Military Requirements for Petty Officers Third and Second Class ...

Military Requirements 

for Petty Officers 

Third and Second Class 

Chapters 5-8 

HM1 (SW/AW) Alburg

Military Requirements 

for Petty Officers 

Third and Second Class 

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Chapter 5


With regards to the Military 

(you and me), what title does 

the President of the United 

States hold? 

Hail to the chief we have chosen for the Nation


Commander In Chief


What article and section of the 

Constitution provides that the 

executive power shall be vested 

in a President of the United 

States?


Article II, section 1, of the 

Constitution provides that the 

executive power shall be vested 

in a President of the United 

States of America

Crazy Question!!!! 

How long is the President’s term 

of office? 

How many terms can he/ she 

serve?

Crazy Question!!!! 

4 years 

2

Commander In Chief 

• The President, as the Commander 

In Chief, heads the military 

chain of command within the 

Department of Defense (DoD) 

• The Commander In Chief is kept 

abreast of all matters affecting 

the ability of the DoD to defend 

the United States and its allies

Military Forces 

• As of 1999, the major elements 

of these forces are the Army, 

Navy, Marine Corps, and Air 

Force, consisting of 

approximately 1.4 million men 

and women on active duty

Department of Defense 

• The DoD is comprised of the 

offices of the Secretary of 

Defense (SECDEF), the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and their 

supporting establishments (the 

Departments of the Army, Navy, 

and Air Force), and various 

unified and specified commands. 

• The DoD carries out the military 

policies of the United States

DoD 

President 

(Commander in 

Chief) 

Secretary of 

Defense 

Deputy 

Secretary 

of Defense 

Department 

of the Army 

Department 

of the Navy 

Department 

of the Air Force 

Office of the 

Secretary of 

Defense 

Inspector 

General 

Joint Chiefs of 

Staff 

CNO 

Navy Major 

Commands 

and Agencies 

You

DoD 

DoD’s function, simply stated, is to 

maintain and employ armed forces to 

accomplish the following: 

• Support and defend the Constitution of the 

United States against all enemies 

• Protect the United States, its possessions, 

and areas vital to its interests 

• Advance the policies and interests of the 

United States 

• Safeguard the internal security of the United 

States

Secretary of Defense 

(SECDEF) 

• Heads the DoD 

• Is appointed to the President’s 

cabinet and the National 

Cabinet Security Counsel

Recap Question…. 

As of 1999, what are the four 

(4) major elements of the 

military forces?


Army, Navy, Marine Corps and 

Air Force


Who heads the Dod?


SECDEF


• Under the President, the SECDEF, by 

virtue of an executive order, has 

responsibility for all the 

President’s functions involving the 

DoD. 

• Those functions include the 

President‘s powers, duties and 

authorities

Joint Chiefs of Staff 

• Consists of the Chairman, the Vice 

Chairman the Chief of Staff US Army, 

the Chief of Naval Operations, the 

Chief of Staff US Air force, and the 

Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

• The Chairman is the principal 

military advisor to the President. 

• The Chairman holds the rank of 

general or admiral and outranks all 

other officers of the armed forces.

Department of the Air Force 

• Established on Sept 18, 1947 

• They are responsible for 

defending the United States 

through control and 

exploitation of air and 

space

Department of the Army 

• Established by the 

Continental Congress on 

June 14, 1775 

• The Army focuses on land 

operations

Department of the Navy 

United States Marine Corps 

• Established on Nov 10, 

1775 

• The Marines are able to 

fight on land, air or sea

Which of the following is the most 

senior officer in the armed forces? 

1) Commandant of the Marine Corps 

2) Chief of Naval Operations 

3) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff 

4) Secretary of Defense 

3) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff

Who serves as the spokesman for the 

commanders of the unified combatant 

command? 

1) Commander of the U.S. Joint 

Forces Command 


Staff 

3) Secretary of the Army 

4) Secretary of the Air Force 


Staff

What rank does the Chairman of 

the Joint Chiefs of Staff hold?

