Navy Petty Officer
Like petty officers all chief petty officers have a rating or job and their full operational title is determined by their rating.
Navy petty officer. A petty officer first class serves both as a leader and as a technical expert and all petty officers have a specified rating or job. A petty officer po is a non commissioned officer in many navies and is given the nato rank denotion or 5 or or 6 in many nations they are typically equal to a corporal or sergeant in comparison to other military branches. The first second and third class petty officers also began wearing the insignia they do today.
A chief petty officer specializing as a gunner s mate for example is known by the full title of chief gunner. Tue may 13 12 28 59 edt 2014. 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.