A theory of explanation might treat explanations in either a realist or an epistemic (that is, anti-realist) sense. A realist interpretation of explanation holds that the entities or processes an explanation posits actually exist--the explanation is a literal description of external reality.
Officers in pay grades O-1, O-2, and O-3 with more than four years of prior cumulative service in an enlisted or warrant officer grade are paid increased wages using the special pay grades of O-1E, O-2E, and O-3E, respectively.
Pay Grades. Official State of North Dakota salary ranges for 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017. All other salary range tables available below. Salary ranges listed below are effective July 1 of the year selected, unless otherwise noted. For example, the salary grade table for Year 2016 is effective July 1, 2016.