US Navy Chief Leadership Officer CPO Dart Shape Challenge Coin

Navy Chief Petty Officers serve a dual role as both technical experts and as leaders, with the emphasis being more on leadership as they progress through the CPO paygrades. A recognized collateral duty for all Chiefs is the training of newly-commissioned Junior Officers. Like Petty Officers, every Chief Petty Officer has both a rate (unlike the land and air services, rank only refers to commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard) and a rating (i.e., job specialty, similar to an MOS in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, or an AFSC in U.S. Air Force). A chief petty officer's full title is a combination of the two. Thus, a Chief Petty Officer who has the rating of Gunner's Mate would be referred to as a Chief Gunner's Mate.