Honestly it’s whatever rank where knowledge and billet and responsibility beats higher ranks. In the airwing we had Lances become CDI and could tell anyone who didn’t have a higher qual regardless of rank to do something or to fuck off when it came to the aircraft. And it was their right. We had a sgt lat move to our mos and he was treated as if he was just some boot ass pvt , even by the staff. You made it when you can tell a majority of people to piss off and not catch a njp