A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet so she and other enlisted officers could scroll social media, check sports scores and watch movies while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her commanding officer to keep it secret, according to investigators.
Internet access is restricted while a ship is underway to maintain bandwidth for military operations and to protect against cybersecurity threats.
The Navy quietly relieved Grisel Marrero, a command senior chief of the littoral combat ship USS Manchester, in August or September 2023, and released information on parts of the investigation this week.
Enlisted dont even have ranks, they have rates. They also have a rating, which refers to your role, I.e the job you do.
Again, my best knowledge of navy terminology comes from halo. Rank is th e term used in the army.
Yes rates are used most of the time in forms of address. However you do have a rank, for example E-5 or Petty Officer Second Class. However when addressing enlisted you’d usually say something like CTM2, IT2 etc… Until you hit chief then you are just called Chief, or senior if you are a Senior Chief, Master Chief doesn’t get abbreviated to Master for obvious reasons, and MCPON is usually referred to as “mic pon” phonetically for Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.
E-5 is a pay grade. PO2 is a rate.
Colloquially, you could call PO2 a rank, but strictly speaking it’s a rate, because the Navy has a lot of jargon for historical reasons.
Enlisted dont have rank in the navy, just rates. Check the article I posted.