Rates and Ratings
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Rank and Insignia
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General Knowledge
100

Defined as an occupational specialty in the Navy.

What is a rating?

100

An exam held annually in January, and a selection board held in July are requirements for this/these rank's advancements.

What is an E7?

100
This rank has no insignia.

What is a Seaman Recruit? E1

100

Red.

What color do line thrower gunners wear?

100

Senior NCOs are collectively known as this.

What is the Chief's Mess?

200

Everyone in the Navy has this which defines a person's relative standing in the Navy.

What is a paygrade?

200

Semi-annual exams held in March and September, along with TIR, awards, and performance evaluations are steps toward this/these rank(s) advancement.

What are promotional necessities for E4 - E6?

200

This rank's insignia contains 2 chevrons below the crow.

What is a Petty Officer Second Class? E5

200

Yellow.

What color does the POIC wear?

200
First in the Divisional Chain of Command

What is the Division Officer?

300

The combination of letters and numbers is used to describe and identify a sailors ___.

What is a rate?

300

A service school which trains fleet personnel who are en route to, or are members of a ship's company. An NEC is not awarded. 

What is Class F service school? (Hint: F = Fleet)

300

These ranks wear collar devices as opposed to rating badges.

What are the rank insignias for Chief Petty Officer (E7) through Master Chief Petty Officer (E9)?

300

Blue.

What color do line handlers and deck riggers wear?

300
Posted within the ship to identify the deck, frame, and distance from the centerline at which a space is located.

What is a Bullseye?

400
Programs for non-designated personnel to choose between Airman, Seaman, or Fireman. 

BONUS: Sailors in these programs seeking to advance into a specific rating is considered this.

What are the Professional Apprenticeship Career Track programs (PACT)?

BONUS: Striker

400

Entry Career Field, Rating Career Field, Special Career Field, Tracking, and Planning.

What are the five types of NEC Codes?

400

Enlisted personnel will wear rating badges with the exception of ______ ______ when they wear utilities and coveralls.

What are non-rated personnel?

400

White.

What color do the officer or CPO safety observers wear?

400

Identification of personnel on active or inactive duty with special skills and billets. Example: LCAC Loadmasters

BONUS: SAY FULL NAME

What are NEC Codes? *Naval Enlisted Classification Codes*

500

The names of these common ratings:

AD

QM

BM

What are the abbreviations for:

Aviation Machinist's Mate

Quartermaster

Boatswain's Mate?

500

Recommendation from CO, physical readiness, career waypoint-PACT approval, and completion of selectee leadership course are all considered necessary for advancements for this/these rates.

What are general promotional requirements for advancement for E2 - E9?

500

Senior most enlisted service member within a command, and is responsible for the health, welfare, morale, training of, etc. of the enlisted personnel. Their insignia contains an inverted five-point star.

What is a Command Master Chief? CMC

500

Purple.

What do fuel handlers wear?

500

The three billets overseen by the Leading CPO in the divisional Chain of Command.

What is the Work Center Supervisor, Supply Parts Petty Officer, and the Watch Section Leaders?

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