Chief petty officer

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Senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.

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A sergeant of the Coldstream Guards addressing through the ranks during the rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour ceremony.

Non-commissioned officer

Military officer who has not pursued a commission.

Sergeant, Royal Artillery, on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, firing the one o'clock gun

A First Sergeant with the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) gets his soldiers ready for a uniform inspection

"(a) In relation to the Navy, a rating of warrant officer, chief petty officer, petty officer, or leading rank; and includes—

The Regimental Sergeant Major of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, WO1 Herman Eve, in 1992

Warrant officer

Rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries.

Relative ranks in the Royal Navy, c. 1810. Warrant officers are underlined in the chart.

Arm badge of a WO1 conductor RLC (British Army)

In 1843, the wardroom warrant officers were given commissioned status, while in 1853 the lower-grade warrant officers were absorbed into the new rate of chief petty officer, both classes thereby ceasing to be warrant officers.

Colour sergeant

Rank of non-commissioned officer found in several armies and marine corps.

The insignia of a colour sergeant used by Canadian Foot Guards regiments on all uniforms except for ceremonial dress.

A colour sergeant of the Coldstream Guards (right) speaking to a lance sergeant (left).

Color sergeant insignia used by the United States Army during World War I

It has a NATO ranking code of OR-7 and is equivalent to the rank of staff sergeant in other branches of the Army, flight sergeant or chief technician in the Royal Air Force, and chief petty officer in the Royal Navy.

Staff sergeant

Rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries.

Staff sergeant insignia in the Army of Norway.

Rank insignia of Staff Sergeant (中士) in Taiwan.

Rank markings of a Staff Sergeant in the British Army.

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Chief petty officer is the equivalent in the Royal Navy and colour sergeant in the Royal Marines.

Flight sergeant

Senior non-commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and several other air forces which have adopted all or part of the RAF rank structure.

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It is equivalent to a staff sergeant or colour sergeant in the British Army, a colour sergeant in the Royal Marines, and a chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, and has a NATO rank code of OR-7.

Petty officer

Non-commissioned officer in many navies and is given the NATO rank denotion OR-5 or OR-6.

A petty officer of the Royal Navy on parade in London in 2015. Gold chevrons on the left arm represent good conduct, each one representing 4 years of service. After 15 years of service, with no breaks in good conduct, the individual is presented with their Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (nicknamed in the RN as Long Service & Undetected Crime Medal) it is the medal on the far right of this Petty Officer's row of medals.

Five United States Navy Reserve petty officers in Service Dress Uniform. From left to right: HM1, AT1, HM1, HM1, AT1.

Often they may be superior to a seaman, and subordinate to more senior non-commissioned officers, such as a chief petty officers.

United States Navy

Maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente during the Quasi-War

USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812

A carte de visite of a U.S. Navy lieutenant during the Civil War

The Great White Fleet demonstrating U.S. naval power in 1907; it was proof that the U.S. Navy had blue-water capability.

Columbia, personification of the United States, wearing a warship bearing the words "World Power" as her "Easter bonnet" on the cover of Puck, 6 April 1901

Battleship USS Idaho (BB-42) shelling Okinawa on 1 April 1945.

USS George Washington (SSBN-598), a ballistic missile submarine

U.S. Navy officers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) monitor defense systems during early 2010s maritime security operations exercises

U.S. Navy patrol boat near Kuwait Naval Base in 2009

The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), launched in 2012.

Organization of the United States Navy within the Department of Defense

Simplified flowchart of the U.S. Navy command structure

Areas of responsibility for each of the United States Navy fleets. Tenth Fleet serves as the numbered fleet for U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and therefore is not shown.

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) docking at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan

A Marine F/A-18 from VMFA-451 preparing to launch from USS Coral Sea (CV-43)

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter preparing to land on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1)

Navy SEALs at one of the entrances to the Zhawar Kili cave complex

U.S. Navy warrant officer specialty insignias

Underwater Demolition Team members using the casting technique from a speeding boat

Combat Camera Underwater Photo Team – A U.S. Navy diver during underwater photography training off the coast of Guantanamo Bay

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), a Zumwalt-class stealth guided missile destroyer

USS Independence (LCS-2), a Littoral combat ship

USS Freedom (LCS-1) underway in special naval camouflage

USS Typhoon (PC-5) departing Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Virginia

USS Kentucky (SSBN-737), an ballistic missile submarine

USS Virginia (SSN-774), a attack submarine

U.S. Navy MH-60R maritime strike helicopter assigned to the HSM-78 Blue Hawks aboard the carrier USS Carl Vinson

Aviation Ordnancemen loading GBU-12 bombs in 2005

Most Navy warrant officers are accessed from the chief petty officer pay grades, E-7 through E-9, analogous to a senior non-commissioned officer in the other services, and must have a minimum 14 years in service.

Master chief petty officer

U.S. Coast Guard

Service dress blue rating badge for a CMC with more than 12 years of service

Service dress blue rating badge for a FLTCM or FORCM

Prior to 1958, chief petty officer was the highest enlisted rate in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard.

USN insignia with more and less, respectively, than 12 consecutive years of service (12 years of consecutive good conduct is no longer required to wear gold chevrons)

Petty officer first class

Rank found in some navies and maritime organizations.

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It is the sixth enlisted rate in the United States Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, ranking just above petty officer second class and directly below chief petty officer.