User blog comment:LordFrz/Luffy's New Bounty/@comment-3103150-20101007104339/@comment-2031609-20101009051222

He is technically a rookie as he and his crew have only sailed together for less than a year (supposedly). However he has the experience and power of a veteran pirate. It's hard to say since the crew took the 2 year break, so was the crew "disbanded" or simply separated and then brought back together? If they were disbanded then they would still be rookies, but if they are considered just separated then I'd say they shouldn't be considered rookies. See what I mean? I know they were separated by the way, but I'm just stating the point that depending what they would be considered depends on what they would be, rookie or veteran.