IS A PETTY OFFICER INSIGNIFICANT?

Petty officer 2nd class (Canadian Navy)

MILITARY LANGUAGE LANGUAGE (1) PETTY OFFICER

MORE THAN YOU EVER EXPECTED TO LEARN ABOUT PETTY OFFICERS

Unless you are from a military family.

And even then, it’s complicated.

On the front page of the Toronto Globe and Mail today, there is a photo of a Petty Officer 2nd class embracing his wife after completing a circumnavigation…