Noun
a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
Source: WordNetMy father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times. Hillary Clinton
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class. Jack Adams
1998 to 2008 (Forward Deployed: Yokosuka, Japan) Kitty Hawk (right) relieves USS at Pearl Harbor as the 7th Fleet forward deployed carrier A navy petty officer supervises sailors performing a flight deck scrub down on board Kitty Hawk in August 2005. Source: Internet
After three months of training, the NCDUs were organized into six-man teams each led by an officer and a non-commissioned petty officer, and by November 1943 the first of thirty-four teams had deployed to England in anticipation of Operation Overlord. Source: Internet
A petty officer told the court in a letter asking to be admitted to the case that when the berthing “flooded with fuel, crewmates were screaming for help. Source: Internet
He turned, and saw the Petty Officer, some eight feet behind him, his officer’s white uniform shirt alight and melting to his skin. Source: Internet