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Line 1: − KARAJOU AND HIS NEMESIS: A TROLL STORY+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − Intro:+ − Brian Macdonald, aka Karajou, was challenged by his long-time nemesis, “He who can’t be blocked”, to a duel. Three times the challenge was posted and three times it was deleted by Brian’s acolytes. But one day, Fat Brian reacted and posted a message, which in turn was followed by the best example of what happens when one breaks that golden wiki rule: DON’T FEED THE TROLL.+ − Behold Brian Macdonald’s dense stupidity:+ + + + + + − ''Fight at 226 N. Thompson Lane in the Boro...and this time it's at October 24th, 2011. Two days ago it was the 20th. Last week it was the 17th. Message to the troll: quit working for KMart! Karajou 17:01, 19 October 2011 (EDT) ''+ − + − I had to change the date obviously because you kept hiding from me. The first time, behind Schlafly. The second time, behind a woman. The last time, behind (of all people, my god) that man of dubious sexuality, Ken Demyer. + + + + + + + + + + + + − + + + + + + + + + + + − October 24th, 2011+ + + + + + + + + + + − 12 A.M.+ + + + + + + + − 226 North Thompson Lane, Murfreesboro (behind Comfort Suites).+ + + − RULES: NO KNIVES, NO GUNS, NO CLOTHES+ − Just you and I, Karapussy. Bare hands.+ − --ConradV − ***+ − Behold a man's cowardice. Three challenges, none answered. Scared shittless, Brian "Karaturd" Macdonald simply ran for his life. The first challenge scared him. The second was blissfully removed by Ken DeGayer. The third challenge was apparently accepted by my nemesis. But oh the human nature! What a coward. What a pussy.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − But the time will come, Brian. Just wait.+ − Meanwhile, a tribute to your cowardice: *Goatse image*+ − + + + + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − * * *+ − WHY IS BRIAN "KARAFAT" MACDONALD HIDING FROM ME? WE KNOW HE'S A COWARD, BUT HONESTLY, I JUST WANT TO HURT HIM, NOT KILL HIM. SO BRIAN, DON'T BE AFRAID. COME OUT OF YOUR HOLE AND CONFRONT ME. DON'T BE A KOWARD; BE A MAN. BE A MAN AND AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE SOME DIGNITY LEFT. YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER. YOU ARE FAT AND THE SMALLEST MOVEMENT MAKE YOU SWEAT. IT'S EASIER IF YOU ASSUME YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND STOP WRITING LIES. LIES WON'T HELP YOU.+ − --Tafarak nov 9 11:00+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − '' So where's the proof Mr. Nemesis were ever in town at all? What's the hotel name? What's the room number? How about the sequence number on the bill...if there is bill at all. To me, all Mr. Nemesis will ever be is a little girly-man hiding behind a proxy. He's nothing. Karajou 11:20, 9 November 2011 (EST) ''+ + − Typical of a coward and a liar. I don't have to prove anything to you, Macdonald's. I set the time, date and place and you didn't show up. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT??? EXPLAIN THAT TO THIS COMMUNITY... IF YOU CAN. - WBull Nov 9 19:53+ + − And stop crashing the server everytime youre angry. WBull Nov 9 19:54+ + + + + + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − Funny, how you try to divert attention from your ignoble fear of duelling me, you despicable coward. You disgust me. This "conversation" ends now; you could off yourself, as I recommended months ago. –Mendizabal 12 november, 14:31+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − ''I see the girly-man Mr. Nemesis is still whining. Poor wittle baby. I bet he's going to fish another address out of Google Maps and demand I "meet" him there. Karajou 21:06, 12 November 2011 (EST) ''+ − And I bet you'll never show up, punk. --Voxpopuli 16:58, 13 November 2011 (EST) + + − ''No, Mr. Nemesis girly-man, it is going to be exactly like a few weeks ago: you won't show up. So go crawl back under your rock. Karajou 20:54, 13 November 2011 (EST) ''+ − After five years mutilating facts here at Conservapedia, do you really think you have any credibility left under those rolls of fat and Ragu? Well well... I've got news for you, my morbidly obese nemesis. Three times I set a date and a place, and you simply decided it was easier and safer not to present yourself, punk. + − Now, I consider this exchange finished. Period. – Demig0d nov 14 17:26+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − ''No, Mr. Girly-man, it is you who never showed up, and both you and I know it. You just typed in an address you picked up from Google. You never bothered to prove your presence beyond a silly "I wuz there" rant. As for the so-called dates, well, you're on record here as to changing the second "meeting" from the 