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Senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards

Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy - circa 1994

Comparative military ranks

General officers,Flag officers,Air officers
	Armies, air forces (non-Commonwealth)	Navies, coast guards	Air forces (Commonwealth system)
	Marshal or field marshal	Admiral of the fleet	Marshal of the air force
	General or colonel general or army general	Admiral	Air chief marshal
	Lieutenant general or army corps general	Vice admiral	Air marshal
	Major general or divisional general	Rear admiral or counter admiral	Air vice-marshal
	Brigadier or brigadier general	Commodore or flotilla admiral	Air commodore
Senior officers
	Colonel	(Ship-of-the-line) Captain	Group captain
	Lieutenant colonel	Commander or frigate captain	Wing commander
	Major or commandant	Lieutenant commander orcorvette captain	Squadron leader
Junior officers
	Captain	Lieutenant	Flight lieutenant
	First lieutenant or lieutenant	Lieutenant junior grade or sub-lieutenant	Flying officer
	Second lieutenant or junior lieutenant	Ensign or midshipman	Pilot officer
Senior NCOs
	Warrant officer or sergeant major	Warrant officer or chief petty officer	Warrant officer or Flight Sergeant
Junior NCOs
	Sergeant	Petty officer	Sergeant
	Corporal or bombardier	Leading seaman	Corporal
Enlisted ranks
	Lance corporal or Lance bombardier or specialist	Able seaman	Leading aircraftman or Air specialist
	Private or gunner or trooper or Sepoy or sapper	Seaman	Aircraftman or airman or aviator

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

By country

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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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There are two chief petty officer ranks in theRoyal Canadian Navy. Achief petty officer 2nd class (CPO2) (premier maître de deuxième classe orpm2 inFrench) is equivalent to amaster warrant officer in the Army and Air Force, andchief petty officer 1st class (CPO1) (premier maître de première classe orpm1) 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 Navy is ajunior commissioned officer. This rank is equivalent tonaib subedar inIndian Army andjunior warrant officer in theIndian 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 the Indian Army and Indian Air Force respectively.

Pakistan

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Fleet chief petty officer is a commissioned and gazetted rank in thePakistan Navy above chief petty officer and belowmaster chief petty officer. It is equivalent to thePakistan Air Force warrant officer and thePakistan Army subedar.^[1]

Philippines

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In thePhilippine Navy, the rank of chief petty officer, is equivalent tomaster sergeant in thePhilippine Marine Corps andPhilippine Air Force.^[2]

United Kingdom

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

United States

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Main article:Chief petty officer (United States)

