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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.
Petty officers (E-4 through E-6) and chief petty officers (E-7 through E-9) are part of the rated force and considered extremely knowledgeable about their particular rating. Examples include Culinary Services Chief and Aviation Maintenance Chief. [2] The Chief Petty Officer is the rank. Gunners Mate is a rating. E7 is a pay grade.
Beginning in June 2016, then Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Michael D. Stevens, oversaw a review of the Navy's existing enlisted rating system. [4] After Stevens's retirement, a group of senior enlisted leaders came to the conclusion that the Navy needed to replace its current enlisted system and announced the changes on 29 September 2016 with the release of NAVADMIN 218/16.
On 14 December 2017, the Navy announced that it will extend the HYT for seamen from its current five to six years on 1 February 2018. [6] On 1 February 2019, the Air Force increased the HYT for E-4 through E-6. On 3 October 2022, the Coast Guard suspended HYT for enlisted active duty members until 1 January 2025. [7]
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Pay grades [1] are used by the eight structurally organized uniformed services of the United States [2] (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps), as well as the Maritime Service, to determine wages and benefits based on the corresponding military rank of a member of the services.
Radarman was a rating in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard during, and after, World War II.The following ratings existed during the war for male or female enlisted personnel training, or with training, in the operation and maintenance of radar sets:
The United States Navy Senior Enlisted Academy provides education and training for senior and master chief petty officers. Most of the students are active-duty U.S. Navy personnel. The remaining students are from the Navy Reserve, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and other nations' armed forces.