20th to the 24th...and you changed that particular date on the 19th. Did you have to meet your therapist in Baltimore? Karajou nov 14 18:15''+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − '' It seems the only thing you can do is petty harassment. Yes, this conversation is done, because the bottom line is the fact - and it is a fact - that you're nothing. Your rock awaits you. Karajou 18:15, 14 November 2011 (EST) ''+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − Yes, Karapig. Yes, yes, yes! + − Actually, this conversation will be over when I say so, punk, because your sysop "powers" can't touch me. How many times have you blocked me, or your fellow conservapedos? Dozens, hundreds. Yet, here I AM! INVINCIBLE!!!1 Tomorrow I will come back! What a puny and pathetic creature you are. − It is you who's always hiding: behind a false name. It is you the only coward here. Until our next meeting, punk. –PPerez 16 nov + − ''Still petty harassment, and still stuck on stupid. You already lied about being in my town, so I'm going to assume you lied when you said you can take me down in a duel; I don't think you can take down a gnat, let alone me. And with your over-use of the word "punk"...did you just get through watching Dirty Harry with your therapist? Does Santiago Rodriguez mean anything to you? Karajou 00:12, 17 November 2011 (EST) ''+ − + − + − + − So, everybody’s going to believe you just because? *sigh* − − But you’ve got a point there: it would be really difficult to take you down, as I’d need a crane and some training as crane-driver. However, coward, don’t assume you’re immobile because of your morbid weight. My strategy would be to taunt you with large quantities of candy, pork ribs, pancakes, chicken pot pies and that sort of garbage animals like you devour voraciously every day. I’d be careful not to slip on your dripping saliva, though. − − Then I’d beat the crap out of you. Brains over brawn, punk. --20:20, 17 November 2011 − − − − Cat got your tongue, my voluminous nemesis? Some of your acolytes recommended you to remain silent? Or is it fear? To show you how merciful I am, I'll give you the chance: you set the date and place for our duel. Prove yourself, if you can. − I challenge you to challenge me, Karagay . – 28 nov 2011 − − − Cat got your tongue, my voluminous nemesis? Some of your acolytes recommended you to remain silent? Or is it fear? To show you how merciful I am, I'll give you the chance: you set the date and place for our duel. Prove yourself, f you can. – 11 dec 2011 − − ''Since Mr. Nemesis is still stuck on stupid, and still stuck on wanting a petty little duel, then I'll give in to his demand. Since he wants me to name time and place, then fine: 302 South Church Street, Murfreesboro, high noon, 13 December. And I'll be right there waiting. Karajou 03:06, 12 December 2011 (EST) '' − − − − Well well my deceitful, porky nemesis... you never showed up! And this time it was YOU, you, the great coward of ample proportions, who challenged ME! HA HA HA! I'm glad the world can see the fear under those flabby rolls of disgusting fat. − Farewell, roly poly! - 15 december − − − ''Update: the "nemesis" clown was again talking out of his rump, as usual. Again he was a no-show, and this is confirmed by the image which I took of 302 Church, Murfreesboro, at noon, 13 December. And from his erased rant, I could tell he was never in town at all, as he would have clearly named - and complained of - the title on the front of that building: Murfreesboro Police Department, and if "nemesis" does show up in town for anything remotely illegal, he's going to be dragged inside it. He can call up police dispatch at 615-893-1311 and talk to Lt. Goodloe for confirmation. Karajou 01:25, 16 December 2011 (EST) '' − − − CHECKMATE − − Ohohoho what a "clever scheme", roly poly. Does that mean that you win? Surely not, my heavy friend, and I will show you and the world why. Let me put an end to this, as I told you weeks ago: it is I who would end this, not you. You can't. − − For God's sake, Brian, even Ed Poop would have noticed it, one of the basic rules of wikis: DON'T FEED THE TROLL. Yet, you monumental idiot, you have been so thick, so densely stupid, that you just kept doing exactly what I wanted you to do. − − You see, Karadull, I win. And don't even think that I am so deceitful because I am a liberal. That would be as wrong as you pathetic life. I win because you were born to lose. You are a loser, though you win the prize for imbecility. − − Farewell, punk, farewell!!!1 -- December 26, 2011, 11:44
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| subs =70
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| aircraft =3700+
| officers =51,328 (2009)
