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DEVGRU – Naval Special Warfare Development Group, formerly (and informally still) SEAL Team SIX; DFM – Diesel Fuel Marine (F-76), standard Navy bunker fuel; DILLIGAF – Does It Look Like I Give A Flip(uck), standard Navy slang; DIRNSA – Director of the National Security Agency; DL – Destroyer Leader (outdated)
Hooyah is the battle cry used in the United States Navy to build morale and signify verbal acknowledgment. It originated with special operations communities, especially the Navy SEALs, and was subsequently adopted by other Navy divisions. [1] [2] [3]
War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486797168. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6. Jacobson, Gary (August 14, 1994). "Humor best way to remove last of 'Bohicans' resistance". The Dallas Morning News. p. 7H
Speciality mark for Special Warfare Operator (SO) Navy SEAL receiving the pin after graduating training. The Special Warfare insignia, also known as the "SEAL Trident" or its popular nickname in the Navy community, "The Budweiser", [1] recognizes those members of the United States Navy who have completed the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, completed SEAL Qualification Training (SQT ...
SEAL – Sea, Air and Land (U.S. Navy SEALs) SERE – Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape; SFC – Sergeant First Class (U.S. Army E-7) SFOD-A – United States Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha – U.S. Special Forces team (see ODA) SFOD-B – Special Forces Operational Detachment Bravo – U.S. Special Forces support group
In US Navy slang, also called a "flat top" or a "bird farm". air draft air draught maximum vertical extent of any part of the vessel above the water surface. Clearance required for passing under a bridge. [12] aka Structural section of a vessel that joins together the hulls of a multihulled vessel. alee 1. On the lee side of a ship. 2. To leeward.
Active duty Navy SEAL Matt DeHaan guides Alexander through the 15 separate components of the assault course, which include parallel bars, wall climb, low crawl, a cargo net, balance logs, a rope ...
The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the United States Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic ...