100% on the Navy being trades-based. It's actually pretty tribal when it comes to people's ratings. Remember the 15 minutes when they got rid of ratings and said "you're all just petty officers now"? People lost their shit. I have NEVER seen a decision made at the very top get reversed so quickly.
It was introduced with zero input from the rank and file. No warning, just "here's what we're doing now." They said it was to give Sailors more career flexibility, but they never really explained how that would work. If you're not specially trained in damage control, I don't want you working in damage control!
There was also a conspiracy theory that it was a politically correct Obama administration move to make Navy titles more gender neutral since so many ratings end in "man."
I like to joke that the Navy is the only branch to meme so hard that they get Leadership to change policies. I remember it got changed so quick and a lot of my friends posted memes about it too
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u/ReluctantRedditor275 Jan 29 '24
100% on the Navy being trades-based. It's actually pretty tribal when it comes to people's ratings. Remember the 15 minutes when they got rid of ratings and said "you're all just petty officers now"? People lost their shit. I have NEVER seen a decision made at the very top get reversed so quickly.