Canada
There are two petty officer ranks in the Royal Canadian Navy. Petty officer, 2nd class (PO2) (maître de deuxième classe or m2 in French) is equivalent to a Sergeant and Petty officer, 1st class (PO1) (maître de première classe or m1) is equivalent to a warrant officer.
Petty officers are normally addressed as "Petty Officer Bloggins" or "PO Bloggins", thereafter as "PO". The "1st class" and "2nd class" designations are normally only used when such a distinction needs to be made, such as on a promotion parade or to distinguish two petty officers with similar names but different ranks. The NATO rank denotion for "Petty officer, 2nd class" is OR-6 (Petty officer's, 2nd class with less than 3 years seniority are considered OR-5). The NATO rank denotion for "Petty officer, 1st class is OR-7.
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