by …?! April 25, 2022
In the United States Navy and Coast Guard, and in the Navies of various country's- the lowest level of senior enlistedmen. An informal, but widely used, contraction of the title Chief Petty Officer (US grade E-7).
The most important promotion in an enlistedman's career, the title carries with it significant responsibilities, not limited to training and mentoring junior commissioned officers (15 or so years younger than themselves) and playing father figure to a bunch of juvenile imbeciles the Navy has the audacity to call sailors.
Chiefs are well respected by senior officers, feared by junior enlisted men and are treated like a general pain in the ass by far too many junior officers. Identified by their khaki uniforms, they maintain a separate mess that even a Captain can't enter without permission and cannot be demoted short of a conviction at Court Martial.
The most important promotion in an enlistedman's career, the title carries with it significant responsibilities, not limited to training and mentoring junior commissioned officers (15 or so years younger than themselves) and playing father figure to a bunch of juvenile imbeciles the Navy has the audacity to call sailors.
Chiefs are well respected by senior officers, feared by junior enlisted men and are treated like a general pain in the ass by far too many junior officers. Identified by their khaki uniforms, they maintain a separate mess that even a Captain can't enter without permission and cannot be demoted short of a conviction at Court Martial.
"Chief says he'll burn my ass if I'm late for work again. Goddamn it, I'm a fucking Ensign, no fucking way should that dickhead be able to go over my head like that."
"You've been in 9 months, and know shit. Say that after you've put in 15 years."
"You've been in 9 months, and know shit. Say that after you've put in 15 years."
by The_Egoist December 13, 2011
by krogg November 26, 2013
n.) A chief excuse-maker; an individual who consistently comes up with absolute fucking bullshit excuses not to do something. the most generic excuses are pulled muscles such as quads and labias, although many others have been used as well.
Person 1 - "why isn't Fitz at conditioning today?"
Person 2 - "He's being a chief because he pulled his god damn quad again, this is the 20th fucking time! Did you notice that mitch was chiefing as well for his torn labia?"
Person 1 - "No, but I do now... those fucking chiefs"
Person 2 - "He's being a chief because he pulled his god damn quad again, this is the 20th fucking time! Did you notice that mitch was chiefing as well for his torn labia?"
Person 1 - "No, but I do now... those fucking chiefs"
by jobiusroar19 December 03, 2010
Something that is so awesome that you cannot describe it any other way than chief
Or being a social misfit (by doing something stupid) and ironically describing yourself as 'chief'.
Replaces boss or gooch.
Or being a social misfit (by doing something stupid) and ironically describing yourself as 'chief'.
Replaces boss or gooch.
Paul: I forgot that it was non-school uniform day and I'm wearing my uniform.
John: No way, dude you're literally getting the piss kicked out of you.
Paul: Nah, i'm just chief.
John: What's chief?
Paul: The more modern way of saying boss or gooch.
John: Oh, chief.
John: No way, dude you're literally getting the piss kicked out of you.
Paul: Nah, i'm just chief.
John: What's chief?
Paul: The more modern way of saying boss or gooch.
John: Oh, chief.
by TaylorS999 January 24, 2012
by STEPHANIE M. March 04, 2005
by Nemohulk February 18, 2014