Chain of Commands

Slim20 · 09-30-2014, 04:37 PM

Does anyone know an easy way to remember the Chain of Commands ? I'm having the hardest time !

Auridan · 10-01-2014, 06:05 PM

Brute force, and stupid tricks you'll just have to make up for yourself.

I know you want to know everything beforehand, and that's fine, as long as you understand you're not going to get it all in advance. I promise, when you get there, you'll have so much time to study the (current, up to the minute!) chain of command, you'll want to bang your head on the deck rather than do it anymore.

As for the stupid tricks: Learn names in chunks, particularly pairing commanders with their master chiefs. While I was there, the NSTC commander was RDML Mewbourne, and his MCPO was a Master Chief Walker. Originally, I misheard "Mewbourne" as "Newborn". Newborns don't Walk. Bam, paired, and I still remember it a year longer than I needed to.

The stupider the trick is, the better, because it will linger whether you like it or not.

BubbaGumps64 · 10-02-2014, 03:56 PM

You will learn it all when you get to bootcamp. Make up little tricks to help remember it. Keep in mind that it can change. My chain of command changed 3 times when I was in bootcamp.

Slim20 · 10-03-2014, 12:43 PM

Okay thanks, I have one more question; for the 1st written test we have will the Chain of Commands be included ? Because I really would like to past the first test.

Auridan · 10-03-2014, 01:16 PM

I don't remember it being on any of the tests. Don't focus on it so much. I know telling you again won't change anything, but you will stare at this info so often that it'll sink in whether you like it or not. When you come out the other end you'll realize how true that is.

(Aside: It's "chain of command". Not a plural.)

Slim20 · 10-03-2014, 01:36 PM

Ok thank you so much !

meeli · 10-03-2014, 06:24 PM

Is this accurate?

RTC Chain of Command

President (Commander-in-Chief): The Honorable Barack Obama
Vice-President: The Honorable Joseph Biden
Secretary of Defense: The Honorable Chuck Hagel
Secretary of the Navy: The Honorable Ray Maybus
Chief of Naval Operations: ADM Jonathan Greenert
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy: MCPON (AW/NAC) Mike Stevens
Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP): Vice ADM William F. “Bill” Moran
Force Master Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP) FORCM (SW/AW/EXW) Leland E. Moore
Commander of Naval Education and Training Command (CNETC): Rear ADM Michael S. White
Naval Education and Training Command Force Master Chief Petty Officer: FORCM (AW/SW) Jon Port
Commander, Naval Service Training Command (CNSTC): Rear ADM Richard A. Brown, USN
Naval Service Training Command Master Chief Petty Officer: CMDCM (SW/AW) Leon R. Walker, Jr
Recruit Training Command Commanding Officer: CAPT W. Douglas Pfeifle
Recruit Training Command Master Chief Petty Officer: CMDCM (AW/SW) Matt Laing
Recruit Training Command (XO, RTC) Executive Officer: CDR Kertreck Brooks

RojMaj · 10-13-2014, 07:34 AM

The first test will only consist of information from your start guide. You don't need to know anything but the start guide when you show up, but please know the entire start guide!

Devereux · 10-14-2014, 10:46 PM

You'll be reading that trainee guide every time before chow and whenever you have free time... you'll memorize it. For whoever posted that last Chain of Command, it was almost near accurate. I graduated a few weeks ago.

09-30-2014, 04:37 PM	#1
Slim20 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 6	Chain of Commands Does anyone know an easy way to remember the Chain of Commands ? I'm having the hardest time !

10-01-2014, 06:05 PM	#2
Auridan Active Duty Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sea level Posts: 713 Rep Power: 156	Brute force, and stupid tricks you'll just have to make up for yourself. I know you want to know everything beforehand, and that's fine, as long as you understand you're not going to get it all in advance. I promise, when you get there, you'll have so much time to study the (current, up to the minute!) chain of command, you'll want to bang your head on the deck rather than do it anymore. As for the stupid tricks: Learn names in chunks, particularly pairing commanders with their master chiefs. While I was there, the NSTC commander was RDML Mewbourne, and his MCPO was a Master Chief Walker. Originally, I misheard "Mewbourne" as "Newborn". Newborns don't Walk. Bam, paired, and I still remember it a year longer than I needed to. The stupider the trick is, the better, because it will linger whether you like it or not. __________________ If you're not happy with it, fix it, because ain't nobody gonna fix it for you.

10-02-2014, 03:56 PM	#3
BubbaGumps64 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 302 Rep Power: 36	You will learn it all when you get to bootcamp. Make up little tricks to help remember it. Keep in mind that it can change. My chain of command changed 3 times when I was in bootcamp. __________________ DEP: 12AUG13 SHIP: 18MAR14 GRADUATED: 16MAY14

10-03-2014, 01:16 PM	#5
Auridan Active Duty Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sea level Posts: 713 Rep Power: 156	I don't remember it being on any of the tests. Don't focus on it so much. I know telling you again won't change anything, but you will stare at this info so often that it'll sink in whether you like it or not. When you come out the other end you'll realize how true that is. (Aside: It's "chain of command". Not a plural.) __________________ If you're not happy with it, fix it, because ain't nobody gonna fix it for you.

10-03-2014, 12:43 PM	#4
Slim20 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 6	Okay thanks, I have one more question; for the 1st written test we have will the Chain of Commands be included ? Because I really would like to past the first test.

10-03-2014, 01:36 PM	#6
Slim20 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 6	Ok thank you so much !

10-03-2014, 06:24 PM	#7
meeli Newbie Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 8	Is this accurate? RTC Chain of Command President (Commander-in-Chief): The Honorable Barack Obama Vice-President: The Honorable Joseph Biden Secretary of Defense: The Honorable Chuck Hagel Secretary of the Navy: The Honorable Ray Maybus Chief of Naval Operations: ADM Jonathan Greenert Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy: MCPON (AW/NAC) Mike Stevens Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP): Vice ADM William F. “Bill” Moran Force Master Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP) FORCM (SW/AW/EXW) Leland E. Moore Commander of Naval Education and Training Command (CNETC): Rear ADM Michael S. White Naval Education and Training Command Force Master Chief Petty Officer: FORCM (AW/SW) Jon Port Commander, Naval Service Training Command (CNSTC): Rear ADM Richard A. Brown, USN Naval Service Training Command Master Chief Petty Officer: CMDCM (SW/AW) Leon R. Walker, Jr Recruit Training Command Commanding Officer: CAPT W. Douglas Pfeifle Recruit Training Command Master Chief Petty Officer: CMDCM (AW/SW) Matt Laing Recruit Training Command (XO, RTC) Executive Officer: CDR Kertreck Brooks

10-13-2014, 07:34 AM	#8
RojMaj Active Duty Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Maryland Posts: 9 Rep Power: 6	The first test will only consist of information from your start guide. You don't need to know anything but the start guide when you show up, but please know the entire start guide!

10-14-2014, 10:46 PM	#9
Devereux Active Duty Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 41 Rep Power: 12	You'll be reading that trainee guide every time before chow and whenever you have free time... you'll memorize it. For whoever posted that last Chain of Command, it was almost near accurate. I graduated a few weeks ago.