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Achief petty officer(CPO) is a seniornon-commissioned officerin many navies and coast guards, usually abovepetty officer.

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Australia

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

Canada

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"Chief petty officer" refers to two ranks in theRoyal Canadian Navy.Achief petty officer 2nd class(CPO2) (premier maître de deuxième classeorpm2inFrench) is equivalent to amaster warrant officerin the Army and Air Force, andchief petty officer 1st class(CPO1) (premier maître de première classeorpm1) 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

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A Chief petty officer inIndian Navyis a junior-commissioned officer. This rank is equivalent toNaib subedarinIndian ArmyandJunior warrant officerinIndian 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

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Fleet chief petty officer is a commissioned and gazetted rank inPakistan Navyabove chief petty officer and belowmaster chief petty officer.It is equivalent to thePakistan Air Forcewarrant officerand thePakistan Armysubedar.[1]

Philippines

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See also:Military ranks of the Philippines

In thePhilippine Navy,the rank of chief petty officer, is equivalent tomaster sergeantin thePhilippine Marine CorpsandPhilippine Air Force.[2]

United Kingdom

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In theRoyal Navy,the rank of chief petty officer comes above that ofpetty officerand below that ofwarrant officer class 2.It is the equivalent ofcolour sergeantin theRoyal Marines,colour sergeant orstaff sergeantin theArmy,andflight sergeantin theRoyal Air Force.

United States

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Main article:Chief petty officer (United States)

Chief petty officer is an E-7enlisted rankin theU.S. NavyandU.S. Coast Guard,just abovepetty officer first classand belowsenior chief petty officer.Chief petty officers are classified as seniornon-commissioned officers.The grade of chief petty officer was established on April 1, 1893, for the U.S. Navy.[3]TheU.S. Congressfirst authorized the U.S. Coast Guard to use the promotion to chief petty officer on 18 May 1920.[4]

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 ofpeer review.A chief petty officer can only advance after review by a selection board of serving master chief petty officers, in effect "choosing their own" and conversely not choosing others.[5]

Insignia

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References

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  1. ^Naval Regulation for Pakistan[citation needed]
  2. ^John A. Oudine, ed. (July 1963)."The Philippine Navy"(PDF).All Hands.Washington, D.C.: United States Navy. pp. 14–17.Retrieved25 May2019.
    "Manual of Armed Forces Law: Volume 1 Commander's Handbook on Military Law"(PDF).New Zealand Defense Force. 13 January 2010.Retrieved25 May2019.
    Mundo, Proscoro Ervin A (3 May 2014). "Compilation of Commonly Used Abbreviations in the Philippine Navy and the Armed Forces of the Philippines".CiteSeerX10.1.1.739.833.
  3. ^Campa, Joe R. Jr. (30 March 2007)."MCPON Reflects on 114 Years of Deckplate Leadership".Archived fromthe originalon 10 January 2008.Retrieved10 May2008... memorating the establishment of the rate of Chief Petty Officer (CPO) in 1893.
  4. ^The Coast Guardsman's Manual, ninth ed.,George E. Krietemeyer, Naval Institute Press, 2000,ISBN1-55750-468-7
  5. ^The Chief Petty Officer's Guide/ John Hagan and Jack Leahy. - Naval Institute Press, 2004.ISBN1-59114-459-0
  6. ^Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force."Paratus"(PDF).Regional Publications Ltd. pp. 12–13. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 7 June 2022.Retrieved2 March2020.
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  8. ^"ENLISTED RATES".rbdf.gov.bs.Royal Bahamas Defence Force.Retrieved14 January2021.
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  10. ^"Naval Service Rank Markings".military.ie.Defence Forces (Ireland). Archived fromthe originalon 25 April 2016.Retrieved26 May2021.
  11. ^"BADGES OF RANK".Official Jamaica Defence Force Website.2019. Archived fromthe originalon 20 August 2020.Retrieved16 November2019.
  12. ^"Defense Act of 2008"(PDF).3 September 2008. p. 8.Retrieved20 November2017.
  13. ^"Ranks & Insignia".Join Indian Navy.Retrieved12 April2021.
  14. ^"Badges of Rank".nzdf.mil.nz.New Zealand Defence Force. Archived fromthe originalon 3 July 2020.Retrieved11 June2021.
  15. ^"Rank Insignia".navy.mil.za.Department of Defence (South Africa). Archived fromthe originalon 18 May 2019.Retrieved29 May2021.
  16. ^"Branches/ Ranks".navy.lk.Sri Lanka Navy. Archived fromthe originalon 19 June 2022.Retrieved24 September2021.
  17. ^"Rank Chart (Enlisted)".69.0.195.188.Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force.Retrieved27 May2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  18. ^"Shaping your career".royalnavy.mod.uk.Royal Navy.Retrieved24 September2021.
  19. ^ab"U.S. Military Rank Insignia".defense.gov.Department of Defense.Retrieved13 January2022.
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