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.
Senior Chief Petty Officer followed by Master Chief Petty Officer.
The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy was established on April 1, 1893, by Secretary of the Navy Hilary Abner Herbert.
Special Operations Chief (Chief Petty Officer, E7, SEAL) My son is a SOCS (Senior Chief Petty Officer, E8, SEAL)
No - the Marine equivalent rank is Gunnery Sergeant.
A chief petty officer is a US Navy or Coast Guard non-commissioned officer of the grade E-7, E-8, or E-9. E-7: Chief Petty Officer E-8: Senior Chief Petty Officer E-9: Master Chief Petty Officer E-9 also can be a Command Master Chief (CMC) of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) which is assigned to the highest ranking enlisted person in the United States Navy.
In the US Navy, the ranks of "Seaman Recruit", "Seaman Apprentice" and "Seaman" are junior to the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class. In increasing rank are Petty Officer 2nd Class, Petty Officer First Class and Chief Petty Officer. So, yes, any of the Petty Officer ranks are higher than any of the Seaman (or Airman or Fireman) ranks.
The Master Chief's full rank is actually: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, which is the highest rank an enlisted officer can climb to. EDIT: Sorry i forgot to make that a minor edit, sorry.
pretty much all officers. Master Chief is the highest rank possible for infantry and is not technically an officer so technically petty officer- general has rank on him FIrst the above answer contains incorrect information. The Ranks of Master Chief and Senior Chief are not used by the infantry which is the Army and Marines. The US Navy and US Coast Guard use the same rank structure and rank titles for their Officer Corps and Enlisted. A MCPO or Master Chief Petty Officer is the highest rank an enlisted member of the Navy or Coast Guard can earn. Just below a MCPO is a SCPO or Senior Chief Petty Officer. Any Petty Officer is refered to as a Non Commissioned Officer (Non-Com). Before the new uniforms came out Chief Petty Officers (Called Chief) , Senior Chiefs (Called Senior) and Master Chiefs (Called Masser Chief) all wore the same uniform as warrant officers and Commissioned Officers. Often a CPO SCPO or MCPO will handle the duies of an officer when an officer is unassigned to a position. FOr example when I served in the Navy, I was a Sonar Tech and we had both a CPO and SCPO in my division. The Officer assigned as ASWO (Anti-SUbmarine Warfare Officer.) transfered out before our new ASWO reported aboard. So STGCS (SW) Don Chapman Served as the ASWO for about a month. The Rank insignia for a CPO is a Gold Fouled Anchor wih the letters USN in silver. For a SCPO their is a SIlver Star atop the Anchor. For MCPO their is a star on each side of the anchor. For the MCPON (Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy) gets a third star on top of the anchor. There is only one MCPON at a time and he answers to the CNO (Chief of Naval Operations) who answers to the SecDef.
There is no kind of about it. Both the US Navy and Coast Guard use the Rank Master Chief Petty Officer for the highest enlisted rank. Only Warrant and Commissioned officers rank above Master Chiefs.
In peace time Admiral. But there is a higher rank of Admiral of The Fleet used in war time.
In the U.S. Navy, the rank E7 refers to Chief Petty Officer (CPO). CPO is a senior non-commissioned officer rank, and individuals at this rank typically have many years of experience and expertise in their field. They serve as a bridge between junior enlisted personnel and higher-ranking officers, providing leadership and guidance.
Unlike the stars used to represent officers of flag rank (Admirals) which point upward, the stars on the anchor of the Senior Chief Petty Officer and the Master Chief Petty Officer point down because they do not THEMSELVES represent a higher rank as do the one, two, three, and four stars of Admirals as they are promoted (five star Admirals... and Generals for that matter... exist only in time of war). The anchor and star(s) of the Senior and Master Chief Petty Officer TOGETHER represent rank.