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff holds the rank of 

General or Admiral and outranks 

all other officers in the 

military

Other Department of Defense Agencies 

• Ballistic Missile Defense Organization 

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 

• Defense Commissary Agency 

• Defense Contract Audit Agency 

• Defense Finance and Accounting Service 

• Defense Information Systems Agency 

• Defense Intelligence Agency 

• Defense Legal Service Agency 

• Defense Logistics Agency 

• Defense Security Service 

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency 

• National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Department of the Navy 

• Primary mission is to protect the 

United States, as directed by the 

President or the SECDEF, by the 

effective prosecution of war at sea 

including, with its Marine Corps 

component, the seizure or defense of 

advanced naval bases; to support, as 

required, the forces of all military 

departments of the United States; and 

to maintain freedom of the seas

Chief of Naval Operations 

• The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), 

under the direction of SECNAV, takes 

precedence above all other officers of 

the naval service 

• The CNO is the Navy member of the 

Joint Chiefs of Staff 

• The CNO, under the Secretary of the 

Navy, exercises command over certain 

central executive organizations, 

assigned shore activities, and the 

Operating Forces of Navy

Master Chief Petty Officer of 

the Navy (MCPON) 

• Serves as the senior enlisted 

representative of the Navy. 

Started in 1966 by the CNO to 

help with retention. The office 

was formally set up on 1 March 

1967 with a tour length of four 

years 

• The MCPON reports directly to the 

CNO regarding matters on active 

duty and retired enlisted members 

and their dependents

Commandant of the Marine Corps 

• The Commandant of the Marine 

Corps (CMC) commands the Marine 

Corps 

• The commandant is directly 

responsible to SECNAV for the 

administration, discipline, 

internal organization, training 

requirements, efficiency, 

readiness, and total performance 

of the Marine Corps

The Master Chief Petty Officer 

of the Navy is assigned to 

what immediate office? 

1) Chief of Naval Personnel 

2) Chief of Naval Operations 

3) Secretary of the Navy 

4) Assistant Secretary of the 

Navy 

2) Chief of Naval Operations

The Pacific Fleet’s area of 

responsibility includes which 

of the following area? 

1) Southeast Asia 

2) Arctic Ocean 

3) U.S. west coast 

4) Both 2 and 3 

4) Both 2 and 3

Safety and Hazardous Materials 

Information for the Petty Officer 

Chapter 6



Ultimate responsibility for the 

safety of the unit lies with the 

commanding officer, and each 

individual plays a part in that 

safety



SAFETY IS AN ALL-HANDS 

RESPONSIBILITY

Division Safety Petty Officer 

is responsible for mishap 

prevention training and 

maintaining appropriate records

Master-at-arms/Safety Force 

• The master-at-arms (MAA)/safety 

force is a vital link in the 

unit safety 

• The MAA/safety force acts as a 

roving inspector for hazards 

and risks (unsafe work 

practices) that could result in 

injury to personnel or damage 

to equipment

Random Question…. 

Which of the following items 

promotes safety awareness? 

1. Posters 

2. Caution signs 

3. Inspections 

4. All of the above

Random Question…. 

1. Posters 

2. Caution signs 

3. Inspections 

4. All of the above

The objective of any safety program 

is to improve operational readiness. 

1) True 

2) False 

1) True

Who is responsible for mishap prevention 

training and maintaining appropriate 

records? 

1) Executive Officer 

2) Command master chief 

3) Division Safety Petty Officer 

4) All hands 

3) Division Safety Petty Officer

Safety Council 

• Large commands may have a 

safety organization 

• As the Division Safety Petty 

Officer, you may serve as the 

representative of your division 

• Meets monthly

Tag-out Logs 

• Used to control the entire tagout 

procedure. 

• It is a record of authorization 

of each effective tag out action. 

• Contains a copy of the main tagout 

instruction, a DANGER/CAUTION 

tag-out index and a cleared 

DANGER/CAUTION tag-out record.

After the tags are cleared and 

the record sheet is filled 

out, where would you place the 

sheet? 

At the back of the tag-out 

log in the cleared section

Hazardous Materials 

(HAZMATS) 

• Any material that, because of its 

quality, concentration, or physical or 

chemical characteristics, may pose a 

real hazard to human health to the 

environment 

• Includes: Flammable and Combustible 

Materials, Toxic Materials, Corrosive 

Materials, Oxidizers, Aerosols, 

Compressed Gases 

• Hazardous Materials Information 

System(HMIS) is a computerized 

database of material safety data 

sheets (MSDSs)

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration passed a 

regulation that requires all 

civilian and military 

employees of the federal 

government to comply with what 

regulation? 

