YN

Military abbreviation · US Navy and Coast Guard Rating

YN stands for Yeoman, a US Navy and coast guard rating abbreviation.

Administrative specialists who prepare correspondence and reports, maintain records, manage office operations and handle executive administration for commanding officers and flag officers. Many yeomen serve on senior staffs.

Example: YN1 Patel drafted the commanding officer's reply and routed it for signature.

Usage notes

In 1917 Loretta Perfectus Walsh enlisted as a chief yeoman, becoming the first woman to enlist in the US Navy in a non-nurse role, and thousands of "yeoman (F)" sailors followed in World War I. The badge shows crossed quills. In English history, a yeoman was a free landholding farmer.

Related abbreviations

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• AD – Aviation Machinist's Mate
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• AG – Aerographer's Mate
• AM – Aviation Structural Mechanic
• AO – Aviation Ordnanceman
• AST – Aviation Survival Technician
• AT – Aviation Electronics Technician
• AW – Naval Aircrewman
• BM – Boatswain's Mate
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