Chief petty officer (United States)

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Chief petty officer (CPO) is the seventh enlisted rank (with the pay grade E-7) in the United States Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, is above petty officer first class and below senior chief petty officer. Enlisted personnel are divided into three subdivisions or levels, the lowest level being non-rated members without a designated occupation (E-1 through E-3) who are in training, known as an apprenticeship, to become rated; becoming a rated sailor and advancing to E-4 is dependent on graduating from a specialty school that define what the enlisted is rated for. The second level is rated sailors who are petty officers (E-4 through E-6) who are NCOs or non-commissioned officers. Finally, the third level are Chief Petty Officers (E-7 through E-9) that are SNCOs or senior non-commissioned officers and part of the rated force and considered extremely knowledgeable about their particular rating. The term "rating" is used to identify the career field of a chief petty officer. For example, the title...

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