John Richardson and had been advocated by the now retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens, who urged it as way to promote more cross-training and boost sailors’ post-service employment opportunity. The huge shift was approved by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. These images were beloved by many and inspired countless tattoos.
An information systems technician’s sparks. The moves leaves the enlisted force's foremost symbols as the petty officer crow and the chief petty officer anchors. It remains unclear what will happen to the ratings badges that feature iconic rating insignia that officials are considering changing. The title seaman is the sole non-rated rating remaining, for E-3 and below. The move also strips the titles airman, fireman, constructionman and hospitalman, titles that will be also replaced by job codes. What do you think of dumping sailor's rating titles and the larger enlisted force shake-up the Navy has begun? Send your take to Navy Times. Under this new system, for example, Gunner's mates will be identified as B320 and quartermasters will be B450. But this move will disband these ratings entirely and reorganize sailors into Navy Occupational Specialties, or NOS, that will define the peer group they compete with for promotion. Over 400 were created and eliminating during and immediately after World War II. Through Navy history, as many as 700 titles have come and gone.