rankings in the navy?

Question

what is the bottom to top rankings in the navy? could someone give me the full list please =]

also, is the ranking of lieutenant quite high? because my grandpa was a lieutenant and i was wondering how good it was

thankyu = ]

Answer 1

The enlisted ranks (lowest to highest) are as follows:

E1: Seaman Recruit
E2: Seaman Apprentice
E3: Seaman
E4: Petty Officer 3rd Class
E5: Petty Officer 2nd Class
E6: Petty Officer 1st Class
E7: Chief Petty Officer
E8: Senior Chief Petty Officer
E9: Master Chief Petty Officer (can also have Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, which is a position filled by a Master Chief).

Warrant Officer Ranks, lowest to highest (these fall "above" enlisted ranks in command structure, but "below" officer ranks):
W1: Warrant Officer
W2-5: all are just different levels of the rank Chief Warrant Officer (CWO2 - 5)

Officer Ranks (your grandfather was an officer, which places him in this category), from lowest to highest:
O1: Ensign
O2: Lieutenant Junior Grade
O3 Lieutenant
O4: Lieutenant Commander
O5: Commander
O6: Captain
O7: Rear Admiral (lower half)
O8: Rear Admiral (upper half)
O9: Vice Admiral
O10: Admiral
O11: Fleet Admiral (only given in wartime use. The last Fleet Admirals were in World War II. Fleet Admirals during that war were Chester W. Nimitz, William D. Leahy, Ernest J. King, and William F. Halsey.)

To answer your last question then, You grandpa was the equivalent of an Air Force Captain. That's a pretty decent rank (about 92% of the way up the rank ladder towards the top). It means he was either prior enlisted before getting an officer slot, or he wasn't in for a very long time.

Answer 2

The rankings were once intended to reflect competence. However, especially nowadays with the volunteer force, both senior enlisted and senior officer ranking mostly reflects endurance. Smart people are no longer valued, nor encouraged. Still, it is probably much better than the Army or the Air Force.

A Lieutenant rank was quite an accomplishment in your Grandfather's day, especially if he worked his way up there without having a silver spoon start.

Lieutenant is equal to Captain in the Army.
Lieutenant Commander is equal to Major.
Commander is equal to Lt. Colonel.
Navy Captain equals Colonel
Commodore equals Brig. General
Rear Admiral equals Major General
Vice Admiral equals Lieut. General
Admiral = General
Chiefs (CPO) and Warrant Officers are the backbone.
Everyone tends to be a specialist of some type, except for Line Officers, who are supposed to be specialists in command and tactics, also navigation/ship capabilities. But they also have support staff for the same.

Other officers have a specialty: Legal, Medical, Nuclear Power, whatever.

The Executive Officer is the one with his foot to the fire. Sometimes portrayed as a meany. Was your granpa an XO?

A Navy rank is not IMPRESSIVE to all until CAPTAIN. The highest rank on the ship also called Skipper, but only by friends. This is the rank where they start saying "Attention on deck!" when he comes by, unless your work is even more important than that (seldom).

With the volunteer military the quality of incoming has greatly declined. The incidence of problems and drugs and lower class foibles has greatly increased.

Helicopters crash because someone signed off maintenance procedure(s) without really doing them.

In the 60's virtually no one would ever have done such a thing. Nowadays it is all too common. Affects ships, planes, communications and readiness too.

There are some good people scattered through. They are the ones who SHOULD BE in charge. But for the most part, they are not. Lots of better people leave to find something more ethically and qualitatively workable.

There is too much advancement for those with connections and not enough advancement for the competent.

The military industrial complex has truly taken over. Many are engaged solely in helping to further milk the taxpayer rather than obtain the highest possible quality for the lowest possible price.

Too many are paid for doing virtually nothing, especially at the highest ranks. One could easily find many enlisted men far more competent than many officers.

Traditional methods sometimes obviate incompetence, sometimes increase the problem. The Navy is slow to change, but not as bad as a church everyone knows.

There is much less BS and fruitless makework than in the Army though. Every one in the Navy must have some definite skills. But if you join, be sure to find out what the civilian credentials are for the same work. Try to keep those civiian credentials up as well as your military ones.

