The Navy (and Coast Guard) are different from other services. We have a Rate (similar to Rank in other branches) and a Rating (similar to MOS). Your Rate is your pay-grade, E-1 is a Seaman Recruit, E-6 is a Petty Officer 1st Class, etc... Your Rating is your job, ET is an Electronics Technician, and FT is a Fire Control Technician, for example. Specific to your question: there are two broad classes of Petty Officers, non-commisioned officers and senior non-commisioned officers. E-4 (Petty Officer 3rd Class), E-5 (2nd Class), and E-6 (1st Class) are non-commissioned officers and you can formally address them in three ways: # Simply as Petty Officer, # An abbreviated form of address such as PO3 (for 3rd Class) or PO1 (for 1st Class), # By combining the Petty Officers Rate and Rating into a single form of address; for example a Machinists Mate who is an Petty Officer 3rd Class could be addressed as MM3, or a Boatswains Mate who is a Petty Officer 1st Class could be addressed at BM1. If you know a Petty Officers last name, you can add it to the greeting as well, i.e., Petty Officer Smith, or MM3 Smith. Addressing a Chief Petty Officer is easier. A E-7 is a Chief Petty Officer, a E-8 is a Senior Chief Petty Officer, and a E-9 is a Master Chief Petty Officer. In practice you would refer to them as Chief, Senior Chief, and Master Chief, respectively. Like the more junior Petty Officers, you can combine a Chief's address with the last name, i.e. Chief Smith, or Master Chief Smith.
Senior Chief Petty Officer followed by Master Chief Petty Officer.
retired as a senior chief petty officer
chief petty officer in coast guard for 24 yrs what is the pension
Could be one of three ratings. CM1---Mechanic Petty Officer 1st Class; CM1---Construction Mechanic Petty Officer 1st Class; CM1----Carpenter's Mate Petty Officer 1st Class
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Senior Chief Petty Officer followed by Master Chief Petty Officer.
Petty Officer is abbreviated PO and the rank is usually included, 1st Class, 2nd Class, or 3rd Class Petty officer. E-4 is a 3rd Class Petty Officer, or PO3 E-5 is a 2nd Class Petty Officer, or a PO2 E-6 is a 1st Class Petty Offcier, or a PO1 CPO is a Cheif Petty Officer or an E-7 SCPO is a Senior Cheif Petty Officer, or an E-8 MCPO is Master Cheif Petty Officer, or an E-9 MCPON is Master Cheif Petty Officer of the Navy also E-9
The Chief Petty Officer core competencies were developed to strengthen chief petty officer standards.
Petty Officer J S McRae
In the US Navy, the ranks of "Seaman Recruit", "Seaman Apprentice" and "Seaman" are junior to the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class. In increasing rank are Petty Officer 2nd Class, Petty Officer First Class and Chief Petty Officer. So, yes, any of the Petty Officer ranks are higher than any of the Seaman (or Airman or Fireman) ranks.
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retired as a senior chief petty officer
The U.S. Navy has many different ranks. These ranks include Seaman Recruit, Seaman Apprentice, Seaman, Petty Officer 3rd Class, Petty Officer 2nd Class, Petty Officer 1st Class, Chief Petty Officer, Senior Chief Petty Officer, Master Chief Petty Officer, Fleet and Commander Master Chief Petty Officer, Chief Warrant Officer 2, Chief Warrant Officer 3, Chief Warrant Officer 4, Chief Warrant Officer 5, Ensign, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral Chief of Navy Ops, and Fleet Admiral.
Their formal military address would be "sir" (or "ma'am" if female) or "Chief". This would only apply while they are in uniform.
If you have a Third Class Petty Officer and he is a Storekeeper, you can either call him/her "Petty Officer ______" or just as easily call him/her "SK3". But with the latter of the two, usually you have to know the person or their rating. Boatswain
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West .
She ignored my objections, saying they were frivolous and petty.