| enlisted =276,424 (2009)
| reserves =108,389
| midshipman =4,472
| civilians =190,988 (2009)
| ocs =[[United States Naval Academy]]<br/>Annapolis, Maryland
| bootcamp =[[Great Lakes Naval Training Center]]<br/>Waukeegan, Illinois
| secnav =Ray Mabus
| cno =Admiral Gary Roughead
| vcno =Vice Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert
| cnp =Vice Admiral Mark E. Ferguson, III
| mcpon =MCPON (SS/SW) Rick D. West
}}
The '''United States Navy''' is one of the four branches of the [[Department of Defense]] which has the mission to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.
==History==
see [[American naval history]]
==Organization==
The Department of the Navy has three principal components: The Navy Department, consisting of executive offices mostly in Washington, D.C.; the operating forces, including the Marine Corps, the reserve components, and the shore establishment. In time of war, the [[United States Coast Guard]], normally a component of the [[Department of Homeland Security]], is absorbed within the Navy Department.
===The Secretary of the Navy ===
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The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is responsible for, and has the authority under Title 10 of the United States Code, to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The Secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense. The Department of the Navy consists of two uniformed Services: the United States Navy and the [[United States Marine Corps]].
===Chief of Naval Operations===
[[Image:Chart3a-cno.gif|200px|right|]]
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the senior military officer in the Navy. The CNO is a four-star admiral and is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources and operating efficiency of the operating forces of the Navy and of the Navy shore activities assigned by the Secretary.
A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is the principal naval adviser to the President and to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct of war, and is the principal adviser and naval executive to the Secretary on the conduct of naval activities of the Department of the Navy. Assistants are the Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO), the Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations (DCNOs) and a number of other ranking officers. These officers and their staffs are collectively known as the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OpNav).
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===The Shore Establishment===
[[Image:Org shore.gif|200px|right|]]
The shore establishment provides support to the operating forces (known as "the fleet") in the form of: facilities for the repair of machinery and electronics; communications centers; training areas and simulators; ship and aircraft repair; intelligence and meteorological support; storage areas for repair parts, fuel, and munitions; medical and dental facilities; and air bases.
*[http://www.npc.navy.mil/channels Bureau of Naval Personnel]
*[http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil/ Bureau of Medicine and Surgery]
*[http://www.navsea.navy.mil/ Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)]
*[http://www.navair.navy.mil/ Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)]
*[https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/page?_pageid=181,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)]
*[https://www.navsup.navy.mil/portal/page?_pageid=477,1&_dad=p5star&_schema=P5STAR Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP)]
*[http://enterprise.spawar.navy.mil/ Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)]
*[http://www.usna.edu///homepage.php United States Naval Academy]
*[http://www.usno.navy.mil/ United States Naval Observatory]
*[http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/ Naval Safety Center]
The duel is still going, koward.
===The Operating Forces===
[[Image:Orgopfor.gif|200px|right|]]
The operating forces commanders and fleet commanders have a dual chain of command. Administratively, they report to the Chief of Naval Operations and provide, train, and equip naval forces. Operationally, they provide naval forces and report to the appropriate Unified Combatant Commanders. Commander Fleet Forces Command commands and controls fleet assets on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts for interdeployment training cycle purposes. As units of the Navy enter the area of responsibility for a particular Navy area commander, they are operationally assigned to the appropriate numbered fleet. All Navy units also have an administrative chain of command with the various ships reporting to the appropriate Type Commander.
