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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.   

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.   

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.

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.

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.

''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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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).

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.

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.