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Old 08-19-2014, 05:59 PM   #341
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Just got word that I will be making Senior Chief (E8) on 01 Sept. Very happy.


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Old 08-19-2014, 06:03 PM   #342
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Congrats - one more to go all the way to the top of the enlisted ranks.
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Old 08-19-2014, 07:39 PM   #343
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Congratulations Senior Chief. Best of the best. Thank you for your past, present and continuous service in the best navy in the world.


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Old 08-19-2014, 08:19 PM   #344
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Thanks Garrette......However. ...Best Coast Guard in the World!
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Old 08-19-2014, 09:02 PM   #346
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Old 08-20-2014, 06:43 AM   #347
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Congratulations, Super Chief.... keep reaching for that second star - it's a LIFE changer!! SALUD!!
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Old 08-20-2014, 06:49 AM   #348
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Congratulations Senior Chief!!! Make sure you polish that star, so they can see it! When you get two, it is easier to see!


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Old 08-20-2014, 07:07 PM   #350
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Thanks everyone!! I will make it with just shy of 13 years in.
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Old 08-20-2014, 07:22 PM   #351
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Thanks everyone!! I will make it with just shy of 13 years in.
Not that knowledgeable on military time in versus rank progression,but that seems like you made E8 in a relativity fast time.

Does the CG have the E9 in their rank structure?
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Yes we do. Exact same rank structure as the Navy.
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Old 08-20-2014, 09:10 PM   #353
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Yes we do. Exact same rank structure as the Navy.
So that makes both the Navy and CG enlisted rank structures as ones I understand. Guess I should take the time to look them up.

I mean "Petty Officer" sounds so wrong together.

I should say "as one I don't understand"
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Old 08-21-2014, 07:52 PM   #354
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Old 08-21-2014, 08:13 PM   #355
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Old 08-21-2014, 08:38 PM   #356
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So that makes both the Navy and CG enlisted rank structures as ones I understand. Guess I should take the time to look them up.

I mean "Petty Officer" sounds so wrong together.

I should say "as one I don't understand"
More than you ever wanted to know I suspect

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Petty Officer

The Petty Officer can trace his title back to the old French word petit meaning something small. Over the years the word also came to mean minor, secondary and subordinate. In medieval and later England just about every village had several "petite", "pety" or "petty" officials/officers who were subordinate to such major officials as the steward of sheriff. The petty officers were the assistants to the senior officials.

The senior officers of the early British warships, such as the Boatswain, Gunner and Carpenter, also had assistants or "mates." Since the early seamen knew petty officers in their home villages they used the term to describe the minor officials aboard their ships. A ship's Captain or Master chose his own Petty Officers who served at his pleasure. At the end of a voyage or whenever the ship's crew was paid off and released the Petty Officers lost their positions and titles. There were Petty Officers in the British navy in the Seventeenth Century and perhaps earlier but the rank did not become official until 1808.

Petty Officers were important members of our Navy right from its beginnings and were also appointed by their ship's Captain. They did not have uniforms or rank insignia, and they usually held their appointments only while serving on the ship whose Captain had selected them.

Petty Officers in our Navy got their first rank insignia in 1841 when they began wearing a sleeve device showing an eagle perched on an anchor. Some Petty Officers wore the device on their left arms while others wore it on their right. All wore the same device. Specialty or rating marks did not appear officially until 1866 but they seem to have been in use for several years previously. Regulations sometimes serve to give formal status to practices already well established.

In 1885 the Navy recognized it three classes of Petty Officers--first, second and third--and in the next year let them wear rank insignia of chevrons with the points down under a spread eagle and rating mark. The eagle faced left instead of right as it does today.

The present Petty Officer insignia came about in 1894 when the Navy established the Chief Petty Officer rank and gave him the three chevrons with arc and eagle. The first, second and third class Petty Officers also began wearing the insignia they do today.
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Old 08-27-2014, 10:51 PM   #358
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RAC, we need your Navy vote! The NAVY is second to no one!
As a proud retired Naval Aviator and current Defense contractor, I want to thank each and every one of you who have served! Your service ensured our freedom and the nation owes you a debt of gratitude. If you see me at a campsite, drop in and I'll buy you a beer!
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Amen! Congrats Senior Chief!
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Congrats on the promotion. I know it has gotten harder and harder to make rate these days. Way to go. Do you get a new pair of hip boots when you make Senior Chief? Just kidding! /s/ Floyd
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