*[https://www.cni.navy.mil/cnic_hq_site/index.htm Commander, Naval Installations Command]
*[http://www.cpf.navy.mil/ Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC)]
*[http://www.cffc.navy.mil/ Commander, Fleet Forces Command]
*[http://www.netwarcom.navy.mil/ Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM)]
*[http://www.cnre.navy.mil/ Commander, Navy Region Europe (CNRE)]
*[http://www.navsoc.navy.mil/ Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSOC)]
*[http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/ U.S. Naval Forces Central Command]
*[http://www.msc.navy.mil/ Military Sealift Command]
===Type Commands===
[[Image:Tycoms.gif|200px|right|]]
All ships are organized into categories by type. Aircraft carriers, aircraft squadrons, and air stations are under the administrative control of the appropriate Commander Naval Air Force. Submarines come under the Commander Submarine Force. All other ships fall under Commander Naval Surface Force. Forces under the control of the Atlantic Fleet are mirrored similarly within the Pacific Fleet. Normally, the type command controls the ship during its primary and intermediate training cycles and then it moves under the operational control of a fleet commander.
*[http://www.cpf.navy.mil/Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC)]
::[http://www.cnaf.navy.mil/ Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet]
::[http://www.csp.navy.mil/ Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet (SUBPAC)]
::[http://www.surfpac.navy.mil/ Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC)]
*[http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANT)]
::[http://www02.clf.navy.mil/cnal/ Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet]
::[http://www.sublant.navy.mil/ Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet (SUBLANT)]
::[http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)]
====Principle combatant warships====
*[[Aircraft Carrier]]s - allowing the mobile projection of Naval Air Power across the globe.
*[[Amphibious Assault Ship]]s - deploy and support U.S. ground forces in remote locations
*[[Battleship]]s - heavily armed and armored warships designed to engage other warships and provide shore bombardment
*[[Cruiser]]s - multi-mission warships capable of engaging multiple simultaneous targets and employed in force support or independent action
*[[Destroyer]]s - fast warships providing multi-mission offensive and defensive capability, independently or in fleet support
*[[Frigate]]s - warships designed to protect other ships and as anti-submarine warfare combatants
*[[Submarine]]s - capable of underwater operations and designed to carry out research, rescue, or specific wartime missions
==Personnel==
===Officers===
Officers receive their commissions upon completion of a bachelors degree in a major accepted by the Navy, from training and education via Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps on many college campuses, and the United States Naval Academy. Those personnel who already have a bachelors degree and wish to join go through Officer Candidate School for twelve weeks in Pensacola, Florida. Enlisted personnel who wish to gain a commission have several programs to choose from, such as the Seaman-to-Admiral Program.
Line officers are identified by a star on their uniform sleeve and shoulder board. These officers serve within the warfighting element, and command ships and submarines, fly aircraft, and operate within special warfare units. Other (restricted) line officers concentrate in fields not related to combat, such as engineering and maintenance.
Staff officers are commissioned officers within a specialist field not related to combat, such as law and medicine. They are identified by the appropriate symbol (in place of the line officer's star) on their uniform sleeve and shoulder board. In certain fields, such as the Chaplain Corps, a candidate must have earned a masters degree prior to commissioning.
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!colspan=11| '''Flag Officers'''
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!'''Pay grade'''||O-11||O-10||0-9||O-8||O-7
|- align=center
||'''Rank insignia'''<br/>shoulder board<br/>sleeve stripes<br/>collar device
|| [[File:FleetAdmiral.jpg|50px]][[File:FADMsleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer11.jpg|60px]]
|| [[File:Navyadm.jpg|60px]][[File:ADMSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer10.jpg|60px]]
|| [[File:Navyviceadm.jpg|60px]][[File:ViceADMSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer9.jpg|60px]]
|| [[File:navyupadm.jpg|60px]][[File:RearADMSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer8.jpg|60px]]
|| [[File:navylowadm.jpg|60px]][[File:RearADM2Sleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer7.jpg|60px]]
|- align=center
||'''Title'''
||'''Fleet Admiral'''
||'''Admiral'''
||'''Vice Admiral'''
||'''Rear Admiral''' (UH)
||'''Rear Admiral''' (LH)
|-
|- align=center
|-
|colspan=5|
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The grade of ''fleet admiral'' is only in use during wartime, and most recently awarded to four admirals during [[World War II]]:
*[[William D. Leahy]] on 15 December 1944
*[[Ernest J. King]] on 17 December 1944
*[[Chester Nimitz]] on 19 December 1944
*[[William F. Halsey]] on 11 December 1945
''Fleet admiral'' is a five-star rank, equivalent to a five-star general in the Army or Air Force, and considered equivalent to the rank of ''field marshal'' in many European countries.
The title of ''commodore'' is, by tradition, held by a senior captain who is in command of a squadron of Naval vessels. For a short period in the early 1980s, the rank of O-7 was called ''commodore admiral'', before the title was reverted back to the senior captains, and the grade of O-7 changed to ''rear admiral (lower half)''.
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"
--Bravestarr Oct 27
!colspan=11| '''Commissioned Officers'''
|- align=center
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!'''Pay grade'''||O-6||O-5||O-4||O-3||O-2||O-1
''Update...Mr. Nemesis ran instead; couldn't pay his hotel bill. Talking tough isn't doing much for him, and I certainly don't heed the commands of some idiotic warmongering liberal who thinks I can drop everything and come to him. Karajou 01:44, 28 October 2011 (EDT) Oh, I forgot to mention one obvious point of fact here...Mr. Nemesis was never in town in the first place. Karajou 12:07, 2 November 2011 (EDT) ''
|- align=center
||'''Rank insignia'''<br/>shoulder board<br/>sleeve stripes<br/>collar device
|| [[File:Navycaptain.jpg|50px]][[File:CaptainSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer6.JPG|50px]]
|| [[File:navycommander.jpg|55px]][[File:CDRSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer5.JPG|50px]]
|| [[File:Navyltcmdr.jpg|55px]][[File:LtCDRSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer4.JPG|50px]]
|| [[File:Navylieutenant.jpg|55px]][[File:LTSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer3.JPG|50px]]
|| [[File:Navyltjg.jpg|55px]][[File:LTJGSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer2.JPG|30px]]
|| [[File:Navyensign.jpg|55px]][[File:EnsignSleeve.JPG|55px]][[Image:DODOfficer1.JPG|30px]]
|- align=center
||'''Title'''
||'''Captain'''
||'''Commander'''
||'''Lieutenant Commander'''
||'''Lieutenant'''
||'''Lieutenant JG'''
||'''Ensign'''
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|-
|colspan=5|
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Chief warrant officers are former enlisted personnel appointed to that rank by reason of his or her specialty in a given field. Prior to commissioning, a warrant officer must have been a chief petty officer or higher.
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!colspan=11| '''Chief Warrant Officers'''
|- align=center
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!'''Pay grade'''||W-5||W-4||W-3||W-2
|- align=center
||'''Rank insignia'''<br/>collar device<br/>shoulder board<br/>sleeve stripes
||[[Image:Cwo5.JPG|120px]]
||[[Image:Cwo4.JPG|120px]]
||[[Image:Cwo3.JPG|120px]]
||[[Image:Cwo2.JPG|120px]]
|- align=center
||'''Title'''
||'''CWO Five'''
||'''CWO Four'''
||'''CWO Three'''
||'''CWO Two'''
|}
The grade of W-1 was at one time used within the Navy until discontinued in 1975.
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===Enlisted===
Enlisted personnel are divided into three groups: E-3 and below; E-4 to E-6 (petty officers); and E-7 to E-9 (chief petty officers). All petty officers regardless of rank are considered non-commissioned officers, and are given greater responsibilities commensurate with rank.
