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Leading seaman

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is the fouled anchor over the word "Australia", worn on the shoulders, or the fouled anchor worn on the left sleeve, depending on what uniform is worn at the time. It is senior to able seaman but junior to petty officer. Leading seaman or leading hand, which it is also known as, is the equivalent of
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The former Soviet republics of Belarus and Ukraine maintain similar ranks with the same pronunciation but slightly different orthography - старшы матрос (Belarus) and старший матрос (Ukraine).
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is senior to able seaman and junior to petty officer. It is equivalent to corporal in the other services. The badge is the fouled
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Specialists use the word "leading" before their speciality (for example, leading writer, leading cook, leading regulator).
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the rank. The leading seaman position is usually used when a PO3 or PO2 is not available.
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Sleeve rank insignia of a sailor first class (leading seaman) of the Royal Canadian Navy
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A leading rating is often called a "killick", referring to the rank insignia of a
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As of August 2020, the Royal Canadian Navy replaced the term
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and some navies use corporal rather than leading seaman.
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in 1946 and inherited by the Russian state in 1991.
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The slang term for the rank is "killick", as in the
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