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In the [[United States Army]], male [[Warrant officer (United States)|warrant officers]] are addressed as "Mister," while female warrant officers are addressed as "Miss" or "Missus," as appropriate.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bonn |first=Keith E. |date=2005 |title=Army Officer's Guide |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |publisher=Stockpole Books |edition=50 |page=16 |isbn=978-0-8117-3224-6}}</ref> In the [[United States Navy|U.S.US Navy]], it was once customary to address [[commissioned officer]]s below the rank of [[commander]] (O-5) as "Mister"; this practice ended in 1973 after an update of the [[United States Navy Regulations|Navy Regulations]], which standardized addressing all officers by rank.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mack |first1=William P. |last2=Paulsen |first2=Thomas D. |date=1991 |title=The Naval Officer's Guide |edition=10 |url=https://archive.org/details/navalofficersgui0000mack/page/138/mode/2up/ |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] |page=139 |isbn=0-87021-296-6 |quote=In official spoken communications, officers will be addressed by their grade (as distinct from the custom prior to 1973, when officers...below commander were called 'mister.'}}</ref>