![]() “And they just see that shiny thing and the petty officers get a lot of salutes.” I think a lot of people, when they see a shiny silver bird with a chevron, think ‘that’s a captain,’” Pastoric said. “When you go into a joint base, you’ll see a lot of Navy petty officers. In the Army, a shiny ‘eagle’ on someone’s uniform leads to an exchange of salutes because the only rank in the Army with an eagle is a colonel, which is an O-6. The confusing part about enlisted rates is the eagle in the petty officers’ rank insignia, which is referred to as the crow and marks the first rank in the Navy’s non-commissioned officer rates.
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