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E-1, E-2, or E-3? How did that happen?
At PIR, you will notice that some Sailors have stripes and others do not. No stripes is E-1; 2 stripes is E-2; and 3 stripes is E-3.
Those without stripes would be addressed as Seaman Recruit (SR), Fireman Recruit (FR), Airman Recruit (AR), or Constructionman Recruit (CR).
White/Navy blue (black) stripes are Seaman Apprentice (SA) or Seaman (SN) (may later be HA or HN for someone in the HM rating after A School). Red stripes are Fireman Apprentice (FA) or Fireman (FN). Green stripes are Airman Apprentice (AA) or Airman (AN). Blue stripes are Constructionman Apprentice (CA) or Constructionman (CN).
Here is a link that relates to this, E-1 to E-6 Rate Insignia (clickable link). Your Sailor won't get the Rating Badge until after completing A School. I changed the "black stripes" to "Navy blue (black) stripes" after reading the information in the link. Remember that the Dress Blues are so blue they are black, so the same thing goes for the SA and SN stripes.
These will result in attaining E-3 prior to BC: satisfactorily completed 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours of college credits or 2,160 classroom hours at an accredited vocational/technical school, awarded Eagle Scout or the Girl Scout Gold Award, successfully completed 3 years of any Junior ROTC Program, completed the requirements for Quartermaster in the Sea Scouts, successfully completed 3 years and graduated from an accredited high school-level military academy.
These will result in E2 prior to BC: satisfactorily completed 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours of college credits or 1,080 classroom hours at an accredited vocational/technical school, received the Civil Air Patrol Billy Mitchell Award, successfully completed 2 years of any Junior ROTC Program, designated an E-5 in the Young Marines, successfully completed 2 years and graduated from an accredited high school-level military academy.
Those who completed the Navy Sea Cadet Corps may be E-2 or E-3 and those who, while in DEP, referred qualified applicants that subsequently join the Navy may be E-2 or E-3.
Some may have it written in their contract that they will be E-2 or E-3 based on their rating. Some may be advanced due to prior service, such as in the reserves.
At BC: A recruit can be advanced to E-2 by successfully completing the DEP GUIDE PQS, passing a written test at Recruit Training Command (RTC), and passing PT-Baseline (the first PFA) with a SAT-MED. Completion of the DEP GUIDE PQS will be confirmed and documented by the Classifier at MEPS. The RDC can meritoriously promote up to 10% of the division one paygrade; this sometimes happens for the RPOC and/or AROC if s/he kept the position for the entire time at the RTC, but could happen for someone who holds one of the other RPO positions as well.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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:o)
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Permalink Reply by ReneeBC on
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lemon elephant,
Thank you so much for explaining rates and advancement!
The Chief at the recruiter's office filled out advancement papers for my son the day before he left for GL. Now, I know what that translates to. Can't wait to see green stripes!! :)
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That's great!
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RPOC is the same as RCPO, Recruit Cheif Petty Officer (see http://bootcamp.navy.mil/rcpo.asp. RPOC (pronounced "Are pock") is easier to say quickly than R-C-P-O. AROC is Assistant Recruit Chief Petty Officer ("Aye rock" is easier to say that A-R-C-P-O). AROC may be the same as the Recruit Leading Petty Officer (RLPO); I'm not sure of that.
There is more on the other Recruit Petty Officer positions at http://bootcamp.navy.mil/recruit_petty_officer.asp by clicking on each of the links given.
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Dental Technician merged with HM in 2005, so there is no DR, DA, or DN, but the rest is correct.
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Permalink Reply by L A(MM nuke mom) on
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They are FN. Fireman is E-3 for nukes. :)
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Permalink Reply by William in Nashua on
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Fireman is E3 for MMs and EMs only.
However if a E3 nuke student is going to be an Electronics Technician (ET) then he is a Seaman, not a Fireman.
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Permalink Reply by Mary(MMnukesmom) on
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He is still a SR till you get the Sailor call after that ETs are Seamen and EMs &MM are Firemen My son is a MM and he is fast to correct you on the Firemen....
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Permalink Reply by cynthia/Matt'smom@SanDiego/FN on
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hello! thank you for this, I am more of a visual learner, lol. So this is very helpful. My son is in BC and will be an Engine Man on a ship or carrier, what code does this fit under? thank you!
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Engineman (EN) are Engineers and I think they have black(Navy blue)/white stripes. He will have A School at the TSC in GL, so here are some groups and pages you may wish to check out and join: Great Lakes A School Q&A, GL A-school moms, Training-Support-Center-TSC-Great-Lakes Facebook Page, Engineers, Snipe Moms(enginers), and Snipe Moms.
(Group names are clickable links.)
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