### Question
What does rating mean?


### Answer
**Rating** has the following meaning in *10 U.S.C. § 101*:

> the name (such as “boatswain's mate”) prescribed for members of an armed force in an occupational field

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 101*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law     > PART I-ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS     > CHAPTER 1-DEFINITIONS**

