sergeant (E8). I believe that is equivalent to a Warrant Officer 2 in the British Army? I see the WO2 is also the Company Sergeant Major. In the US Army, that is the Company First Sergeant. The 1SG and the MSG are both E8s, but they differ in that the 1SG is in charge of a Company, where as an MSG is in charge of a Platoon or section.