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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.
The badge of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy, worn on a service dress blue uniform's sleeve. In the United States Navy, a rate is the military rank of an enlisted sailor, indicating where the sailor stands within the chain of command, and also defining one's pay grade.
The United States Navy enlisted warfare designations represent the achievement of a qualification and entitles the member to wear the associated insignia.When awarded in accordance with appropriate guidelines, enlisted sailors are authorized to place the designator in parentheses immediately after the member’s rate abbreviation, for example, MM1(SW) Smith, HM2(CAC) Jones.
The Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) system supplements the rating designators for enlisted members of the United States Navy.A naval rating and NEC designator are similar to the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) designators used in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps and the Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) used in the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force.
The rating abbreviation is QM. The symbol used for the rating and worn on uniforms is a ship's wheel. [3] The colloquial form of address for a quartermaster is "Wheels". On U.S. Navy submarines, the job of a quartermaster is done by a qualified navigation electronics technician (NAV-ET).
The History of the United States Navy ratings spans more than 200 years of U.S. history from the United Colonies of the 1775 era to the current age of the 21st century United States Navy. Navy ratings in America were first created in 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, for use by the Continental Navy.
This rating was disestablished in July 2003 and was absorbed into the ET rating. [10] Active in the Navy. Quartermaster: QM This rating was disestablished in July 2003 and was absorbed into the BM and OS ratings. [10] Active in the Navy. Radarman: RD This rating was disestablished in July 2003 and was absorbed into the OS rating. [10]
In a military navy, a rate or rating (sometimes bluejacket in the United States), is a junior enlisted sailor who is below the military rank of warrant officer. They are not commissioned officers . Depending on the country and navy that uses it, the exact term and the range of ranks that it refers to may vary.