The Petty Officers (PO) of US Navy has on the one hand its rank (guess/pay stage) and a use designation (rating). This use designation indicates the specialization and/or evenly the use of the respective NCO. The equivalent system of the other US armed services calls itself Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). To the Navy Blue uniform and the daily service uniform white and to the white uniform black badges are carried (see example illustration).

Out and further training

The full service designation einens Petty Officer consists of two titles, on the one hand to the pay stage and on the other hand from the use designation. "„A Petty Officer Third Class "“its use designation "„Machinist"´s Mate "“is, correctly "„Machinist's Mate Third Class "“is called.

Sailors receive their use designation either by the conclusion at an appropriate school or by practical training in the operating range (on-the-job training). In order to be carried, and/or their pay stage to increase, must a PO training further and appropriate examinations in its use placing.

Technology and hull personnel

• Damage Controllman (DC/damage tester): Damage testers are responsible for damage control, ship stability, fire fighting and the CBR defense service. They inform personnel in damage control, CBR defense service measures and the handling of damage control equipment and - systems.

• Electrician's Mate (EM/electronics engineer leading seaman): The area of responsibility of the electronics engineer leading seamen covers the electrical power supply units and the electrical equipment ship or a basis. They wait and repair also current and lighting circles, gate circuits, generators, engines and other eletrisches material.

• Engineman (EN/engine technician): They wait and repair internal Diesel or Bezingetriebene combustion engines, refrigeration technology, air conditioning systems, distilling plants and compressors.

• Gas turbine system Technician (gs/gas turbine system technician): GSs serve, wait and repair gas turbine systems, of drive systems inclusive transmissions. * "„gas turbine system Technician "“is used only in the pay stage E-9 (master Chief Petty Officer). Therefore there are two partitionings: GSE (gas turbine system Technician - Electrical) and GSM (gas turbine system Technician - Mechanical).

• Hull maintenance Technician (HT/hull repair technician): They wait and repair the ship covering, armatures and piping systems. They install and wait waste water and piping systems on ships or ashore. They are also responsible for the safety and survival equipment of ships and take over many tasks of damage control.

• Interior Communications Electrician (IC/electrician for internal communication devices): ICs serve and repair electronic devices for internal ship communication become related, among them of TV systems, public telephones and electronic public-address systems. Additionally they are responsible for the gyroscope compass system.

• Machinist's Mate (mm/machine leading seaman): The durable and smooth enterprise of the many plants, compressors, transmissions, refrigeration technology devices, air conditioning systems, gas-claimant equipment and other kinds of machines on board ships and on Basen is the task of the mm. They are just as responsible for the marine engine, associated plants and the superstructures.

• Machinery Repairman (MR/machine repair man): MR are good-trained repair men. They replace parts or overhaul drive systems, like evaporators, air compressors and pumps. They repair cover equipment, like rope hoists, lifting apparatus, condensers and heat exchangers. On ships assigned MRs can serve also the main drive systems and besides also for its repair provide.

• Patternmaker (PM/model construction amateur): The PM is the important connection between draughtsmen (draftsmen) and Modellierer in a naval foundry, which appropriate finished cast pieces manufacture. The PMs manufactures models made of wood, plastics or metal as it talents like technical drawing, carpenters and metalworking uses and it with abilities in mathematics connects.

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