There is no Navy rate or rank "SW"; SW is a warfare specialty designation that stands for Surface Warfare, or one who has completed qualifications for the SW badge. It's equivalent to a submariner's dolphins badge, or an aviator's wings.
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This is filed under US ARmy and US Navy, so let me clarify.. A Captain in the Army is pay grade O3, whereas a Colonel in the Army is pay grade O6. Colonel is the higher of the two. The Navy has a different rank structure for officers than the other branches. A Captain in the Navy is 06 - equivalent to Colonel. The rank of Colonel does not exist in the Navy.
Admiral. There are 4 "levels" of admiral, beginning with rear admiral (lower half), then rear admiral (upper half), vice admiral and then admiral. During wartime, the Navy has had a rank of Fleet Admiral, a rank held by commanders of major components of the Navy, such as Chester Nimitz in World War 2. Additionally, the Navy's highest Admiral in terms of position is the Chief of Naval Operations. The highest enlisted rank is Master Chief Petty Officer.
In 1945 Gerald Ford was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy.
AN is the rank designation for an Airman (E-3 in the Naval Aviation community).
"BMC" is the rate/rank designation for a Chief Boatswain's Mate (read "Boatswain's Mate, Chief)."SW" is the sailor's Warfare Qualification Designator, in this case, Surface Warfare. Written correctly, it would read BMC(SW)."BMC" is the rate/rank designation for a Chief Boatswain's Mate (read "Boatswain's Mate, Chief)."SW" is the sailor's Warfare Qualification Designator, in this case, Surface Warfare. Written correctly, it would read BMC(SW).
fireman third class (lowest starting rank)
Which Navy did you have in mind? There is no such rank in the US Navy. Command Sergeant Major is a high enlisted rank in the US Army, and denotes the senior NCO of whatever unit or element they hold the position in (it can be anywhere from Battalion to Army level).
The highest rank in the US Navy is O-10 Admiral (4 stars). EXCEPT during wartime, when the rank of Fleet Admiral (5 stars) is attainable. A Captain in the US Navy is an O-6. Commodore is not used by the US Navy,
I am pretty sure that Captain is the highest rank available to an LDO under present Navy regulations.
There is no private in the navy. The lowest rank in the navy is seaman recruit. Then it is seaman apprentice and then seaman.
No, there is no such rank in the US Navy. There is a Vice Admiral ranking. And the assistant to the commanding officer of a vessel is called the Executive Officer.
The second admiral of the United States Navy works as the vice chairman for the Navy. The admiral is the highest pay rank of the Navy.
No. Chief Petty Officer is a rank used in the US Navy and the Coast Guard. It is also used in the Royal Navy (United Kingdom),the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, New Zealand Navy, Indian Navy and probably other navies of Commonwealth and former commonwealth nations.
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In the US Navy that rank is called Lieutenant jg. "Junior Grade"
John McCain's father, John S. McCain Sr., held the rank of Admiral in the U.S. Navy.