* Petty officer

Chief Petty Officer is the seventh enlisted rank in the U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard, just above Petty Officer First Class and below Senior Chief Petty Officer, and is a senior non-commissioned officer.

* Petty officer

# REDIRECT Petty officer, third class

Petty officer, 2nd class, PO2, is a Naval non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces.

Petty officer, 1st class, PO1, is a Naval non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces.

Petty officer, 2nd class ( PO2 ) ( maître de deuxième classe or m2 in French ) is equivalent to a Sergeant and Petty officer, 1st class ( PO1 ) ( maître de première classe or m1 ) is equivalent to a warrant officer.

Petty officer is the lowest of the senior rating grades.

Petty officer 1st class insignia.

Petty officer, first class is equivalent to staff sergeant in the United States Army and Marine Corps, and technical sergeant in the United States Air Force.

Petty officer, second class is equivalent to sergeant in the United States Army and Marine Corps, and staff sergeant in the United States Air Force.

Petty officer, third class is equivalent to corporal in the United States Army ( or specialist ), corporal in the United States Marine Corps, and senior airman in the United States Air Force.

Petty officer third class is the fourth enlisted rank in the U. S. Navy, U. S. Coast Guard, and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, just above seaman and below petty officer second class, and is the lowest rank of non-commissioned officer, equivalent to a corporal in the U. S. Army and Marines.

Petty officer third class shares the same pay grade as senior airman in the Air Force, which no longer has an NCO rank corresponding with E-4.

To address a petty officer, one would say, " Petty Officer Smith ", " Smith ", or " Sailor " ( the latter two forms being acceptable for use by those equal or greater in rank than the Petty Officer ).

* 1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

In 1947, Chief Petty Officer Maurice Fargues became the first diver to die using an aqualung while attempting a new depth record with the GERS near Toulon.

William Petty, a strong mercantilist, is generally credited with being the first to use empirical analysis to study the economy.

His father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a 3 time NASCAR champion.

* February 22 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

In 2006, Nicks performed with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for the first leg of their tour in the summer, and later in the year returned as a guest performer for a number of songs on the tour celebrating Petty's 30th anniversary since his debut album.

In actuality, Petty Officer Third Class Miller was first ordered to carry injured sailors to places of greater safety, and later ordered to go assist the Captain.

He met Tom Petty for the first time at a Gainesville music store when he was 11.

The actual building of the Town Hall must have been started before the conveyance was drawn up because the Petty Sessions were held in the Town Hall for the first time on Wednesday 10 August 1870.

Petty stated the song was a last minute addition when the band realised that they would be the first act to play the American side of the concert after the London finale and " since this is, after all, JFK Stadium ".

" Stephen Smith signed Kravitz with talent booking agency CAA, who soon were fielding offers for Kravitz, first on a club tour, and then in opening slots for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan and David Bowie.

** February 18-Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 it was the first Daytona 500 to be televised flag-to-flag by CBS Sports

Early modern Europe's first documented catamaran was designed by the polymath and Royal Society member William Petty in 1662.

This was the first of three Petty albums originally released by the Backstreet Records label, distributed by MCA Records.

** NASCAR Championship-Richard Petty wins his first of seven titles.

In Ian Fleming's first draft of Casino Royale, Moneypenny's name was originally " Miss ' Petty ' Pettaval ", which was taken from Kathleen Pettigrew, the personal assistant to MI6 director Stewart Menzies.

The second, first described by Petty and Cacioppo ( 1996 ) is known as " cognitive response " theory.

Within a year she made her film debut ( minus dialogue ) as a Petty Girl model in The Petty Girl ( 1950 ) musical comedy, although in interviews she refers to The Birds ( 1963 ) as her first film.

The Greater Britain Movement drifted from various accommodation addresses varying from an upper room in a pub named " The Silver Sword " in Petty France, London, SW1, to an address in Holborn, and finally occupying the basement of the prestige address of " Westminster Chambers ", which eventually became the first HQ of the National Front.

Promoted to Petty Officer Second Class ( 二等兵曹 ) in 1938, he first took part in aerial combat flying the Mitsubishi A5M in the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938-1939 and was wounded.

The first three cars to cross the finish line after the scheduled 334 laps ( 501 miles ) were driven by Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, and Bobby Allison, in that order.

Known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809, he was one of the most influential Whig politicians of the first half of the 19th century.

The station has also historically produced much more local programming than most other Canadian television stations, including the daily talk show CityLine ( hosted first by Dini Petty, then Marilyn Denis, and now Tracy Moore ); magazine series such as The New Music, Toronto Rocks, FashionTelevision, Life on Venus Ave. and MovieTelevision ; and interactive series such as Speakers ' Corner.

The Shelburne title was created for the first time in the Peerage of Ireland in 1688 when Elizabeth, Lady Petty, was made Baroness Shelburne.

Petty is a member of the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Two months before filming, Lori Petty, Reeves, and Swayze trained with former world class professional surfer Dennis Jarvis on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Petty officer, second class is the fifth enlisted rate in the U. S. Navy, U. S. Coast Guard, and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, just above petty officer third class and below petty officer first class, and is a non-commissioned officer.

A petty officer second class may be generically referred to as PO2 when the sailor's rating is not known, although some prefer to be called simply " Petty Officer ( Martinez ).

* Chief Boatswain's Mate ( abbreviated as BMC ), a class of Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy

NASCAR stars such as Rusty Wallace, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, Kyle Petty, Mark Martin, Jamie McMurray, Kevin Harvick, and Robby Gordon have all participated, with Martin and Gordon notably winning several class victories for Roush Racing in the GTO class in the 1980s – 90s.