In a militarynavy, a rate or rating, and sometimes known as a bluejacket in the United States, is a junior enlisted sailor who is below the military rank of warrant officer. They are not a commissionedofficer. Depending on the country and navy that uses it, the exact term and the range of ranks that it refers to may vary.
Equity or a Sailor's Prayer before Battle, from the Battle of Trafalgar. A 19th-century caricature portraying ratings on a Royal Navy ship. The man with a sword is a commissionedofficer, as is the man on the ladder with the telescope. All others are ratings.The Royal Navy during the Second World War. Six naval rating recruits of the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, scramble up the rigging during a daily training exercise.Royal Navy Certificate of Service (Form S.459), given to all ratings on discharge.
The term comes from the general nautical usage of 'rating', to refer to a seaman's class or grade as recorded in the ship's books.[1] The system of conferring authority on sailors in the Royal Navy evolved through the recognition of competence: landsman, ordinary seaman, able seaman, through to the appointment of authority as a petty officer.
The general structure for ratings in the Royal Navy now used breaks down into four major groupings:[2]
United States Navy & United States Coast Guardedit
In the United States Navy (USN), the term bluejacket is used instead to refer to enlisted sailors that rank below a chief petty officer.[3] 'Bluejacket' derives itself from an item of clothing that was worn by junior enlisted sailors before 1886.[4] It was used especially when the sailors were deployed ashore as infantry.[5]
In the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, the term rate refers to an enlisted member's pay grade (i.e. relative seniority or rank), while rating refers to occupational field. In the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, an enlisted sailor is most commonly addressed, both verbally and in correspondence, by a combination of their rate and rating rather than by rate alone, unlike in other branches of the armed forces. For example, a sailor whose rate is 'Petty Officer 1st Class' (pay grade E-6) and whose rating is 'boatswain's mate' would be addressed as 'Boatswain's Mate 1st Class' (abbreviated BM1). However, it is also correct to address sailors in pay grades E-4 through E-6 simply as 'petty officer' (e.g. 'Petty Officer Jane Smith') and pay grades E-7, E-8, and E-9 are addressed as 'Chief', 'Senior Chief', or 'Master Chief' respectively. Pay grades E-3 and below do not have a rating, and are sometimes referred to as 'non-rates', and simply addressed as 'Seaman', or by their last name alone; i.e. 'Seaman Jones' or merely 'Jones'.
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Not to be confused with rating system of the Royal Navy a former system of classifying ships of the Royal Navy In a military navy a rate or rating and sometimes known as a bluejacket in the United States is a junior enlisted sailor who is below the military rank of warrant officer They are not a commissioned officer Depending on the country and navy that uses it the exact term and the range of ranks that it refers to may vary Equity or a Sailor s Prayer before Battle from the Battle of Trafalgar A 19th century caricature portraying ratings on a Royal Navy ship The man with a sword is a commissioned officer as is the man on the ladder with the telescope All others are ratings The Royal Navy during the Second World War Six naval rating recruits of the training ship HMS Impregnable Devonport scramble up the rigging during a daily training exercise Royal Navy Certificate of Service Form S 459 given to all ratings on discharge Contents 1 Royal Navy 2 United States Navy amp United States Coast Guard 3 See also 4 References 4 1 Notes 4 2 Citations 5 Further readingRoyal Navy editIn the Royal Navy RN and other navies in the Commonwealth rate and rating are interchangeably used to refer to an enlisted sailor who is ranked below warrant officers and commissioned officers but may include petty officers and chief petty officers Specifically rate is the term used to describe generically all members of all ranks below a warrant officer whereas rating is part of the official name of individual specific ranks such as Able Rating and Leading Rating The term comes from the general nautical usage of rating to refer to a seaman s class or grade as recorded in the ship s books 1 The system of conferring authority on sailors in the Royal Navy evolved through the recognition of competence landsman ordinary seaman able seaman through to the appointment of authority as a petty officer The general structure for ratings in the Royal Navy now used breaks down into four major groupings 2 Able Rating OR 2 Leading Rating OR 4 Petty Officer OR 5 OR 6 Chief Petty Officer OR 7 NATO Code OR 9 OR 8 OR 7 OR 6 OR 5 OR 4 OR 2 nbsp United Kingdom Rank Insignia View nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Rank Title Warrant Officer 1 Warrant Officer 2 Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer Leading Rating Able RatingAbbreviation WO1 WO2 nb 1 CPO PO LH ABUnited States Navy amp United States Coast Guard editIn the United States Navy USN the term bluejacket is used instead to refer to enlisted sailors that rank below a chief petty officer 3 Bluejacket derives itself from an item of clothing that was worn by junior enlisted sailors before 1886 4 It was used especially when the sailors were deployed ashore as infantry 5 In the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard the term rate refers to an enlisted member s pay grade i e relative seniority or rank while rating refers to occupational field In the U S Navy and Coast Guard an enlisted sailor is most commonly addressed both verbally and in correspondence by a combination of their rate and rating rather than by rate alone unlike in other branches of the armed forces For example a sailor whose rate is Petty Officer 1st Class pay grade E 6 and whose rating is boatswain s mate would be addressed as Boatswain s Mate 1st Class abbreviated BM1 However it is also correct to address sailors in pay grades E 4 through E 6 simply as petty officer e g Petty Officer Jane Smith and pay grades E 7 E 8 and E 9 are addressed as Chief Senior Chief or Master Chief respectively Pay grades E 3 and below do not have a rating and are sometimes referred to as non rates and simply addressed as Seaman or by their last name alone i e Seaman Jones or merely Jones See also edit nbsp History portal nbsp United Kingdom portal nbsp United States portalRoyal Navy ratings rank insignia Rating system of the Royal Navy List of United States Navy ratings List of United States Navy enlisted rates List of United States Coast Guard ratings The Bluejacket s ManualReferences editNotes edit This rank was phased out in 2014 but re instated in 2021 Citations edit Baker Ernest A 1932 A New English Dictionary London England Odhams Press p 886 Gray Debra Cook Helen Saffery Graham Barker Ray Paul Roger 2004 Public Services Uniformed BTEC First Oxford England Heinemann Educational pp 39 ISBN 978 0 435 45459 3 OCLC 1193374832 via Google Books Cutler Deborah W Cutler Thomas J 2005 Dictionary of Naval Terms 6th ed Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Institute Naval Institute Press p 179 ISBN 978 1 59114 150 1 LCCN 2004023835 OCLC 56752077 OL 8852298M Nautical Terms and Naval Expressions Uniform Edition USNHistory NavyLive DoDLive mil The Sextant Naval History and Heritage Command 3 August 2016 Archived from the original on 12 October 2016 Retrieved 11 January 2019 Roth Patrick H October 2005 Sailors as Infantry in the U S Navy Appendix A Thirty six Illustrative Examples of the Use of Sailors as Infantry History Navy mil The Navy Department Library Archived from the original on 12 December 2005 Retrieved 18 December 2012 Further reading editCutler Thomas J 2002 The Blue Jacket s Manual Centennial Edition Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Institute Naval Institute Press ISBN 9781557502087 OCLC 1285466020 OL 8600026M Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Naval rating amp oldid 1182602465, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
