Notice the headline, which refers to him as an officer? Monsoor was a Petty Officer Second Class, which is equivalent to an army Sergeant. It appears to be an Associated Press story, but I would guess that the NY Times wrote their own headline. I'm circulating this in the conservative blogosphere, I think.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
New York Times Can't Tell Naval Officers From Naval Enlisted?
Here's a screenshot of a NY Times Story about Michael Monsoor:

Notice the headline, which refers to him as an officer? Monsoor was a Petty Officer Second Class, which is equivalent to an army Sergeant. It appears to be an Associated Press story, but I would guess that the NY Times wrote their own headline. I'm circulating this in the conservative blogosphere, I think.
Notice the headline, which refers to him as an officer? Monsoor was a Petty Officer Second Class, which is equivalent to an army Sergeant. It appears to be an Associated Press story, but I would guess that the NY Times wrote their own headline. I'm circulating this in the conservative blogosphere, I think.
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Why would we expect the Times to know?
PO2 Monsoor is certainly worthy of being an Officer. Led from the front!
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