(AP) _ Beth Lambert joined the Navy as a teenager in ... day become the Navy's first female Master Chief Petty Officer. Linn McDowell of Virginia Beach, who retired as a master chief petty officer ...

The Navy has a new top enlisted sailor after Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea took over for now-retired Master Chief Russell Smith on Thursday. The change not only marks the ...

Chief petty officer (E-7) became an established senior enlisted rank of the U.S. Navy on April 1, 1893. Over half a century later, senior chief petty officer (E-8) and master chief petty officer ...

8 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, takes over as the Navy’s chief enlisted sailor and adviser to Gilday from Master Chief Petty Officer Russell Smith, who retired after his term ended ...

In 1987, Goines retired from the Navy as a Master Chief Petty Officer. "I got out of the Navy after 32 years. I could have stayed longer, but I couldn't really keep up with everybody else," he said.