All enlisted personnel go through recruit training (boot camp) at [[Great Lakes Naval Training Center]], north of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. Training lasts eight weeks, in which recruits learn about Navy life in general, small arms familiarization, military customs and drilling, as well as shipboard firefighting and damage control. At the end of boot camp, each new sailor reports either to a Naval training center for more advanced training ("A" school, where they learn about their new rating), or to their first duty station to begin as a designated striker.
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"
!colspan=11| '''Chief Petty Officers'''
|- align=center
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!'''Pay grade'''||E-9||E-9||E-8||E-7
''It's already explained, Mr. Nemesis, you were never there at all. Period. Now try explaining otherwise to this community, girly-man. Karajou 00:16, 10 November 2011 (EST) ''
|- align=center
||Sleeve patch<br/>Collar / cap device
|| [[Image:MCPON.png|80px]][[Image:MCPON collar.PNG|80px]]
|| [[Image:MCPO GC.png|80px]][[Image:MCPO collar.PNG|80px]]
|| [[Image:SCPO GC.png|80px]][[Image:SCPO collar.PNG|80px]]
|| [[Image:CPO GC.png|80px]][[Image:CPO collar.PNG|80px]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
||'''Title'''
||'''Master Chief Petty Officer<br/>of the Navy'''
||'''Master Chief Petty Officer'''
||'''Senior Chief Petty Officer'''
||'''Chief Petty Officer'''
|- align=center
|-
|colspan=5|
|}
Chief petty officers are the only members in the U.S. military who are appointed to that rank, and can only be punitively reduced in rank following conviction by court marshal only.
''Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy'' (MCPON) is a single individual who acts as liaison to the Chief of Naval Operations in all matters pertaining to the Navy's enlisted personnel, and is identified by the three stars at the top of his insignia. Other fleet/force master chiefs do not have that third star, but like the MCPON, have their rating symbol replaced by a star within the chevron of their sleeve patch.
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!colspan=11| '''Junior Enlisted'''
|- align=center
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!'''Pay grade'''||E-6||E-5||E-4||E-3||E-2||E-1
|- align=center
||Sleeve patch<br/>Collar / cap device
|| [[Image:PO1 NOGC.png|80px]][[File:PO1 collar.png|80px]]
|| [[Image:PO2 NOGC.png|80px]][[File:PO2 collar.png|80px]]
|| [[Image:PO3 NOGC.png|80px]][[File:PO3 collar.png|80px]]
|| [[Image:E3 SM USN.png|80px]]
|| [[Image:E2 SM USN.png|80px]]
||
|- align=center
||'''Title'''
||'''Petty Officer, 1st Class'''
||'''Petty Officer, 2nd Class'''
||'''Petty Officer, 3rd Class'''
||'''Seaman'''
||'''Seaman Apprentice'''
||'''Seaman Recruit''' (no insignia)
|- align=center
|-
|colspan=5|
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Enlisted personnel of pay grades E-4 and above have a specific symbol identifying their job specialty (called a "rate") above their chevrons (the rating pictured is that of ''boatswain mate''). Sailors E-3 and below who have successfully struck for a rating also have their rating symbol above their stripes. In addition, E-3 and below are identified by color as to which of the five definable groupings they belong to: Seaman (deck and weapons systems fields, white color), Fireman (engineering, red), Airman (air-related groupings, green), Constructionman (the ''SeeBees'', blue), and Hospitalman (medical fields, white).
The chevrons of all petty officers are normally red in color; they change to gold when that sailor has past twelve consecutive years of good conduct on his/her service record. In addition, the color change is also reflected in the service striping on the lower-left sleeve of the service dress blue uniform.
===Uniforms===
All officers and chief petty officers where similarly-styled uniforms, the obvious difference being the rank insignia and striping. Service dress blues are composed of a navy blue suit coat and trousers, white shirt, and a four-in-hand black tie. The men's jacket is double-breasted with six gold buttons, and the women's jacket has a single row of four gold buttons. This uniform is generally worn in winter.
