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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This is a problem currently for Shae Anderson, another military spouse of a Navy chief petty officer, also located in San Diego.
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Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 19 June 2025
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.
—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
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Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 19 June 2025
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.
—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
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“Chief petty officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20petty%20officer. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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