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Military Requirements for Petty Officer First
Class, NAVEDTRA 12046, Naval Education
and Training Program Management Support
Activity, Pensacola, Fla., 1992.
Navy Affirmative Action Plan (NAAP), OP-
NAVINST 5354.3B, Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations, Washington, D.C., 1989.
Navy Equal Opportunity (EO) Manual, OP-
NAVINST 5354.1C, Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations, Washington, D.C., 1989.
Navy Fraternization Policy, O P N A V I N ST
5370.2, Office of the Chief of Naval Opera-
tions, Washington, D.C., 1989.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinical
Management Guidelines, NAVMEDCOM-
INST 6222.1, Department of the Navy, Naval
Medical Command, Washington, D.C., 1987.
SUGGESTED READING
Mack, W.P. and T.D. Paulsen, The Naval
Officer’s Guide, 9th ed., Naval Institute Press,
Annapolis, Md., 1983.
Noel, J.V., Division Officer’s Guide, 8th ed.,
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 1986.
M A S T E R - A T - A R MS
THE MASTER-AT-ARMS RATING IS BY NO MEANS A MODERN INNOVATION. NAVAL
RECORDS SHOW THAT THESE “SHERIFFS OF THE SEA” WERE KEEPING ORDER AS EARLY
AS THE REIGN OF CHARLES I OF ENGLAND. AT THE TIME, THEY WERE CHARGED WITH
KEEPING THE SWORDS, PISTOLS, CARBINES, AND MUSKETS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AS
WELL AS ENSURING THAT THE BANDOLIERS WERE FILLED WITH FRESH POWDER BEFORE
COMBAT.
BESIDES BEING CHIEFS OF POLICE AT SEA, THE SEA CORPORALS, AS THEY WERE
CALLED IN THE BRITISH NAVY, HAD TO BE QUALIFIED IN CLOSE ORDER FIGHTING
UNDER ARMS AND ABLE TO TRAIN SEAMEN IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT.
IN THE DAYS OF
SAIL, THE MAAs WERE TRULY “MASTERS AT ARMS. “ THE MASTER-AT-ARMS IN THE
U.S. NAVY CAN TRACE THE BEGINNING OF THIS RATE TO THE UNION NAVY OF THE
CIVIL WAR.
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