enlisted sailors
Non-officer naval personnel
Enlisted sailors are members of a navy who hold non-officer ranks, having joined through enlistment rather than commissioning.
They form the bulk of naval personnel, performing the hands-on work of operating ships and equipment: The enlisted sailors maintained the vessel while officers planned the mission.
The term distinguishes them from commissioned officers, who hold command authority.
- seamanOne who works ships
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- petty officerEnlisted naval rank
- yeomanIndependent cultivator or naval clerk
- navigationDetermining position and course
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Formally appointed military leaders
naval officers · officers · admirals · flag officers · officer corps
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Non-military population
merchant sailors · merchant mariners · merchant marines · civilian population · noncombatants
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