chief petty officer
noun
: an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer first class and below a senior chief petty officer
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In September 1961, Thomas Millard, a chief petty officer at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, lectured 40 residents on nuclear preparedness at the Cohanzie Fire Department.
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Daniel Drainville, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
Dixie’s mother, Sherry, a chief petty officer in the Navy, left for an 18-month deployment in Bahrain over the summer and wasn’t home to see her daughter qualify for the event at Champions Golf Club in Houston in September.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
Christopher Toups, 46, a former chief petty officer, pleaded guilty to conspiring with several others to bilk the Traumatic Servicemembers Groups Life Insurance Program out of around $2 million.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
The former Navy chief petty officer, who had been stationed in Jacksonville, was accused of neglecting the girl to the point of starvation.
—Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
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Daniel Drainville, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
Dixie’s mother, Sherry, a chief petty officer in the Navy, left for an 18-month deployment in Bahrain over the summer and wasn’t home to see her daughter qualify for the event at Champions Golf Club in Houston in September.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
Christopher Toups, 46, a former chief petty officer, pleaded guilty to conspiring with several others to bilk the Traumatic Servicemembers Groups Life Insurance Program out of around $2 million.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
The former Navy chief petty officer, who had been stationed in Jacksonville, was accused of neglecting the girl to the point of starvation.
—Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
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“Chief petty officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20petty%20officer. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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