senior chief petty officer

Definition 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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Recent Examples on the Web White retired from the Navy as a senior chief petty officer in 2004, his mother said. — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, "No foul play suspected in death of Navy veteran found in apartment after 3 years," 26 Nov. 2019 The Navy vet served his country for 26 years before retiring last October as a senior chief petty officer. — Fox News, "Navy vet donates Gold Star families' stories of fallen service members to Library of Congress," 2 Nov. 2019 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. 2018

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“Senior chief petty officer.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senior%20chief%20petty%20officer. Accessed 27 January 2020.

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