Maria Gomez tried to find comfort on an Army officer’s shoulder Wednesday in a church in Corona, Queens, during the funeral for her son. Sgt. Jose Gomez, 23, was killed on April 20 by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Behind her was Sergeant Gomez’s stepfather, Felix Jimenez, and Marie Canario, the soldier’s fiancée.
Uh, I see a sergeant first class. Still looking for that officer….
Times is on a roll this week….
Hotel Tango to Countercolumn
Check out Sunday’s NY Times article on alternative fuels. Here are the mistakes I’ve found so far:
-No such thing as the Naval Fuels Laboratory in Pax River (or anywhere else for that matter).
-Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) is called “Automotive-Tank Command”
-Still trying to find if there’s a DoD directive such as the one described – no luck yet.
-Abrams fuel consumption is not “less than a mile per gallon in certain combat situations.” It is commonly 2+ gallons per mile, or 12 gallons per hour while idling.
Do the factcheckers at NY Times not have google?
I’m wondering if the editor for the caption cut down the phrase ‘non-commissioned officer’ to just ‘officer’.
NCO does not mean “No Chance Outside”.
Still poor captioning in anycase. Its not like details matter, right?
As a journalist mistakes like this kill me. I call opr email all the local NY city papers whenever I spot an error. Usually the editor I get says thanks and that’s it. I’ve even volunteered to act as a military copyeditor, to no avail.
y’all will be surprised if you know how clueless about things military most people in the liberal-left of the political spectrum are. I know people here i the Peoples Socialist Republic of Ann Arbor, who dont know the difference between the Army, Navy, Marines, USAF etc. heck they probably dont know that the local cops are not military either. So, I am not surprised that they make mistakes , consistently, as they do.
Short answer: yeah, the editor just took the noun “officer” out of “non-comissioned officer”. In editing for space, adjectives are some of the first casualties.
Long answer: Sometimes I wonder whether officer isn’t a better title…as in “officers, commissioned and non-commissioned” versus “officers and NCOs”.
I think it might be helpful, especially for young, new sergeants to understand the responsibility of their new rank (yes, many of them understand it just fine). It might help them understand why it’s so critically important to step up and enforce standards, especially when there’s no one else around.
I don’t know, i’m just thinking out loud.
Mike