Senior Chief Petty Officer - Definition and Overview

Senior Chief Petty Officer is the eighth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, just above Chief Petty Officer and below Master Chief Petty Officer, and is a non-commissioned officer. They are referred to as Senior Chief in most circumstances.

Advancement to Senior Chief Petty Officer is similar to that of Chief Petty Officer. It carries requirements of time in service, superior evaluation scores, specialty examinations, and peer review. A Chief Petty Officer can only advance if the existing senior chiefs approve.

As with Chief Petty Officers, a Senior Chief Petty Officer takes on more administrative duties. Their uniform changes to reflect this change of duty; becoming similar to that of an officer, albeit with different insignia than an officer.

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U.S. military enlisted ranks
	E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5	E-6	E-7	E-8	E-9
Air Force:	AB	Amn	A1C	SRA	SSgt	TSgt	MSgt	SMSgt	CMSgt - CCM - CMSAF
Army:	PV1	PV2	PFC	SPC - CPL	SGT	SSG	SFC	MSG - 1SG	SGM - CSM - SMA
Marine Corps:	Pvt	PFC	LCpl	Cpl	Sgt	SSgt	GySgt	MSgt - 1st Sgt	MGySgt - SgtMaj - SMOMC
Navy:	SR	SA	SN	PO3	PO2	PO1	CPO	SCPO	MCPO - CMCPO - MCPON