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Pacific Ocean. (October 9, 2024): Senior NCOs are the essential link between officers and lower enlisted troops who are both supervisors and advocates. In this photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Connor Burns, Chief Petty Officer Krystal Jones-Bostic receives her combination cover during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard the USS Boxer. Jones-Bostic, a native of Detroit, joins the approximately 30,000 chief, senior chief, and master chief petty officers in the Navy. A chief petty officer is an E-7 enlisted rank that was established by the Navy in 1893 and is equivalent to a gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps, a sergeant first class in the Army, and a master sergeant in the Air Force.
In the Navy and Coast Guard, advancement to chief petty officer not only carries requirements for time in service and superior evaluation scores, but candidates are also subject to peer review. This means a chief petty officer can only advance after review by a selection board of serving master chiefs. This is important in that superior test scores are not enough, a candidate must have the confidence of their fellow leaders.
With rank comes responsibility and these professionals are given more responsibilities than any other enlisted rank in the world. On average, it takes about thirteen years of active service to qualify for E-7 and this includes completing basic training, advancing through the enlisted ranks, and meeting the necessary requirements for promotion to chief petty officer (There are three chief petty officer ranks: chief petty officer, senior chief petty officer, and master chief petty officer).
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BODO, NORWAY, March 8, 2022 - II MEF presents secure expeditionary communication capability - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Curtis (left), and Lance Cpl. Dylan Shawver, guard force sentries with 2d Marine Expeditionary Support Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, pose with a portable handset enabled with PacStar Radio over Internet Protocol (RoIP) during Exercise Cold Response 2022, Bodo, Norway, March 9, 2022. PacStar RoIP is a critical communication capability which enables instantaneous and simultaneous two-way radio