Master Chief Of Us Navy
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Master chief of us navy. Chief of information attn. This changed on 20 may. Giordano served as the 14th master chief petty officer of the united states navy. Us navy 1200 navy pentagon washington dc 20350 1200.
Navy in october 1992. O rawe a native of long island new york was raised in florida and enlisted in the u s. The mcpon serves as the senior enlisted leader of the navy and as an advisor to the chief of naval. Master chief petty officer is an enlisted rank in some navies.
He began his navy career by completing boot camp at. Prior to 1958 chief petty officer was the highest enlisted rate in both the u s. It is the ninth and highest enlisted rank in the united states navy and united states coast guard just above senior chief petty officer. Master chief petty officers are addressed as master chief in colloquial contexts and they constitute the top 1 25 of the enlisted members of the maritime forces.
Master chief petty officer of the navy nac cac john whittet usn 1925 1989 was the 2nd mcpon and after 30 years of naval service would be one of the first 14 master chief petty officers who converted into the newly created ma rating. The master chief petty officer of the navy mcpon ˈ m ɪ k p ɒ n is a unique non commissioned rank and position of office of the united states navy which has with it the paygrade of e 9. The master chief petty officer of the navy mcpon is the senior enlisted person in the navy appointed by the chief of naval operations cno to serve as a spokesperson to address the issues of enlisted personnel to the highest positions in the navy. Fleet master chief richard p.