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Coast Guard Master Chief Petty OfficerE-9 Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Coast Guard |
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Coast Guard Ranks » Master Chief Petty Officer Rank • MCPO Pay • MCPO Rank History
History of the Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Rank
A Master Chief Petty Officer is a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard at DoD paygrade E-9.
On 22 May 1958, the United States introduced the new pay grade, E-9, as the most senior for enlisted personnel. The US Coast Guard, in line with the US Navy, used this pay grade to create the new rank of Master Chief Petty Officer. On 1 November 1958, Master Chief Yeoman Jack Kerwin became the first Coast Guardsman in this role.
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History of the Coast Guard
The Coast Guard has changed names several times over its 200+ year history, but it is largely the same organization as it was in 1790 as the Revenue Marine. Uniforms, culture, and professions are very similar to the Navy, but the mission is different. While the Navy ensures freedom of navigation internationally, the Coast Guard does so for our nation's coasts through vessel inspections, law enforcement, drug and migrant interdiction, maintenance of navigation aids, environmental protection and research, ice operations, and search-and-rescue. Sailors of the Navy and Coast Guard have a high respect for each other, knowing that one can do what the other cannot.