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The Boatswain's is one of the four oldest professions in the U.S. Navy, along with Quartermasters (responsible for safe navigation, shiphandling, and chart/record maintenance), Gunner's Mates (responsible for maintenance and operation of gunnery equipment and associated systems) and Masters-at-Arms (responsible for maintaining order and enforcing regulations among a ship's crew or the ...
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Chief Boatswain's Mate Carl Maxie Brashear, United States Navy, for heroism while serving aboard U.S.S. HOIST (ARS-40), which was operating in support of Task Force 65 on 23 March 1966, in connection with salvage operations of great ...
In 1977, he received the honorary title of chief boatswain's mate. [4] During the Korean War, Williams served aboard the destroyer USS Douglas H. Fox from November 1950 to June 1952. He served off the coast of Korea. where he was detached off the destroyer to take raiding parties into North Korea on small boats from March to June 1952. [5]
I ^ : ABE, ABF, and ABH combine at paygrade E-9 to the rate of Master Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (ABCM). [17] II ^ : AM and AME combine at paygrade E-8 to the rate of Senior Chief Structural Mechanic (AMCS); AM, AME, and AD combine at paygrade E-9 to the rate of Master Chief Aircraft Maintenanceman (AFCM).
The chief mate is the head of the deck department on a merchant's vessel, second-in-command after the ship's master. The chief mate's primary responsibilities are the vessel's cargo operations, its stability, and supervising the deck crew. The mate is responsible for the safety and security of the ship, as well as the welfare of the crew on board.
USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Carl Brashear (1931–2006), one of the first African-Americans to become a US Navy Master Diver, despite having lost a leg in the 1966 Palomares incident.
Robert De Niro as Master Chief Leslie 'Billy' Sunday (based on Boatswain's Mate First Class Harry M. Rutherford) Cuba Gooding Jr. as Boatswain's Mate Second Class (later Master Diver) Carl Brashear. Chris Warren Jr. as Young Carl; Charlize Theron as Gwen Sunday; Aunjanue Ellis as Jo Brashear; Hal Holbrook as Camp Commanding Officer 'Mr. Pappy ...
The rating badge for boatswain's mate, two crossed anchors. U.S. Coast Guard Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jessica Walsh practices her technique with the boatswain's pipe. The boatswain's mate is a position in the United States Coast Guard. A boatswain's mate is a versatile role, with those holding the role expected to be capable of nearly any job ...