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The Master Chief is senior to a PO2, or to any other "enlisted" rating. In theory, all petty officers - even Master Chiefs - are junior to commissioned officers. In practice, a Master Chief is senior to an Ensign or a Lieutenant Junior Grade. And as a full Lieutenant in the USN, I didn't give "orders" to a Master Chief; I persuaded him that this was what he wanted to do. And in general, NOBODY gives orders to a Master Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. For the most part, he can see what needs to be done, and the good ones have already done it. A Lieutenant Commander can give "priorities" to the Master Chief; which jobs need to be done FIRST.
There were many more military positions in Colonial times. The go from, Crewman Apprentice, Crewman, Specialist, Petty Officer Second Class, Petty Officer First Class, Chief Petty Officer, Master Chief Petty Officer, Warrant Officer, Ensign, Junior Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, Commander, Rear Admiral, and Admiral.
As per official US Navy documents, the answer is that no "first chief petty officer" exists. Nearly all personnel rated as petty officers first class since at least 1885 were automatically promoted to chief petty officer in 1893. These promotions occurred simultaneously, making the first chief petty officer impossible to determine.
January 13th, 1967, GMCM Delbert Black was selected to be the first Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Navy. On April 28th, 1967, the post was renamed to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.
From the official "Chief Petty Officer heritage" page from http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq46-1.htm: "On April 1, 1893, two important steps were taken. First, the grade of Chief Petty Officer was established; secondly, most enlisted men received a pay raise. The question is often asked, "Who was the first Chief Petty Officer?" The answer is flatly: "There was no first Chief Petty Officer due to the fact that nearly all ratings carried as Petty Officers First Class from 1885 were automatically shifted to the Chief Petty Officer level." Exceptions were Schoolmasters, who stayed at first class; Ship's Writers, who stayed the same but expanded to include second and third class; and Carpenter's Mates, who had been carried as second class petty officers but were extended to include chief, first, second, and third classes. Therefore, the Chief Petty Officer grade on April 1, 1893, encompassed the nine rates shown in Table 2."
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de guzman Severo Rogel is the first U.S. Naval Chief Petty Officer. Year April 11, 1916. He was also the very first U.S. Filipino Postal worker. San Francisco 1932.