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unusual facts about Duty officer


Officer in Charge

Duty officer is another name for this position in the military



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Douglas H. Turner

Deciding that he liked science more than war, he turned down the opportunity to continue as an active duty officer and went to the University of California to postdoc with Ignacio Tinoco, Jr..

Gaku Shindo

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship as Special Duty Officer Barizorg (voice) (2011)

Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle as Special Duty Officer Barizorg (voice) (2011)

George Elsey

A commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, he was a duty officer in the White House Map Room, 1941-46, accompanying Truman to the Potsdam Conference; Assistant to Clark Clifford, the Special Counsel to the President, 1947-49; Administrative Assistant to the President, 1949-51; and Assistant to the Director, Mutual Security Agency, 1951-53.

Nick Tredennick

In parallel to his professional career, Tredennick served as a pilot with the U.S. Air Force (active, reserve, and National Guard) from 1970–1984, attaining the rank of Major, as Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1986-2000 at the rank of Captain, and on the Army Science Board from 1994–2001 and 2006 to present.

The General Danced at Dawn

At the end of the chapter he is assigned as Duty Officer (CQ) and must remain in barracks on Hogmanay, while the other officers celebrate elsewhere, and is joined in his quarters by some soldiers of his platoon for drinks and conversation.

Thomas Haddon

Haddon was duty officer on the night of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S. fleet on 7 December; it was he who passed the news on to Downing Street, leading Prime Minister Winston Churchill to immediately contact U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Yvonne Baseden

On her arrival at Euston, there was no one to meet her, so she called the Air Ministry and the duty officer arranged for Vera Atkins to meet her.