You folks in the Navy think you\u2019re so damn smart.\u00a0 You encrypt your enlisted rank abbreviations so that no one knows what rank you are!<\/p>\n
But that won\u2019t work any more. \u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ve finally done it.\u00a0 I\u2019ve found the decryption key!\u00a0 Here it is!<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Yes, I\u2019m being facetious above.\u00a0 But I \u2013 and I\u2019m sure many others \u2013 find Naval enlisted rank\/rate abbreviations confusing as hell. \u00a0 Being from another service (Army), I’ve never been able to make much sense of them.<\/p>\n The linked document is what appears to be a relatively complete listing of Naval rank abbreviations – archaic and current – I found on a website belonging to the VA’s National Cemetery Administration.\u00a0 I certainly will find it useful.<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not alone in being \u201clost\u201d on this subject,\u00a0 so I thought I\u2019d post it here also.\u00a0 Hopefully some others will find it useful as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Edited to add:\u00a0 a shorter version of the current Navy enlisted rank\/rate abbreviations,along with an explanation of the method to construct them, can be found here<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0 Hat tip to TAH reader CBSenior for this second list.)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"