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  2. List of United States Navy enlisted rates - Wikipedia

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    At that time nearly all sailors who had carried the rate of petty officer first class since 1885 were advanced to chief petty officer, with the exception of schoolmasters, ship's writers, and carpenter's mates. [12] The rates senior chief petty officer and master chief petty officer were established on 1 June 1958. To be eligible for ...

  3. List of United States Navy ratings - Wikipedia

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    From left to right: the service dress blue rating badge for a special warfare operator first class and a boatswain's mate second class. United States Navy ratings are general enlisted occupations used by the U.S. Navy since the 18th century, which denote the specific skills and abilities of the sailor.

  4. Chief petty officer (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Advancement into the chief petty officer grades is the most significant promotion within the enlisted naval grades. At the grade of chief petty officer, the Sailor takes on more administrative duties. In the Navy, their uniform changes to reflect this change of duty, becoming identical to that of an officer's uniform except with different insignia.

  5. Senior chief petty officer - Wikipedia

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    The rate was established on 1 June 1958 (along with the rate master chief petty officer). Advancement to senior chief petty officer is similar to that of chief petty officer. It carries requirements of time in service, superior evaluation scores, and peer review.

  6. Final Multiple Score - Wikipedia

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    Final Multiple Score, or FMS, is a calculation used by the United States Navy to determine whether or not enlisted sailors of the paygrades E-3, E-4, E-5, or E-6 are eligible to advance to the next paygrade. It involves six different categories, some of which are given more weight such as "Performance Mark Average" (PMA) and exam score ...

  7. Talk:Chief petty officer - Wikipedia

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    Advancement requirements: the time in rate required for advancement from Petty Officer First Class to Chief Petty Officer has varied over the years according to the needs of the Navy. Initiation: The Chief's initiation was strictly a post World War II innovation.

  8. Navy League Cadet Corps - Wikipedia

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    Promotions are made by time-in requirement and passing of examinations. The minimum time in rate requirements are four months for lower rates and six months for petty officers and a 75% correct score on coursework and advancement examinations. The last rank, Ship's Leading Petty Officer (LC-7), is almost never attained. [2]

  9. Operations specialist (United States Navy) - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S. Coast Guard the Operations specialist rate was formed by combining the radarman (RD) and telecommunications specialist rate (TC). When the radarman rating was split up into OS, electronics technician (ET), and electronic warfare technician (EW) ratings, the original RD rating badge continued to be used by the operations specialist ...