None of the services make good use of their most competent people, a great waste of human resources.

Whenever there is something important to do, something vital, perhaps even ordered from the top, instead of finding the most experienced and competent person to put at the top, all the services look for the most senior ranking quy. This turns out to be a REAL Dumbell, one who does not even know who would be the most competent underlings.

That is why things do not work.

But the public shares the blame for all these things. They vote for and elect those at the very top.

Many times corrective measures cannot be implemented because the budget is exhausted by what the politicians want, even what they want the military to do. Later, they hold the military responsible for all the defects.

So there is a lot of blame to go around.

Answer 3

Bafista ... Please check the link I provided below. It shows all the rank titles and insignia for all the service branches. Click the other link for officer rank insignia.

By the way, in the case of enlisted Navy personnel, in addition to the insignia showing the rank of the individual, the small emblem situated in the center of their rank patch signifies their military specialty. The other services don't do that, for the most part.

You asked about a Lieutenant? If your Grandfather was a Lieutenant in the Navy (which is a little different than a Lieutenant for the other service branches), it would indicate someone of above average intelligence and responsibility. As a Lieutenant, my guess is that he served for just a few years and he didn't make a long-term career from being in the Navy. If he had stayed longer ... 20 years or so ... chances are he'd have a higher rank. But Lieutenant is indeed an important duty with quite a bit of responsibility.

Answer 4

The guy above got most of it right but not quite. E-1=recruit/ E-2=Seaman apprentice/ E-3=Seaman/E-4 3rd class petty officer/ E-5= 2nd class petty officer/E-6= Chief/E-7=Senior chief/E-9=Master chief/ WO-1=warrant officer/ WO-2thru5=Chief warrant officers/ O-1=ensign/O-2 Lieutenant junior grade/O-3=Lieutenant/O-4=Lieutenant Commander/O-5=Commander/O-6=Captain/O-7=Commodore or Rear admiral lower half/O-8=Rear Admiral/O-9=Admiral/O-10=Fleet Admiral. Lieutenant can be high on a small ship you may find yourself in charge of whole divisions and possibly very high in that ships chain of command.

Answer 5

How good (or bad) grandad was as a Lieutenant has no bearing on his rank.
E-1 Seaman Recruit
E-2 Seaman Apprentice
E-3 Seaman
E-4 Petty Officer Third Class (eg SK3)
E-5 Petty Officer Second Class (eg SK2)
E-6 Petty Officer First Class (eg SK1)
E-7 Chief Petty Officer (eg SKC)
E-8 Senior Chief Petty Officer (eg SKCS)
E-9 Master Chief Petty Officer (eg SKCM)(outrank Jesus, or so they think)
E-9 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy 0-1 Ensign (Ens)
0-2 Lieutenant Jr. Grade (LtJg..or as we referred to them, just JG)
0-3 Lieutenant (or LT)
0-4 Lieutenant Commander
0-5 Commander
0-6 Captain
0-7 Rear Admiral (Lower half)(1 star)
0-8 Rear Admrial (Upper half)(2 star)
0-9 Vice Admiral (3 star)
0-10 Admiral (Chief of Naval Operations)
Fleet Admiral (5 star)(reserved for war time only)
WO-1 Warrant Officer
CWO-2 Chief Warrant Officer 2
CWO-3 Chief Warrant Officer 3
CWO-4 Chief Warrant Officer 4
CWO-5 Chief Warrant Officer 5
(CWO-5 out ranks God or so they think)

Answer 6

e-1 through e-9 enlisted 1= recruit, 2= apprentice, 3= seamen, airman, or fireman etc, e-4= petty officer 3rd class, e-5= second class, e-6= first class, e-7= chief, e8= chief, e-9= master chief...w-0= warrant officer..i think there are 3 or 4 w-o's...then ensign, lietenant, jg(junior grade), lietenant, lietenant commander, commander, captain, and admirals...i forget wether there is an officer rank between commander and captain...and as for admirals, they have stars, from 1 to 4 i believe...