Talk:Chief of the boat

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1 Capitalization?
2 not always senior enlisted person
3 "He" is allowed
4 Equivalent on ships

[edit] Capitalization?

Should this page be "Chief of the boat", or moved to "Chief of the Boat"? Ewlyahoocom 00:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

My Bluejackets' Manual (19th edition) consistently uses all-lower-case: "... he is the 'chief of the boat,' the top enlisted administrator...." ➥the Epopt 00:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] not always senior enlisted person

This was added to the article, and I (rogerd 17:40, 1 October 2006 (UTC)) have moved this to the talk page

The Chief of the Boat may traditionally be the senior enlisted person onboard a submarine but that has not always been true and there may be exceptions today. As an ETCS(SS) [Grade E-8] I was COB and SEA (Senior Enlisted Advisor) onboard the USS Guitarro (SSN-665) while an RMCM(SS) [Grade E-9] was also assigned to the ship. In fact he had been the first COB on this same ship when it was commissioned.

Bob Mhoon ETCS (SS) USN Retired Arlington, TX —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bobmhoon (talk • contribs) 13:00, September 21, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "He" is allowed

Women are prohibited by law to serve on submarines of the United States Navy, so we can assume that a chief of the boat is male. Accordingly, this is one of the few places where it is unquestionably misleading to use the wordy and repulsive "gender-neutral" constructions, and entirely correct to use that horrific pronoun, he. ➥the Epopt 21:47, 1 October 2006 (UTC)