Navy to drop job titles ending in ‘man’
The Navy is entering the Twenty-First Century.
The Navy announced Thursday sailors will no longer be addressed by rating or job title but by rank, a significant cultural shift. The Navy called for a review of the titles in January, shortly after all military jobs were ordered to be opened to women.
A chief yeoman will now simply be called a chief, for example. A junior sailor will still be called a seaman, a naval rank steeped in tradition.
Navy leaders say sailors can be assigned multiple occupational specialty codes, which opens up more jobs in the military and more opportunities when they leave. They say this brings the Navy in line with the other services.
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Suzanne McFly September 29th, 2016 at 18:12
Why not, we have only been serving in the Navy for a little over a century.
Hirightnow September 30th, 2016 at 00:04
So, in retrospect, I was a “airperson” before I made petty officer?
Red Mann September 30th, 2016 at 00:12
Nah, you were an airdale. ETC (Ret).
Hirightnow September 30th, 2016 at 00:37
Damned right, shipmate.
Red Mann September 30th, 2016 at 01:38
The brownshoes. I know from nothing about today’s rates, I retired in 88.
William September 30th, 2016 at 00:44
Hey now! AMH here.(Ret).
Hirightnow September 30th, 2016 at 01:01
I couldn’t have ever made it in the hydraulics ratings…too much pressure.
William September 30th, 2016 at 01:08
Never actually got to work in my rate. Went aircrew early and spend most of my career as a P-3 flight engineer. Per-diem deployments to high stress areas like Bermuda, and Sigonella.
Hirightnow September 30th, 2016 at 01:10
Went to Sig to wait on the Kennedy…lots of bad pasta and my first introduction to “don’t drink the water”…
William September 30th, 2016 at 13:57
USS JFK 1972-1975 AIMD, my only ship experience in those 20 plus years. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/64112c3f3bec4e98eef077451356398bda9356cb016a24459e7caaf70c74a325.jpg
Red Mann September 30th, 2016 at 01:37
Anti-Müllerian hormone?
William September 30th, 2016 at 09:21
Here in Maine it stands for “Augusta mental health”…..Now phone home.
Hirightnow September 30th, 2016 at 01:02
(BTW, AQ2)
Red Mann September 30th, 2016 at 01:37
I heard tell that AZs were the know-it-alls, they claimed they knew, and good do, everything from A to Z.
Hirightnow September 30th, 2016 at 02:11
phbbt!
AQs were knowledge, AQs were life.
(We were also the shop with the sodas…)
William September 30th, 2016 at 00:48
Actually the origin of the rating yeoman is interesting. It came from the old days when the Chief would say “Yo man, get over here and type this sh*t up before you secure”. Nonetheless, I think the rating “Torpedopersonsmate” is going to be a tad awkward.
Hirightnow September 30th, 2016 at 00:57
“Red alert, red alert: all hands person your battlestations.”
bpollen September 30th, 2016 at 03:31
I became a Not-So-Petty Officer.
I actually found Warrant Officers to be the petty ones.
The Original Just Me September 30th, 2016 at 02:11
Oh Thank God, the Navy is going to be able to keep it’s Semen.
Gary Parillo September 30th, 2016 at 02:33
How do the superheroes get away with it?Shouldnt it be,superperson,batperson,spider person,and,well you get the idea.
bpollen September 30th, 2016 at 03:29
Nananananana Bat-Thing!
bpollen September 30th, 2016 at 03:28
Good, you can still join the Navy and live amongst all the seamen… I feel so dirty.
Bunya September 30th, 2016 at 13:37
Popeye the sailor person? Doesn’t sound right.