Yeoman
(YN)
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| Rating Description |
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| Yeomen perform secretarial and clerical work. They deal with visitors, video/voice calls, and incoming mail. They organize files, operate copy machines, and order and distribute supplies. They write and type business and social letters, notices, directives, forms, and reports. |
| Training Information | |||
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| Members desiring to qualify to serve at the different skill levels within the Yeoman’s department must pass the following exams and prerequisites: | |||
| Course Name | Course Code | Prerequisite(s) | |
| Basic Yeoman “A” School |
SIA-SRN-04A | SIA-RMN-0002 | (Basic Non-Commissioned Officer) |
| Course Name | Course Code | Prerequisite(s) | |
| Advanced Yeoman “C” School |
SIA-SRN-04C | SIA-RMN-0004 | (Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer) |
| SIA-SRN-04A | (Basic Yeoman) | ||
| Course Name | Course Code | Prerequisite(s) | |
| Warrant Officer Yeoman “W” School |
SIA-SRN-04W (Project) | SIA-RMN-0012 | (Master Chief Warrant Officer) |
| SIA-SRN-04C | (Advanced Yeoman) | ||
| Course Name | Course Code | Prerequisite(s) | |
| Yeoman Department Head “D” School |
SIA-SRN-04D | SIA-RMN-0103 | (Lieutenant (sg)) |
| SIA-SRN-04C | (Advanced Yeoman) | ||
| After passing the “D” School exam, a member will be named by BuTrain as qualified to lead a Yeoman’s department within his or her unit. | |||
| Rating History |
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| The Yeoman was a social class in late medieval to early modern England. In early recorded uses, a yeoman was an attendant in a noble household; hence titles such as Yeoman of the Chamber, Yeoman of the Crown, Yeoman Usher, King’s Yeoman, Yeomen of the Guard. The later sense of yeoman as “a commoner who cultivates his own land” is recorded from the 15th century; in military context, yeoman was the rank of the third order of fighting men, below knights and squires, but above knaves. A specialized meaning in naval terminology, “petty officer in charge of supplies”, arises in the 1660s. |
| The term is first recorded c. 1300. Its etymology is unclear. It may be a contraction of Old English iunge man, meaning “young man” (compare knave, meaning “boy”), but there are alternative suggestions, such as derivation from an otherwise unattested *geaman (Old Frisian gaman, from gea- “province”) meaning “villager; rustic”. The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue and Tale appears in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. |
| Yeoman is the oldest rating in the United States Navy. Yeoman perform administrative and clerical work. They deal with protocol, naval instructions, enlisted evaluations (Evals), commissioned officer fitness reports (FitReps), naval messages, visitors, telephone calls and mail (both conventional and electronic). They organize files and operate office equipment and order and distribute office supplies. They write and type business and social letters, notices, directives, forms and reports. Yeoman (F) was a rank in the U.S. Naval Reserve in World War I. The first Yeoman (F) was Loretta Perfectus Walsh. At the time, the women were popularly referred to as “yeomanettes” or even “yeowomen”, although the official designation was Yeoman (F). |
| Flag Writer: A Yeoman Flag Writer is a senior Yeoman, typically at the Chief Petty Officer (E-7) level or higher, who serves on the personal staffs of flag and/or general officers and certain other senior officers. Must be able to function independently and carry out required duties. Flag Writers Must be able to draft personal and professional correspondence, act on matters of social usage, protocol, honors and ceremonies, prepare and liquidate travel orders, and prepare officer reports of fitness for signature by a flag or general officer. Individuals serving as Flag Writers are in a highly visible position and must conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times. Additionally, members will be required to satisfactorily meet any additional requirements of the flag officer. A rating must be an E6-E9 to be eligible for flag writer school. |
| Submarine Yeoman: Yeoman, Submarines (YN (SS)) receive extensive training in administrative support as regular YNs and they are additionally responsible in keeping the ship’s daily schedule, receiving visitors, and ordering and distributing supplies in coordination with the Logistics Specialist (LS), formerly Storekeeper (SK), rating. Submarine Yeoman are assigned to either a Fast Attack or Ballistic Missile submarines for their initial sea tour. They are usually assigned duties in an office environment, but are still required to pass all personal qualification standards (PQS) as a submariner, making them eligible to wear the silver dolphins insignia of an enlisted submariner. YNs aboard submarines may work alone with little supervision, or work closely with others under close supervision depending on the assignment. They do mostly administrative work. |
| In the US Navy, Yeoman ‘A’ School is held in Naval Technical Training Center at Naval Air Station Meridian, MS (averages 46 calendar days to complete) ‘C’ school – flag officer writer (NEC YN-2514) is also at NTTC Meridian, MS (a 5-week course). |
| Submarine Yeoman receive training at NAVSUBASE Groton, CT; 4 weeks of Basic Enlisted Submarine School followed by 46 days of ‘A’ School. |
| Reference(s): “Yeoman,” Wikipedia. “Yeoman (US Navy),” Wikipedia. “Yeoman (F),” Wikipedia. |