Okay, so can we make the Naval Officers ranks “what they should be “?
No, we cannot. Avast, swab.
Back in my days in the USN, Seaman recruit (SR) was the boot camp rank (E-1), Seaman apprentice (SA) after graduation (E-2) until promotion to Seaman(SN E-3) by passing exams and practical factors. If a Seaman passed the fleetwide exam for a specialty but no slots were available he became a designated striker, for example Boatswain’s Mate Seaman (BMSN). The promotion to E-4 created a Third Class Petty Officer, designated by specialty as in BM3 for Third Class Boatswain’s Mate.
If engineering was the recruit’s desired specialty they’d substitute Fireman (FR, FA, FN) for Seaman.
All this was over half-a-hundred years ago but mem’ry seems to serve me ok.
If a service chooses to name a rank “sergeant” then it should be the same as other sergeants in the Marines and the army.
It was always irritating to have Air Force NCOs one pay grade lower than my NCOs, yet carry the same rank title as men with years more experience..