Chief petty officer is an E-7enlisted rank in theU.S. Navy andU.S. Coast Guard, just abovepetty officer first class and 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. Congress first 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 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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^Naval Regulation for Pakistan^{[citation needed]}
^John A. Oudine, ed. (July 1963)."The Philippine Navy"(PDF).All Hands. Washington, D.C.: United States Navy. pp. 14–17. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 16 September 2015. Retrieved25 May 2019.
"Manual of Armed Forces Law: Volume 1 Commander's Handbook on Military Law"(PDF). New Zealand Defense Force. 13 January 2010. Retrieved25 May 2019.
Mundo, Proscoro Ervin A (3 May 2014). "Compilation of Commonly Used Abbreviations in the Philippine Navy and the Armed Forces of the Philippines".CiteSeerX 10.1.1.739.833.
^Campa, Joe R. Jr. (30 March 2007)."MCPON Reflects on 114 Years of Deckplate Leadership". Archived fromthe original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved10 May 2008....commemorating the establishment of the rate of Chief Petty Officer (CPO) in 1893.
^The Coast Guardsman's Manual, ninth ed., George E. Krietemeyer, Naval Institute Press, 2000,ISBN 1-55750-468-7
^The Chief Petty Officer's Guide / John Hagan and Jack Leahy. - Naval Institute Press, 2004.ISBN 1-59114-459-0
^Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force."Paratus"(PDF). Regional Publications Ltd. pp. 12–13. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 7 June 2022. Retrieved2 March 2020.
^"Badges of rank"(PDF).defence.gov.au. Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved31 May 2021.
^"ENLISTED RATES".rbdf.gov.bs. Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Retrieved14 January 2021.
^Bangladesh Navy."Rank of Navy & Equivalent Rank".navy.mil.bd. Retrieved27 May 2021.
^"Naval Service Rank Markings".military.ie. Defence Forces (Ireland). Archived fromthe original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved26 May 2021.
^"BADGES OF RANK".Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived fromthe original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved16 November 2019.
^"Defense Act of 2008"(PDF). 3 September 2008. p. 8. Retrieved20 November 2017.
^"Ranks & Insignia".Join Indian Navy. Retrieved12 April 2021.
^"Badges of Rank".nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. Archived fromthe original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved11 June 2021.
^"Rank Insignia".navy.mil.za. Department of Defence (South Africa). Archived fromthe original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved29 May 2021.
^"Branches/ Ranks".navy.lk. Sri Lanka Navy. Archived fromthe original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved24 September 2021.
^"Rank Chart (Enlisted)".69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved27 May 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
^"Shaping your career".royalnavy.mod.uk. Royal Navy. Retrieved24 September 2021.
^^a ^b"U.S. Military Rank Insignia".United States Department of Defense. Department of Defense. Retrieved13 January 2022.

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History of the Chief Petty Officer Grade

Ratings and other ranks of theBritish Armed Forces

NATO grade /Service branch	OR-1	OR-2	OR-3	OR-4	OR-5/OR-6	OR-7	OR-8	OR-9
Royal Navy	Recruit	Able seaman	not applicable	Leading rating	Petty officer	Chief petty officer	Warrant officer class 2	Warrant officer class 1
Royal Marines		Marine	Lance corporal	Corporal	Sergeant	Colour sergeant	Warrant officer class 2	Warrant officer class 1
British Army	Recruit	Private	Lance corporal	Corporal	Sergeant	Staff sergeant / Colour sergeant	Warrant officer class 2	Warrant officer class 1
Royal Air Force	Air recruit	Air specialist (class 2) Air specialist (class 1) / Air specialist (class 1) technician	Lance corporal (RAF Regt only)	Corporal	Sergeant	Chief technician / Flight sergeant		Warrant officer / Master aircrew

United Statesenlisted ranks

Pay grade Branch of service	E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5	E-6	E-7	E-8	E-9	Special
Army	PVT	PV2	PFC	SPC –CPL	SGT	SSG	SFC	MSG –1SG¹	SGM –CSM	SEA –SMA –SEAC
Marine Corps	Pvt	PFC	LCpl	Cpl	Sgt	SSgt	GySgt	MSgt –1stSgt¹	MGySgt –SgtMaj	SMMC –SEAC
Navy	SR	SA	SN	PO3	PO2	PO1	CPO	SCPO –CMDCS	MCPO –CMDCM –FORCM,FLTCM	MCPON –SEAC
Air Force	AB	Amn	A1C	SrA	SSgt	TSgt	MSgt –1st Sgt¹	SMSgt –1st Sgt¹	CMSgt –1st Sgt¹ –CCM	SEA –CMSAF –SEAC
Space Force	Spc1	Spc2	Spc3	Spc4	Sgt	TSgt	MSgt	SMSgt	CMSgt	CMSSF –SEAC
Coast Guard	SR	SA	SN	PO3	PO2	PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO –CMC – DMCPOCG²	MCPOCG
For theArmy andAir Force,first sergeants are temporary and lateral ranks and are senior to their non-diamond counterparts, whileMarine Corps first sergeants have no lateral movement within paygrade and is a permanent rank. The rank insignia is used by other Coast Guard senior enlisted leaders.