In summer, the uniform is called "summer whites", and consists of a white, short sleeve shirt with trousers of a matching material, called "certified Navy twill".
In the junior enlisted ranks, the service dress blues and dress whites, are the familiar "crackerjacks", which is the billowy top with the sailor's flap in the back of the neck, the wide-bottom trousers, and the cotton "Dixie cup" hat. Summer whites, which are a cotton set similar to officer's and chief's summer whites, are also worn.
==[http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact.asp Fact file]==
===Aircraft, Fixed Wing===
[[Image:FA18 SuperHornet.jpg|thumb|200px|right|FA-18 Super Hornet fighter/bomber, landing onboard USS ''Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)]]
*C-2A Greyhound logistics aircraft
*C-9 Skytrain logistics aircraft
*C-12 Huron logistics aircraft
*C-20 Gulfstream logistics aircraft
*C-26
*C-37A (Gulfstream V) and C-37B (Gulfstream 550)
*[[C-130 Hercules]] logistics aircraft
*C-40A Clipper logistics aircraft
*[[E-2 Hawkeye]] early warning and control aircraft
*E-6B Mercury airborne command post
*EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
*EP-3E (ARIES II) signals intelligence reconnaissance aircraft
*F-5N/F Adversary aircraft
*[[F-14 Tomcat]] fighter
*[[F-16|F-16F-16A/B Fighting Falcon]] fighter
*[[F/A-18 Hornet]] strike fighter
*Learjet 35/36
*NU-1B Otter light cargo transport
*P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)
*P-3C Orion long range ASW aircraft
*S-3B Viking detection and attack of submarines aircraft
*T-2C Buckeye jet trainer
*T-6A Texan II turboprop trainer
*T-34C Turbomentor training aircraft
*T-38 Talon supersonic trainer
*T-39D radar-navigational trainer
*T-39N/G Sabreliner training aircraft
*T-45A Goshawk training aircraft
*U-6A Beaver all-purpose utility transport
*RQ-2A Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
*RQ-8A and MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
*X-26A high performance glider
===Aircraft, Rotary Wing===
[[Image:V22 Osprey.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Marine Corps V-22 Osprey lifting off from USS ''Wasp (LHD-1)]]
[[Image:USS Missouribroadside.jpg|thumb|200px|right|16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 rifled naval gun, onboard USS ''Missouri'' (BB-63)]]
*HH/UH-1N Iroquois [[helicopter]]
*CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter
*H-3 Sea King helicopter
*MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter
*SH-60 [[Seahawk]] helicopter
*TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter
*TH-6B helicopter
*VH-3D Sea King helicopter
*[[V-22 Osprey|V-22A Osprey]] tilt rotor aircraft
*VH-60N Night Hawk helicopter
===Guns, Weapon Systems===
*5-inch Mark 45 54-caliber lightweight gun
*Aegis Weapons System
*AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
*Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
*Mark 38 - 25 mm machine gun system
*Mark 75 - 76mm/62 caliber 3" gun
*U.S. Navy Mines
*[[Phalanx Close-In Weapons System]]
*Torpedo - Mark 46
===Missiles===
*[[AIM-120 AMRAAM|AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range, Air-to-Air Missile]] (AMRAAM)
*[[AGM-84 Harpoon]] Missile
*[[AGM-88 HARM]] Missile
*[[AGM-114 Hellfire|AGM-114B/K/M Hellfire]] Missile
*[[AGM-65 Maverick]] Guided Missile
*[[Penguin Anti-Ship Missile]]
*[[AIM-54 Phoenix]] Missile
*RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
*[[RIM-7 Sea Sparrow]] Missile
*[[AIM-9 Sidewinder]] Missile
*SLAM-ER Missile
*Standard Missile
*Tomahawk® Cruise Missile
*[[Trident missile|Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile]]
*Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) Missile
===People===
*Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron ([[Blue Angels]])
*Navy Rank Structure
