List of United States Navy ratings | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 27/06/2019

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00:02:00 1 History
00:04:05 1.1 Temporary end of ratings
00:05:30 2 Rating structure
00:08:43 3 Aviation
00:08:52 3.1 Notes
00:09:31 4 Construction ratings
00:09:41 4.1 Notes
00:10:17 5 Medical
00:10:26 6 Administration, deck, technical, and weapons specialty ratings
00:10:38 6.1 Notes
00:11:07 7 Engineering and hull ratings
00:11:16 7.1 Notes
00:11:49 8 Command ratings
00:11:58 9 Examples of discontinued and changed ratings (1990–present)
00:12:10 10 See also



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United States Navy ratings are general enlisted occupations used by the U.S. Navy from the 18th century, which consisted of specific skills and abilities. Each naval rating had its own specialty badge, which is worn on the left sleeve of the uniform by each enlisted person in that particular field. Working uniforms, such as coveralls and the camouflage Naval Working Uniform, bear generic rate designators with no rating insignia attached. For a brief period from September 2016 to December 2016, ratings were not used. However, they were reintroduced in December 2016 and remain in use. U.S. naval ratings are the equivalent of military occupational specialty codes (MOS Codes) used by the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, the ratings system used by the United States Coast Guard, and Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC) used by the United States Air Force.
Just as a naval officer has rank, not a rate, an officer's occupation (if drawn more narrowly than an officer of the line) is classified according to designators for both officers of the line (e.g., line officers) and those of the professional staff corps.Ratings should not be confused with rates, which describe the Navy's enlisted pay-grades and ratings.  Enlisted sailors are referred to by their rating and pay-grade. For example, if a sailor's has the pay-grade of E-5 (petty officer second class) and the rating of boatswain's mate, then combining the two—boatswain's mate second class (BM2)—defines both pay-grade and rating in formal address or epistolary salutation. Thus, boatswain's mate second class (BM2) would be that sailor's rate.  A member that is E-1, E-2, or E-3 that belongs to a general occupational field (airman, constructionman, fireman, hospitalman, or seaman) is considered nonrated.  A striker is a nonrated person who is working for promotion towards a specific rating.  Example: BMSN, MMFA, AOAR.