James Honea became the new master chief petty officer of the Navy during a recent ceremony in Maryland presided over by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday. Honea, installed Sept.

The Navy is changing the way it promotes sailors into the top enlisted rank -- master chief petty officer -- and leaders in the service say that it's only the beginning of a major initiative to ...

Behind every great sailor, is a great chief petty officer. On Tuesday, U.S. Navy chief petty officers celebrated 132 years of leading, mentoring and developing sailors. Chief petty officer (E-7 ...