Designation
A Master Diver is qualified to wear the Master Diver badge. An enlisted member who obtains Master Diver status is authorized to have the warfare designator (MDV) after his/her rating designator. For example, if Davy Jones is a Navy Diver Chief Petty Officer (Master Diver), then his title/name would be written as NDC (MDV) Jones. The title "Master Diver" is customarily used as a form of address rather than the individual's rank.
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