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You say you were a private, which means you weren't in the navy. We were told that only jarheads put an extra "Sir!" before the reply.
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Nope, I wasn't a squid, but not for lack of trying. My initial ASVAB score qualified me for the Nuclear Technician MOS. But, they turned me down because I had asthma when I was a teen and their regs require no attacks five years prior to your eighteenth birthday. It had only been four for me. The Army has no such qualms.
Basic training in Uncle Sam's Boy Scouts requires the extra Sir!
Addressing an NCO required two Sergeants also. Like the brand spanking new FNG I met in a PX restroom who addressed me thusly...
"Sergeant is there a drinking fountain around here Sergeant?"
I replied: "Private! I'm a private just like you!" I've never seen a kid turn that many shades of red since.
My battle buddy naturally asked why I didn't drop him. Yeah sure! If his drill had walked in and caught me making his troopy beat his face on a restroom floor! Riiiiight! I would have been down there with the kid. Then escorted back to my barracks for a chat with my senior Drill, who would make me mule kick till I puked.
MULE KICK PRIVATE!
Those aren't Mule kicks! Them's bunny hops! I SAID MULE KICK!