Posted on 09/29/2016 3:04:18 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Navy scuttles sailors' enlisted rating titles in huge career shake-up
By: Mark D. Faram and Sam Fellman, September 29, 2016
he Navy deep-sixed all of its 91 enlisted ratings titles Thursday, marking the beginning of an overhaul of the rigid career structure that has existed since the Continental Navy in a radical shift sure to reverberate through the fleet and the veterans community beyond.
Sailors will no longer be identified by their job title, say, Fire Controlman 1st Class Joe Sailor, effective immediately. Instead, that would be Petty Officer 1st Class Joe Sailor.
Officials say the controversial move will improve sailors' lives and ease their transition into the civilian workforce by broadening their skills in this tectonic shift in Navy’s personnel system to redraw the traditional lines between enlisted job specialties — a massive shake-up that is only beginning. Within the next three to four years, earlier if possible, the service plans to allow sailors to retrain in related skills, expanding their worth to the Navy while reaping broader assignment opportunities as well as increased advancement changes and greater access to special pays and bonuses that come with the most critical skills.
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Is this the same as the Army passing berets out to all enlistees instead of dress covers ?
Obama getting his last pound of flesh, anything to disrupt decorum and long honored polices that gave us unmatched success on the high seas.
Is there anything he hasn’t fixed (f-—— up) yet?
Hey You!
Navy Announces Enlisted Rating Modernization Plan (HISTORIC NAVY RATINGS SYSTEM SCUTTLED!!!)
I am so glad I got out when I did.
No more corpseman?
No more “Hey Boats”, Hey Guns”?
Are they finally going to do away with the ‘globe’ on the Electrician (?) rating badge?
The WICHES of ACOWITS trike again.
Used to be Gannett 2 or 3 owners back, and it's still on the list:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1131129/posts?page=65
Since all this crap was driven by women and "men" who are women at heart, everyone should be addressed using the feminine.
I'm sure glad my Aviation OrdnanceMAN Sea Daddy is retired and doesn't have to experience this.
Politically correct BS in order to remove "man" from Navy rate names.
I am so glad I retired before the obamanation.
what next? Doilies in the torpedo tubes ??
More “fundamental transformation,” if you can stomach it.
Nope...next for the Navy will be mandated “Gender Identifiers”.
Another stoke of Ray Mabus’ pen to destroy the Navy before he leaves.
Close.
I dunno, but this seems like a window dressing rather than any substantive change. If a sailor is enlisted and trained to do a certain job, they will do related jobs through their career, even if they weren’t specifically trained for every one of those jobs.
I was a Cryptologic Technician Interpretive (French). My insignia was a crossed quill and lightning bolt, indicating that I was a communication specialist and radio operator. At a glance, anyone could know something about my job. By doing away with the rating title and insignia, the Navy becomes more like the Army—where you cannot tell by looking at a Soldier what his/her job is, you ask their MOS. And then you ask what job that MOS means.
The idea that this will make sailors more flexible and broad in their skills is bogus. They will do work that they are trained for, regardless. Just like in the other services.
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