Don't shoot me down for contradicting the guy, but I think Nylund is confused with regards to Polaski. It is only on the one page she is referred to as a Petty Warrant Officer; throughout the rest of the book she's only referred to as Warrant Officer (never mentions Petty again). As Nylund said "to (his) recollection" she was a Petty Officer Second Class. I think it's entirely possible that she is indeed a Warrant Officer and that he merely made a typo on that page, and didn't have the right reference materials when you queried him. -- Manticore 11:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
I emailed your concerns to Eric and he replied. The article is now updated.
I also must contradict him.
I think he thinks A Petty Officer Second Class is like a Chief Warrant Officer CWO2 or something...--76.173.255.40 05:20, 25 September 2008 (UTC)