When I was in in the late 60’s and 70’s the enlisted men took pride in their ratings regardless if the were Boatsun mates, Radiomen, Signalmen, Boiler Techs are what ever! They knew they had won the right to wear that rating and you could always tell what job a sailor did! I was an RM2 in three years and I was proud of it! The officers don’t have ratings so maybe they are just jealous!
They also need three kinds of shoe polish- black, brown and white! < /black shoe navy vet >