Some people criticize the Navy as an over-sized bureaucracy that rewards time of service more than talent of service. In the case of Chief Alden, the system worked perfectly and the top talent was advanced. When her senility led her to mistakenly call her grandson 'Alfred,' his grandfather's name, Alden's caused her to refer to MTC as 'Alfred,' his grandfather’s name, MTC’s commitment to uphold his family’s legacy was nearly overwhelming. His pride of service makes the Navy far more than a job. For MTC Alden, it’s a lifestyle. Second, rate is an abbreviation that contains both the rating and the paygrade abbreviations. Admission rates for officers and enlisted men, by age groups, were as. Enlisted navy personnel do not have rank: only naval officers do. These figures are for the entire Navy and Marine Corps and include all cases. On the day before he went through his Chief Petty Officer pinning ceremony, MTC Alden buried his white cover at sea as a symbolic gesture of his transition to Khaki. Letting go of his white cover was significant for MTC (Select) Alden for reasons that epitomize why he made such an impact and advanced performed so well and advanced so quickly. When he would returned home to visit his family in his crackerjacks, his white cover reminded his aging grandmother of her own deceased husband (MTC Alden’s Grandfather), the World War II submarine veteran who was Alden's grandfather WWII submarine veteran. The word 'rate' is used in two ways within the structure. For example, a Marine Corps sergeant has a paygrade of E-5, an Army warrant officer 1 has a paygrade of W-1, and a Navy captain has a paygrade of O-6.

Navy enlisted rates