Carl Braeshers
Micheal Black Rios
Senior Chief Petty Officer followed by Master Chief Petty Officer.
William McMaster Murdoch was the first officer on the RMS Titanic, the second in line after the master.
From the official "Chief Petty Officer heritage" page from http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq46-1.htm: "On April 1, 1893, two important steps were taken. First, the grade of Chief Petty Officer was established; secondly, most enlisted men received a pay raise. The question is often asked, "Who was the first Chief Petty Officer?" The answer is flatly: "There was no first Chief Petty Officer due to the fact that nearly all ratings carried as Petty Officers First Class from 1885 were automatically shifted to the Chief Petty Officer level." Exceptions were Schoolmasters, who stayed at first class; Ship's Writers, who stayed the same but expanded to include second and third class; and Carpenter's Mates, who had been carried as second class petty officers but were extended to include chief, first, second, and third classes. Therefore, the Chief Petty Officer grade on April 1, 1893, encompassed the nine rates shown in Table 2."
"The paygrades of E-8 and E-9, Senior Chief and Master Chief Petty Officer, were created in 1958."
GMCM Delbert Black
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Micheal Black Rios
January 13th, 1967, GMCM Delbert Black was selected to be the first Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Navy. On April 28th, 1967, the post was renamed to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.
Joe Campa
Senior Chief Petty Officer followed by Master Chief Petty Officer.
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West .
MMCM GWINN
Delbert D. Black
Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, his name is John
The Master Chief is senior to a PO2, or to any other "enlisted" rating. In theory, all petty officers - even Master Chiefs - are junior to commissioned officers. In practice, a Master Chief is senior to an Ensign or a Lieutenant Junior Grade. And as a full Lieutenant in the USN, I didn't give "orders" to a Master Chief; I persuaded him that this was what he wanted to do. And in general, NOBODY gives orders to a Master Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. For the most part, he can see what needs to be done, and the good ones have already done it. A Lieutenant Commander can give "priorities" to the Master Chief; which jobs need to be done FIRST.
A chief petty officer is a US Navy or Coast Guard non-commissioned officer of the grade E-7, E-8, or E-9. E-7: Chief Petty Officer E-8: Senior Chief Petty Officer E-9: Master Chief Petty Officer E-9 also can be a Command Master Chief (CMC) of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) which is assigned to the highest ranking enlisted person in the United States Navy.