{"id":28359,"date":"2019-08-03T02:58:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T02:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/03\/navy-releases-fy20-chiefs-list\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:33:44","slug":"navy-releases-fy20-chiefs-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/03\/navy-releases-fy20-chiefs-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy releases FY20 chiefs list!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy has released its list of the 4,744 first class petty officers chosen to enter the chiefs mess, an annual rite that kicks off the six-week initiation<\/a> season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s what Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russ Smith<\/a> calls the”most important milestone achievement in enlisted advancement” and in an message to the selectees<\/a> he urged them to go all-in” to their training and forever strive to \u201cearn this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTake some time to reflect on all who have had a hand in raising you to be the outstanding leaders you have become \u2014 everyone who has ever advocated for you, empowered you, trained, taught or developed you put you in this position, at the precipice of a new way of life,\u201d wrote Smith, who is celebrating his 21st CPO initiation season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In moments of difficulty, someone put an arm around your shoulder and reinforced your confidence; in moments of sadness, someone consoled you; in moments of great achievement, someone celebrated with you, because no one succeeds alone \u2013 you led your team to victory. The investment in you is almost immeasurable, as it is too great to be captured in terms of dollars and cents or a simple quantification of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRecognizing that is important, because it highlights your sacred duty to learn how the chiefs mess operates, how we transcend the sum of our parts to make the Navy better as a whole \u2014 to network and share, and to build winning teams so that we prevail in combat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to MCPON, there are roughly 36,000 active duty and reserve CPOs, plus another 500,000 living Navy veterans who were initiated in the mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\t