Chief petty officer
Senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.
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Petty officer
Non-commissioned officer in many navies and is given the NATO rank denotion OR-5 or OR-6.
Non-commissioned officer in many navies and is given the NATO rank denotion OR-5 or OR-6.
Often they may be superior to a seaman, and subordinate to more senior non-commissioned officers, such as a chief petty officers.
Master chief petty officer
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard
Prior to 1958, chief petty officer was the highest enlisted rate in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard.
Non-commissioned officer
Military officer who has not pursued a commission.
Military officer who has not pursued a commission.
"(a) In relation to the Navy, a rating of warrant officer, chief petty officer, petty officer, or leading rank; and includes—
Warrant officer
Rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries.
Rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Staff sergeant
Rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries.
Rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries.
Chief petty officer is the equivalent in the Royal Navy and colour sergeant in the Royal Marines.
Colour sergeant
Rank of non-commissioned officer found in several armies and marine corps.
Rank of non-commissioned officer found in several armies and marine corps.
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.
Petty officer first class
Rank found in some navies and maritime organizations.
Rank found in some navies and maritime organizations.
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.
United States Navy
Maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
Maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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.
Sergeant
Rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces.
Rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces.
Sergeants generally mess and billet with warrant officers, master warrant officers, and chief warrant officers, and their naval counterparts, chief petty officers and petty officers.