List of United States Navy ratings
Administration, deck, technical, and weapons specialty ratings

List of United States Navy ratings

Section Title: Administration, deck, technical, and weapons specialty ratings
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Insignia	General rating	Abbreviation	Service rating	Abbreviation

-	Boatswain's mate	BM

Boatswain's mates train and supervise personnel in all activities relating to marlinspike, deck, and boat seamanship, and oversee the maintenance of the ship's external structure and deck equipment.

-	Culinary specialist	CS	(Surface) (Subsurface)	CS CSS

Culinary specialists prepare menus and order food items. They operate galley and dining facilities, manage large facilities, keep records for food supplies and financial budgets, and can even serve as flight attendant aircrewmen.

-	Cryptologic technician	CT	(Interpretive) (Maintenance) (Networks) (Collection) (Technical)	CTI CTM CTN CTR CTT

Cryptologic technicians control the flow of messages and information and also conduct electronic warfare. Their work depends on their specific branch: CTAs or administration cryptologic technicians (as of 01 OCT 07 CTA merged with the YN rating) perform administrative and clerical duties that control access to classified material.

-	Explosive ordnance disposal	EOD

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians locate, identify, render safe and dispose of all forms of ordnance (conventional, nuclear, chemical, biological, military, and improvised) both U.S.

-	Electronics technician	ET	Surface Nuclear Power Submarine, Navigation Submarine, Communications	ET ETN ETV ETR

Electronics technicians are responsible for electronic equipment used to send and receive messages, detect enemy planes and ships, and determine target distances.

-	Fire controlman	FC	Conventional Non-Conventional (Aegis)	FC FCA

Fire controlmen (FC's) maintain the control mechanism used in weapons systems on combat ships. Complex electronic, electrical and hydraulic equipment is required to ensure the accuracy of Navy guided-missile and surface gunfire-control systems.

-	Fire control technician	FT

Fire control technicians maintain the electronic equipment used in submarine weapons systems. They are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the complex electronic, electrical and mechanical equipment required to ensure the accuracy of Navy guided-missile systems and underwater weapons.

-	Gunner's mate	GM

Gunner's mates operate and maintain all gunnery equipment, guided-missile launching systems, rocket launchers, guns, turrets, and associated equipment. They repair electrical, electronic, hydraulic and mechanical systems, and make detailed casualty analysis.

-	Intelligence specialist	IS

Intelligence specialists are involved in collecting and interpreting intelligence especially secret information about enemies or potential enemies. They analyze photographs and prepare charts, maps, and reports that describe in detail the strategic situation all over the world.

-	Information systems technician (Surface) Information Systems Technician Submarines (Submarine)	IT ITS

Information systems technicians design, install, operate, and maintain state-of-the-art informations systems. This technology includes local and wide area networks, mainframe, mini and microcomputer systems and associated peripheral devices.

-	Legalman	LN

Legalmen are the Navy's paralegals. They assist Staff Judge Advocates in the proper administration of military justice and administrative law, such as courts-martial, nonjudicial punishment, and administrative separation.

-	Logistics specialist	LS	(Surface) (Subsurface)	LS LSS

Logistics specialists manage inventories and issuance of repair parts/general supplies and specialized supplies (e.g., personal flight gear for naval aircrews or specialized combat equipment for Navy SEALs or Naval Military Construction Battalion "Seabees"), as well as distribute mail for naval ships, submarines, aviation squadrons, and shore-based activities.

-	Master-at-arms	MA

Masters-at-arms uphold law and order aboard ships, shore stations, control access to naval installations, and deploy overseas with expeditionary forces and squadrons performing antiterrorism/force protection (AT/FP) duties.

-	Mass communication specialist	MC

Mass communication specialists are public affairs and visual information experts. They present the U.S.

-	Mineman	MN

Minemen test, maintain, and repair mines and their components. They are responsible for assembling, testing, and delivering mines to the planting agent.

-	Missile technician	MT

Missile technicians operate and maintain the UGM-133 Trident II D5 missile Strategic Weapon System (SWS) carried aboard ballistic missile submarines and at strategic weapons facilities.

-	Musician	MU

Musicians play in official Navy bands and special groups such as jazz bands, dance bands and small ensembles. They give concerts and provide music for military ceremonies, religious services, parades, receptions and dances.

-	Navy counselor	NC	(Career) (Recruiter)	NC(C) NC(R)

Navy counselors offer vocational guidance to Navy personnel — individually and in groups — aboard ships and at shore facilities. They assess the interests, aptitudes, abilities and personalities of individuals and assist them in reaching their full potential.

-	Operations specialist	OS

Operations specialists operate radar, navigation and communications equipment in the shipboard combat information centers (CICs) or bridges. They detect and track ships, planes, and missiles.

-	Personnel specialist	PS

Personnel specialists provide enlisted personnel with information and counseling about Navy jobs, opportunities for general education and training, and promotion requirements.

-	Quartermaster	QM

Quartermasters assist the navigator and officer of the deck (OOD), steer the ship, take radar bearings and ranges, make depth soundings and celestial observations, plot courses and command small craft.

-	Religious program specialist	RP

Religious program specialists assist Navy chaplains with administrative and budgetary tasks. They serve as custodians of chapel funds, keep religious documents and stay in contact with religious and community agencies.

-	Special warfare boat operator	SB

Special warfare boat operators (SWCC - special warfare combatant-craft crewmen) drive fast speedboats down narrow, winding rivers, or the open ocean while performing high speed, medium range, or all weather insertion/extraction of special operations forces.

-	Ship's serviceman	SH

Ship's servicemen manage barber shops, tailor shops, ships' uniform stores, laundries, dry cleaning plants and cobbler shops. They serve as clerks in exchanges, gas stations, warehouses, and commissary stores.

-	Special warfare operator	SO

Special warfare operators are Navy SEALs, which are the Navy's primary unconventional warfare units that conduct warfare at SEa, in the Air, and on Land (SEAL).

-	Sonar technician	ST	(Surface) (Subsurface)	STG STS

Sonar technicians are responsible for underwater surveillance. They assist in safe navigation and aid in search and rescue and attack operations.

-	Yeoman	YN	(Surface) (Subsurface)	YN YNS

Yeomen perform administrative and clerical work. They deal with visitors, coordinate worldwide travel, submit passport applications, telephone calls and incoming mail, and assist various ships, squadrons, staff commands, and special warfare teams around the world with administrative tasks.

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Ship's Serviceman (abbreviation SH) is a rating in the US Navy.

final_sentence: Ship's Serviceman (abbreviation SH) is a rating in the US Navy.