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The Navy eliminated all of its 91 enlisted ratings titles Thursday as the beginning of an overhaul of the rigid career structure that has existed since the Continental Navy.
Their ratings will automatically be converted to the Seabee master chief, or CBCM, next week. The new CBCMs won't need to get new specialty badges to go with the rating name change, the message ...
The Navy is creating one rating for E-9s in the Seabee community in an attempt to facilitate advancement opportunities for sailors. That means that E-9 active-duty sailors and reservists serving ...
The Navy has decided to bring back its 241-year-old job ratings system, officials said Tuesday, reversing a decision at the end of September that prompted widespread outcry and even had the White ...
The Navy established the new robotics warfare, or RW, rating for active-duty sailors who would be charged with planning and controlling robotic systems, which the service considers crucial to ...
The Navy is performing a brisk about-face on a controversial plan that shelved ratings titles for enlisted sailors, according to a message Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson.
NewsChannel 13 salutes Navy EM3 Paul Bednarczyk of Schenectady. He served in Vietnam during the 1960s. He later married for 50+ years, and had two kids and two grandkids. He has since passed away ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. approved a new badge for divers and diver supervisors to replace the Navy scuba badge, the service announced Tuesday.
The Navy said the change would allow more flexibility in the enlisted promotion and job assignments. A rating badge, worn by a newly minted Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class in 2006.