Master Chief Sunday Us Navy

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Master chief sunday us navy. Admiral guest formed the task force and we started searching for that bomb in january of 1966. Master chief petty officer is one of the highest ranks available to enlisted members of the united states navy and is rated at the maximum enlisted dod paygrade of e 9. Well in 1966 the air force lost a nuclear bomb off the coast of palomares spain. 2012 army chief warrant officer phillip brashear son of master chief carl brashear holds his father s prosthetic leg as he speaks with a group about his fathers legacy.
He eventually also earned the rank of master chief himself. As a crew member of the salvage ship uss hoist where he is assigned to the galley he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers master chief petty officer leslie william billy sunday. According to the film s press kit the character of billy sunday who was a master chief navy diver and instructor at the diving school in the movie was a composite of various navy men. A master chief petty officer is a senior noncommissioned officer with a military paygrade of e 9.
This film is based on real life events of carl brashear the first black man to be accepted into the salvage divers school. Navy website need career pay or personnel help. Navy photo by mass communication specialist 1st class arif patani released. No according to the film s press kit the character of master diver billy sunday in the movie men of honor portrayed by robert de niro is a fictional composite of several different sailors.
2 the air force asked the navy to recover that bomb and of course the navy said yes. Equivalent ranks to a navy master chief petty officer. 833 330 mncc or 901 874 mncc dsn 882 6622 email mncc mncc chat. Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer.
Less then 1 of the navy s personnel make it to the rank of master chief and those who do are considered to be among the best and the brightest in their respective specialties. The civilian equivalent of this military rank is roughly gs 6 under the federal government s general schedule payscale.