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[quote=Anonymous]How old is he and how long was he in the service?

I used to be able to tell who was generally fresh out of basic because they'd always try to carry themselves about in a military manner.  Standing at attention, calling everyone sir, ma'am, etc.  But after a while people would loosen up a bit.

I don't know if it applies to other branches and females but generally only officers get called sir or ma'am.  And if called an enlisted person sir or ma'am, the comeback would be, "Don't call me that, I work for a living..."  (implying that officers didn't work like enlisted people do)

This was all a while back.

So you or someone else can respond back that way jokingly.

As others mentioned, it might be more due to his upbringing since he's only using it towards the females but I don't know how the military is after they tried to pay more attention to sexual harassment.

Part of it might just be giving him time to adjust to the culture of the organization.  If it offends anyone or is an issue, maybe they can bring it up to his supervisor or HR and let them discuss it with him.[/quote]

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