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A navigator is the person onboard a ship or aircraft responsible for its
navigation. The navigator's primary responsibility is to be aware of ship
or aircraft position at all times. Responsibilities include planning the
journey, advising the Captain or Aircraft Commander of estimated timing to
destinations while en route, and ensuring hazards are avoided. The
navigator is in charge of maintaining the aircraft or ship's nautical
charts, nautical publications, and navigational equipment, and generally
has responsibility for meteorological equipment and communications.
Shipborne navigators in the U.S. Navy must be Surface Warfare qualified.
Quartermasters are the Navigator's enlisted assistants and perform most of
the technical navigation dutues. Similarly, U.S. Air Force navigators must
be Basic Mission Qualified in their aircraft, or fly with an Instructor
Navigator to provide the necessary training for duties.
Aboard ships in the Merchant Ma
