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Master Chief Petty Officer Of The Navy
The master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON ) is a unique Non-commissioned officer, non-commissioned rank and position of office of the United States Navy, which is designated as a special U.S. uniformed services pay grades, paygrade above Uniformed_services_pay_grades_of_the_United_States#Enlisted, E-9. The holder of this position is the most senior enlisted member of the U.S. Navy, equivalent to the sergeant major of the Army, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, chief master sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, sergeant major of the Marine Corps, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, chief master sergeant of the Space Force. The holder of this rank and position is the most senior Enlisted rank, enlisted sailor in the Navy, unless an enlisted sailor is serving as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, senior enlisted advisor to the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Chief Petty Officer Of The Navy Badge
Insignias and badges of the United States Navy are military badges issued by the United States Department of the Navy to naval service members who achieve certain qualifications and accomplishments while serving on both active and reserve duty in the United States Navy. Most naval aviation insignia are also permitted for wear on uniforms of the Badges of the United States Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps. As described in Chapter 5 of U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, badges are categorized as ''breast insignia'' (usually worn immediately above and below Medal ribbon, ribbons) and ''identification badges'' (usually worn at breast pocket level). Breast insignia are further divided between ''command'' and ''warfare and other qualification''. Insignia come in the form of metal pin-on devices worn on formal uniforms and embroidered tape strips worn on work uniforms. For the purpose of this article, the general term "insignia" shall be used to describe both, as it is done in Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rear Admiral (United States)
A rear admiral in four of the uniformed services of the United States is one of two distinct ranks of commissioned officers; "rear admiral (lower half)," a one-star flag officer, and "rear admiral" (sometimes referred to as "rear admiral (upper half)"), a two-star flag officer. The two ranks are only utilized by the United States Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, USPHSCC, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the NOAA Corps, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps. In contrast, in most other nations' rank-bearing services, the term "rear admiral" refers exclusively to two-star flag officer rank. Rear admiral (lower half) Rear admiral (lower half) (abbreviated as RDML) is a one-star rank, one-star flag officer, with the U.S. uniformed services pay grades, pay grade of in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy C
Billy may refer to: * Billy (name), a name (and list of people with the name) * Billy (surname), a surname (and list of people with the surname) Animals * Billy (dog), a dog breed * Billy (pigeon), awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Billy (pygmy hippo), a pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge * Billy, a young male domestic goat Film * Billy (''Black Christmas''), a character from ''Black Christmas'' * Billy (''Saw''), a puppet from ''Saw'' * '' Billy: The Early Years'', a 2008 biographical film about Billy Graham Literature * ''Billy'' (novel), a 1990 novel by Whitley Strieber * ''Billy'', a 2002 biography of Billy Connolly by Pamela Stephenson Music Musicals * ''Billy'' (musical), a musical based on Billy Liar * ''Billy'', a 1969 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Gene Allen and Ron Dante Albums * ''Billy'' (Samiam album) (1992) * ''Billy'' (Feedtime album) Songs * "Billy" (Kathy Linden song), a 1958 song by Kathy Linden * "Billy", a 1986 song b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas S
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Walker (USN)
Robert James Walker, Sr. (February 2, 1929 – February 15, 2016) was a senior sailor in the United States Navy who served as the third Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. He was born in Baldwin, New York, and attended grammar and high school in Oxford, New York. Naval career Enlisting in the United States Navy in 1948, Walker received his recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, where he was cited as company honorman. He then attended Radarman "A" School in Boston, Massachusetts and was assigned to the destroyer . Having advanced to radarman first class, Walker then served two-year tours aboard the destroyer escorts and . While aboard the ''Erben'', he deployed to the Western Pacific in support of the Korean War. In October 1955, Walker reported to Norfolk, Virginia, as instructor at Radarman "A" School. In June 1956, after just eight years of active service, he was promoted to chief petty officer, which was at the time the highest enlist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whittet
John Donaldson Whittet (September 4, 1925 – May 7, 1989) was a senior sailor in the United States Navy who served as the second Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. Early life Whittet attended local grammar schools and Cranston High School. Naval career Whittet enlisted in the United States Navy on March 24, 1943, and upon completion of recruit training, was assigned to the Aviation Machinist's Mate School in Great Lakes, Illinois. He followed the school with an assignment with Carrier Aircraft Service Units which operated from Guam. He won his combat aircrewman wings flying 31 missions from the carrier and , which won Presidential and Navy Unit Citations respectively. He ended his wartime service aboard ''Anzio'' following the ship's participation in the capture of Iwo Jima. Following the war, Whittet completed flight engineer training for the B-24 Liberator aircraft and was assigned to Saudi Arabia. In 1950, he was transferred to Miramar Naval Air Station, San Dieg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Chief Petty Officer Of The Navy Badge
Insignias and badges of the United States Navy are military badges issued by the United States Department of the Navy to naval service members who achieve certain qualifications and accomplishments while serving on both active and reserve duty in the United States Navy. Most naval aviation insignia are also permitted for wear on uniforms of the Badges of the United States Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps. As described in Chapter 5 of U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, badges are categorized as ''breast insignia'' (usually worn immediately above and below Medal ribbon, ribbons) and ''identification badges'' (usually worn at breast pocket level). Breast insignia are further divided between ''command'' and ''warfare and other qualification''. Insignia come in the form of metal pin-on devices worn on formal uniforms and embroidered tape strips worn on work uniforms. For the purpose of this article, the general term "insignia" shall be used to describe both, as it is done in Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of U
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCPON Collar
The master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON ) is a unique non-commissioned rank and position of office of the United States Navy, which is designated as a special paygrade above E-9. The holder of this position is the most senior enlisted member of the U.S. Navy, equivalent to the sergeant major of the Army, chief master sergeant of the Air Force, sergeant major of the Marine Corps, master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, and chief master sergeant of the Space Force. The holder of this rank and position is the most senior enlisted sailor in the Navy, unless an enlisted sailor is serving as the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman. The current MCPON is James Honea. The master chief petty officer of the Navy is appointed by the chief of naval operations to serve as a spokesperson to address the issues of enlisted personnel to the highest positions in the Navy. As such, they are the senior enlisted advisor to the chief of naval operations and to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego County, California
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634; it is the second-most populous county in California and the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is San Diego, the List of largest cities in California by population, second-most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous in the United States. It is the southwesternmost county in the 48 contiguous United States, and is a List of municipalities and counties on the Mexico–United States border#California, border county. It is home to 18 Indian reservation, Indian reservations, the most of any county in the United States. There are 16 :Military facilities in San Diego County, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel for the James River, James, Nansemond River, Nansemond, and Elizabeth River (Virginia), Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's Point near where the Chesapeake Bay flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It also gave its name to the surrounding metropolitan region located in the southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina portions of the Tidewater (region), Tidewater Region. Comprising the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC, metropolitan area and an extended combined statistical area that includes the Elizabeth City, North Carolina micropolitan area, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, micropolitan statistical area and Dare County, North Carolina, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, micropolitan statistical area, Hampton Roads is known for its large military presence, ice-free harbor, shipyards, coal piers, and miles of waterfront property and beaches, all of which cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