Hazard Communication Standard

MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE 

POSTURE 

• procedures are used to establish 

levels of readiness for a chemical 

agent attack 

• The procedures are flexible 

• They allow the commanding officer (CO) 

to adapt the requirements for 

protective clothing and equipment to 

the degree of the threat and working 

conditions at any given time

RISK ASSESSMENT 

defined as the assessed difference 

between the threat level and the 

activation of appropriate levels of 

shipboard countermeasures


POSTURE 

How many levels of MOPP 

are there?


POSTURE 

4


POSTURE 

MOPP procedures used to 

establish levels of readiness 

for a chemical agent attack 

are flexible. 

1. True 

2. False


POSTURE 

True

CBR threat can be categorized into 

four levels of probability: 

SUSPECTED 

• An adversary who has CBRcapable 

delivery systems within 

the operations area (OPAREA) 

presents a suspected threat 

• Implementation of MOPP-1 

countermeasures is indicated



POSSIBLE 

• The expressed affirmation or 

assessed political will of an 

adversary to use CBR warfare 

increases the threat potential 

to a possible involvement in a 

CBR environment 


countermeasures is indicated



PROBABLE 

• Statements of intent to employ CBR warfare, 

directed at U.S. forces or allies, changes in 

political or military posture of an adversary 

possessing CBR capabilities, or use of CBR 

warfare within the OPAREA present a chance of 

probable involvement in a CBR environment 

• This threat level requires an estimate of the 

earliest time the CBR environment will be 

encountered 

• This estimate must be based on the strike 

ranges of delivery systems and the time it 

takes the strike to arrive at the nearest 

range limits 

• Implementation of MOPP-3 countermeasures is 

indicated



IMMINENT 

• Confirmation of increased 

activity involving delivery 

systems, recognized platform 

attack patterns, electronic or 

visual indication of employment 

of delivery systems, or the 

immediate proximity of known CBR 

hazard areas present an imminent 

danger of contamination and/or 

casualties 


countermeasures is essential

Readiness condition III (wartime steaming) 

is set during what MOPP level? 

1) 1 

2) 2 

3) 3 

4) 4 

1) 1

Damage Control Petty Officer 

• Makes damage control closure 

log entries. 

• Maintains damage control 

fittings and equipment.

Damage Control Closure Log 

• The closure log is maintained at 

all times, whether the ship is in 

port or underway 

• Shows the location where the 

existing material condition has 

been modified. The type of 

fitting; the name of who requested 

permission to open or close the 

fitting, the date and time the 

fitting was opened or closed and 

the name and rate/rank of the 

person granting the permission. 

• The damage control closure log is 

normally kept on the quarterdeck in 

port, on the bridge at sea, and in 

damage control central (DCC) during 

general quarters.

Stand and Stretch….

Supply Procedures 

Chapter 7

Basic Supply Terms 

• Controlled Equipage - Items requiring special management 

control because the material is essential to protection of 

life or is relatively valuable and can be converted easily 

for personal use. 

• Logistics - The science of planning and carrying out the 

movement and maintenance of military forces. 

• Material - All items necessary to equip, operate, maintain, 

and support an activity. 

• Supplies - All items necessary to equip, maintain, and 

operate a military command, including food, clothing, 

equipment, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery 

of all types. 

• Supply - The procurement, distribution, maintenance (while in 

storage), and salvage of supplies, including the 

determination of the type and quality of supplies. 

• Supply Control - The process by which an item of supply is 

controlled within the supply system, including 

requisitioning, receipt, storage, stock control, shipment, 

disposition, identification, and accounting.

Stock and Control Numbers 

• Stock and control numbers are used to 

identify and order material in the 

supply system 

• The identification numbers are known 

as: 

-national stock numbers (NSNs), 

-NATO stock numbers (a variation of 

the NSN) 

-Navy item control numbers, and 

-local item control numbers.

National Stock Numbers 

• Is a 13-digit number consisting of a 4-digit 

federal supply classification (FSC) code number 

and a 9-digit national item identification 

number (NIIN) 

• Most commonly used 

• The federal supply classification (FSC) number 

identifies an item by commodity or description; 

the first two digits of the FSC are called the 

FSC group (denoting the group or major division 

of the commodities; ex: hardware and abrasives), 

and the last two digits of the FSC are called 

the FSC class (denoting the class or subdivision 

within a group; ex: screws are a subdivision of 

the FSC group, hardware and abrasives). 

