Chief petty officer

By country

Australia

"Chief Petty Officer" is the second highest non-commissioned rank in the Royal Australian Navy.

Canada

"Chief petty officer" refers to two ranks in the Royal Canadian Navy. A chief petty officer 2nd class (CPO2) (premier maître de deuxième classe or pm2 in French) is equivalent to a master warrant officer in the Army and Air Force, and chief petty officer 1st class (CPO1) (premier maître de première classe or pm1) is equivalent to a chief warrant officer in the Army and Air Force. In spoken references, chief petty officers may be addressed as "chief" but are never addressed as "sir".

India

A Chief petty officer in Indian Navy is a junior-commissioned officer. This rank is equivalent to Naib subedar in Indian Army and Junior warrant officer in Indian Air force. The two highest enlisted ranks are Master Chief Petty Officer Second Class (MCPO II), equivalent to Subedar/Warrant Officer and Master Chief Petty Officer First Class (MCPO I), equivalent to Subedar Major/Master Warrant Officer in Indian Army/Indian Air Force respectively.

Pakistan

Fleet chief petty officer is a commissioned and gazetted rank in Pakistan Navy above chief petty officer and below master chief petty officer. It is equivalent to the Pakistan Air Force warrant officer and the Pakistan Army subedar.

Philippines

In the Philippine Navy, the rank of chief petty officer, is equivalent to master sergeant in the Philippine Marine Corps and Philippine Air Force.

United Kingdom

In the Royal Navy, the rank of chief petty officer comes above that of petty officer and below that of warrant officer class 2. It is the equivalent of colour sergeant in the Royal Marines, colour sergeant or staff sergeant in the Army, and flight sergeant in the Royal Air Force.

United States

Main article: Chief petty officer (United States)}}Chief petty officer is an E-7 [[enlisted rank]] in the [United States Navy, [U.S. Navy]] and [United States Coast Guard, [U.S. Coast Guard]], just above [[petty officer first class]] and below [[senior chief petty officer]]. Chief petty officers are classified as senior [[non-commissioned officer]]s. The grade of chief petty officer was established on April 1, 1893, for the U.S. Navy.{{cite web, [U.S. Congress]] first authorized the U.S. Coast Guard to use the promotion to chief petty officer on 18 May 1920.The Coast Guardsman's Manual, ninth ed., George E. Krietemeyer, Naval Institute Press, 2000, {{ISBN](u-s-congress-first-authorized-the-u-s-coast-guard-to-use-the-promotion-to-chief-petty-officer-on-18-may-1920-ref-the-coast-guardsman-s-manual-ninth-ed-george-e-krietemeyer-naval-institute-press-2000-isbn), 1-55750-468-7

Unlike petty officer first class and lower rates, advancement to chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy not only carries requirements of time in service, superior evaluation scores, and specialty examinations, but also carries an added requirement of peer review. A chief petty officer can only advance after review a selection board of serving master chief petty officers, in effect "choosing their own" and conversely not choosing others.

Insignia

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References

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