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chiefs

Russian translation: старшины

17:42 Dec 12, 2018
English to Russian translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
English term or phrase: chiefs
Доброго времени суток.

I stayed over on the campus and the morning after my talk I was given a tour by LCDR Brooke Millard, who taught writing there but had previously commanded a coast guard cutter. Since she was considerably shorter than me, I couldn’t help but ask her how she managed to command all those male crewmen, which—rank or no rank, formal authority or no formal authority—could not have been easy out there on the blue ocean. She thought about it for a couple of days and then wrote me this e-mail, which is as good a description of leading by extending own-ership as I could find:

Thanks for asking. At the unit I worked at previous to my command tour, ***I was in charge of about 10 chiefs***—guys with about 18+ years, all subject matter experts in their specialty field. I was a brand new LT with four years in [and] 26 years old. When I told them to jump, I was expecting a “how high?” response, but instead I got [a very hostile] attitude.

Спасибо.
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 22:08
Russian translation:старшины
Explanation:
Во флоте США главные и высшие старшины, например, Master Chief Petty Officer - мастер-старшина. См. ссылку.
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Vadim Bogdanov
Russian Federation
Local time: 22:08
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Спасибо, Вадим.
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старшины


Explanation:
Во флоте США главные и высшие старшины, например, Master Chief Petty Officer - мастер-старшина. См. ссылку.

Example sentence(s):
  • Старшины различаются по классам – третьего, второго и первого. Но выше них еще есть главные и высшие старшины. - Читайте подробнее на SYL.ru: http

    Reference: http://wiki.wargaming.net/ru/Navy:%D0%97%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D...
Vadim Bogdanov
Russian Federation
Local time: 22:08
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PRO pts in category: 48
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Спасибо, Вадим.
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