senior chief petty officer
nounDefinition of senior chief petty officer
: an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a chief petty officer and below a master chief petty officer
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Cory, a senior chief petty officer, is gearing up for his eighth deployment. — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, "Nonprofit links veterans to youths who lost military parent," 21 June 2018 Friday’s incident marked the first time a U.S. service member has died in action in Somalia since Navy SEAL Kyle Milliken, a senior chief petty officer, was killed in May of last year in a firefight with al-Shabab militants. — Paul Sonne, Washington Post, "U.S. special operations soldier killed, four service members wounded in Somalia attack," 8 June 2018 Friday's incident marked the first time a U.S. service member has died in action in Somalia since Navy SEAL Kyle Milliken, a senior chief petty officer, was killed in May of last year in a firefight with al-Shabab militants. — Paul Sonne, chicagotribune.com, "U.S. special operations soldier killed, four service members wounded in Somalia attack," 8 June 2018 O’Neill left the Navy in 2012 as a senior chief petty officer and has since taken up a career in public speaking. — Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, "Even the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden thinks Trump’s military parade is a bad idea," 9 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'senior chief petty officer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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