Have I mentioned that when I went to NCO school in Finland, I was originally in the infantry, or jaegers in Finland, and then transferred to artillery forward observer NCO-school? When I graduated as a Corporal, I was assigned to my old unit, and served mostly as a substitute for the Forward observer officer, covering the bases when the guys that were supposed to their jobs got faked to be sick. And when I got my discharge papers, they apparently had noted my performance and I was discharged as a Forward observer officer with a rank of corporal. Note that Forward observer officers are usually 2nd Lieutenants.