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senior chief petty officer

American  

noun

U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
  1. a noncommissioned officer ranking above a chief petty officer and below a master chief petty officer. SCPO


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In September 2020, Nauta was promoted to senior chief petty officer, a significant career advancement.

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2022

To discuss that larger conflict and much more, I recently spoke with Malcolm Nance, a former senior chief petty officer in the U.S.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2022

An ensign, three chief petty officers and a senior chief petty officer were charged under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Navy said in a statement to KGTV-TV in San Diego.

From Seattle Times Feb. 17, 2022

Shannon Kent, a 36-year-old senior chief petty officer with the Navy, was killed in January 2019 in a suicide bombing in Syria.

From Washington Times Sep. 6, 2020

A senior chief petty officer named Angel Torres remembered, “All of the sudden, this big cloud engulfs us. It wasn’t white smoke. It was like something I’d never seen before.”

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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