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When combined with the rate abbreviation (MC for master chief without rating), it produces the full rate designation, such as FCCM for fire controlman chief master (more commonly said as Master Chief Fire Controlman). Thus, a master chief petty officer with the rating of fire controlman would properly be called a master chief fire controlman.Įach rating has an official abbreviation, such as FC for fire controlman, FT for fire control technician, and STS for sonar technician, submarines. The full title (most commonly used ) is a combination of the two. Petty officers of all grades possess both a rate (the enlisted term for rank) and rating (job, similar to a military occupational specialty (MOS) in other branches).

Master chief petty officers are then selected monthly from this prioritization list as positions become available. The board ranks all eligible senior chiefs using their career records. In the Coast Guard, advancement to master chief petty officer is done by competing in a single annual board. Similarly, senior chief petty officers and chief petty officers are chosen by selection boards. It carries requirements of time in service, superior evaluation scores, and selection by a board of master chiefs. In the Navy, advancement to master chief petty officer is similar to that of chief petty officer and senior chief petty officer. In the Navy and Coast Guard, the new E-8 pay grade was titled Senior Chief Petty Officer and the new E-9 pay grade as Master Chief Petty Officer, with the first selectees promoting to their respective grades in 19. This changed on with the passage of Public Law 85-422, the Military Pay Act of 1958, which established two new enlisted pay grades of E-8 and E-9 in all five branches of the U.S. Prior to 1958, chief petty officer was the highest enlisted rate in both the U.S. They constitute the top 1.25% of the enlisted members of the maritime forces. Master chief petty officers are addressed as 'Master Chief (last name)' in colloquial contexts. It is the ninth (just below the rank of MCPON) enlisted rank (with pay grade E-9) in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, just above Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO). Master chief petty officer ( MCPO) is an enlisted rank in some navies.

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