U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class - PO2 Rank Insignia over Blue Velvet

by Serge Averbukh

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class - PO2 Rank Insignia over Blue Velvet

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Serge Averbukh

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Digital Art - Digital Painting

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Introducing “Military Insignia 3D” collection by Serge Averbukh, showcasing top quality military heraldry designs. Here you will find pieces featuring U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class - PO2 Rank Insignia over Blue Velvet.
Navy officers serve either as a line officer or as a staff corps officer. Regular line officers wear an embroidered gold star above their rank of the Navy service dress uniform while staff corps officers and chief warrant officers wear unique specialty devices.
Petty officer second class is the fifth enlisted rank in the Navy and Coast Guard, just above petty officer third class and below petty officer first class, and is a non-commissioned officer.
Similar to petty officer third class, advancement to petty officer second class is dependent on time in service, performance evaluations by superiors, and rate (technical specialty) examinations. The advancement cycle is currently every 6 months. Petty officers serve a dual role as both technical experts and as leaders. Every petty officer has both a rate (rank) and rating (job, similar to an MOS in other branches). A petty officer's full title is a combination of the two. Thus, a petty officer second class, who has the rating of interior communications electrician would properly be called an interior communications electrician second class. Often, the petty officer is just referred to by the short hand designation, without using the surname. Thus EM2 Reyes would just be called EM2. A petty officer second class may be generically referred to as PO2 when the sailor's rating is not known. Each rating has an official abbreviation, such as GM for gunner's mate, BU for builder, or BM for boatswain's mate. When combined with the petty officer level, this gives the short-hand for the petty officer's rank, such as IT2 for "information systems technician second class".
Among enlisted sailors, 12 consecutive years of good conduct (categorized as no court-martial convictions and no non-judicial punishments) entitles the sailor to wear a good conduct variation of their rank insignia: The normally red chevrons under the specialty mark and perched eagle are worn as gold and the eagle is worn as silver.

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April 2nd, 2015

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