*Navy [[Seabee]]s
*[[Naval Special Warfare|Navy Seals]]
*Task Force Simulation and Modeling
===Submarines===
[[Image:USS AshvilleSSN758.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Los Angeles''-class submarine USS ''Ashville'' (SSN-758)]]
*Attack Submarines - SSN
*Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines - SSBN
*Guided Missile Submarines - SSGN
*Deep Submergence Craft - NR 1
*Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle - DSRV
*Research Submarine USS Dolphin (AGSS 555)
*Large Scale Vehicle - LSV 2
===Surface Ships===
*[[USS Constitution]]
*Aircraft Carriers - CV, CVN
*Aircraft Carriers – CVN 21 Program
*Ammunition Ships - AE
*Amphibious Assault Ships - LHA/LHD/LHA(R)
*Amphibious Command Ships - LCC
*Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
*Battleships - BB
*Command Ship - AGF
[[Image:USS Enterprise CVN65.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]]
[[Image:USS PrebleDDG88.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Arliegh Burke''-class destroyer USS ''Preble'' (DDG-88)]]
[[Image:USS Cape St George.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Ticonderoga''-class cruiser USS ''Cape St. George'' (CG-71)]]
*Cruisers - CG
*Destroyers - DDG
*Dock Landing Ship - LSD
*Fast Sea Frame - FSF
*Frigates - FFG
*High-Speed Vessel - HSV
*Landing Craft, Air Cushioned - LCAC
*Landing Craft, Mechanized and Utility - LCM/LCU
*Littoral Combat Ships - LCS
*Mark V Special Operations Craft
*Coastal Mine Hunters - MHC
*Mine Countermeasures Ships - MCM
*Patrol Coastal Ships - PC
*Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats - RHIB
*Sea Shadow Experimental Ship
*Submarine Tenders - AS
*Yard Patrol Craft - YP
===Underwater Search and Recovery Equipment===
*Deep Drone 7200 Remotely Operated Vehicle
*Mini Remotely Operated Vehicles
*Shallow Water Intermediate Search System (SWISS)
==Military Sealift Command==
The Military Sealift Command operates more than 110 ships around the world. These ships carry the designation "USNS" (United States Naval Ships) and are not commissioned ships. Also, they are crewed by civilians. Some MSC ships have small military departments assigned to carry out specialized military functions such as communications and supply operations. MSC ships carry the prefix "T" before their normal hull numbers.
[[Image:USNS Comfort.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Hospital ship USNS ''Comfort'']]
[[Image:USNS BigHorn.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Fleet oiler USNS ''Big Horn'' (T-AO 198)]]
===Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (NFAF)===
*Ammunition Ships T-AE
*Combat Stores Ships - T-AFS
*Fast Combat Support Ships T-AOE
*Hospital Ships - T-AH
*Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ships - T-AKE
*Underway Replenishment Oilers - T-AO
*Fleet Ocean Tugs - T-ATF
*Rescue and Salvage Ships - ARS
===Special Missions Ships===
*Acoustic Survey Ships - T-AG
*Cable Repair Ship T-ARC
*Missile Range Instrumentation Ships, Navigation Test Support T-AGM
*Ocean Surveillance Ships T-AGOS
*Oceanographic Survey Ships - T-AGS
===Prepositioning Program/Maritime Prepositioning Program===
*Container Ships - T-AK
*Maritime Prepositioning Ships - T-AK
*Transport Tankers T-AOT
*Aviation Logistics Ships T-AVB
*Large, Medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off Ships - T-AKR
===Sealift Force===
*Fast Sealift Ships - T-AKR
*Transport Tankers - T-AOT
===Ready Reserve Force===
*Auxiliary Crane Ships - T-ACS
==See Also==
[[The Soviet/ U.S naval confrontation]]
==Links==
*[http://www.navy.mil United States Navy official website]
*http://www.rescue007.org/photo_essay.htm Unclassified Naval photos of Soviet harassment of Task Force 71 in search of downed [[KAL 007]]
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