COMMANDER/COMMANDING OFFICER ACTION

AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

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Military Requirements for Senior and Master Chief Petty Officer
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Family service programs; for example, Ombudsman and Family Service Centers Bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) program Habitability Afloat Program Commissary and Navy exchange advisory boards (ashore) General mess and ship’s store advisory boards (afloat) Humanitarian reassignment/hardship discharge screening boards Command examining boards Recreation advisory boards Chief petty officer (CPO) initiations Command Sponsor Program ENTITLEMENTS AND UNIFORMS Based on the Department of Defense (DOD) Pay and Entitlements Manual, personnel are entitled to a one-time uniform allowance upon reporting for duty as an FM/C. All FM/Cs and CM/Cs wear either distinctive rating badges or breast insignia or both, depending on the office the individual holds (fig. 2-2). Following a successful tour as FM/C, an individual will wear two gold stars and a gold rating specialty mark when serving in his or her rating assignments. If assigned as a CM/C following a tour as FM/C, the individual will wear two gold stars and the silver star of a CM/C in place of the rating insignia as specified in U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, NAVPERS 15665G. Upon retirement or transfer to the Fleet Reserve, when authority is given to wear the uniform, a member having successfully completed a tour as FM/C may wear gold stars and specialty marks and badges identifying a fleet or force master chief. COMMANDER/COMMANDING OFFICER ACTION Commanders/commanding officers, other than those of the activities listed in figure 2-1, meeting the CM/C criteria should make sure their Enlisted Manpower Authorization reflects a billet title of command master chief with NEC 9580. If a commander/commanding officer wishes to fill a CM/C billet from within his or her crew, nomination of the eligible master chief will be to the CM/C detailer for screening and possible assignment. Commanders/commanding officers will provide adequate support for their FM/C or CM/C including the following: Visibility within the command/fleet/force as the senior enlisted a d v i s o r t o the commander/commanding officer Attendance of CM/Cs at appropriate seminars and conferences when higher authority thinks attendance is necessary. The parent command normally provides fiscal support. Figure 2-2.-Command chief, senior chief, and master chief; force and fleet master chiefs; and master chief petty officer of the Navy rating badges and breast insignias. 2-5

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