• The national item identification number (NIIN) 

identifies each item of supply used by the DoD 

and NATO.

Important Definitions 

• Master Repairable Item List (MRIL) - 

provided to identify Navy-managed 

mandatory turn-in repairable items. 

Consists to two basic parts; Part I - 

Listing of items, Part II - Shipping 

addresses. 

• Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List 

(COSAL) - Lists the equipment required for 

the ship to perform its operational 

assignments; Repair parts and special 

tools required for the operation of these 

equipment's; Miscellaneous portable items 

needed for the care and upkeep of the 

ship.

How many digits in the NSN designate 

the FSC? 

1) 2 

2) 4 

3) 9 

4) 13 

2) 4

What is the most common number used 

to identify material? 

1) Navy item control number 

2) Local item control number 

3) National stock number 

4) NATO stock number 

3) National stock number

Casualty Reporting 

(CASREP) 

• Designed to support the CNO and 

fleet commanders in the 

assignment of assigned forces. 

• Provides up-to-date, accurate 

operational status for units. 

• Not a substitute for, but are 

in addition to and complement, 

3-M data. 

• Four types

4 Types of CASREPS 

• Initial Casualty Report (INITIAL) - 

identifies status of the casualty and any 

parts or assistance needed. Sets 

priorities. 

• Update Casualty Report (UPDATE) - used to 

submit changes. 

• Correction Casualty Report (CORRECT) - 

used when equipment that has been repaired 

and is back in operational status. 

• Cancellation Casualty Report (CANCEL) - 

used when equipment is scheduled to be 

repaired during an overhaul or some other 

scheduled availability.

ALMOST THERE!!!! 

Military 

Responsibilities and 

Duties 

Chapter 8

Petty Officer of the Watch 

(POOW) 

the primary enlisted assistant 

to the 

officer of the deck (OOD) when 

the ship is in port

SIGNATURE AUTHORITY 

The commanding officer (CO), officer in charge 

(OIC), or person “acting” in either position must 

personally sign the following documents: 

• Those which establish policy 

• Those which center on changes to the command’s 

mission and are addressed to higher authority 

• Those which deal with certain aspects of 

military justice (The acting CO or acting OIC 

may sign these documents only if a staff legal 

officer finds that the commanding officer’s 

signature is unnecessary.) 

• Those required by law or regulation (e.g., 

ship’s deck log)

DELEGATING SIGNATURE 

AUTHORITY 

• The CO may delegate signature 

authority to military and civilian 

subordinates and may authorize those 

subordinates to further delegate 

signature authority 

• Sub delegated signature authority may 

be delegated to the lowest responsible 

person whose position is reasonably 

related to the function involved 

• Must be in writing

Questions and Answers 

Section…..

What is the minimum number of paragraphs 

for a unit of information in naval 

correspondence? 

1) One 

2) Two 

3) Three 

4) Four 

1) One

The CO, OIC, or person acting in either 

position is not required to personally 

sign which of the following documents? 

1) Those which establish policy 

2) Those which change policy 

3) Ship’s deck log 

4) Special liberty chit 

4) Special liberty chit

When is the POOW the primary enlisted 

assistant to the OOD? 

1) At sea 

2) In port 

3) On watch on the bridge 

4) On watch in battle conditions 

2) In port

At times deck logs may be used in 

which of the following legal actions? 

1) Naval courts 

2) Admiralty proceedings 

3) Civilian courts 

4) All of the above 

4) All of the above

The overall responsibility for the 

deck log belongs to the 

1) OOD 

2) JOOD 

3) POOW 

4) CDO 

1) OOD

Definitions 

• SQUAD: A squad at full strength normally 

consists of 12 persons 

• SECTION: A section consists of two or more 

squads 

• PLATOON: A platoon consists of two or more 

squads, a platoon headquarters, and a guide 

• PLATOON HEADQUARTERS: A platoon 

headquarters consists of a platoon petty 

officer and one or more assistants 

• COMPANY: A company consists of two or more 

platoons 

• HEAD: The head is the leading element of a 

column 

• CADENCE: Cadence is a rhythmic rate of 

march at a uniform step

COMMANDS- 2 basic types 

• the preparatory command, such as 

Forward, which indicates the type 

of movement to be made 

• the command of execution, such as 

MARCH, which causes the desired 

movement to be made

Any Questions????? 

HM1 (SW/AW) T Alburg 

Timothy.alburg@med.navy.mil

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