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Plankowner is a term used by the United States Navy, [1] and has consequently been variously defined by different units. The origin of the term is the implication that a crew member was around when the ship was being built and commissioned, and therefore has bragging rights to the "ownership" of one of the planks in the main deck.
United States Navy – In 1992, the U.S. Navy officially adopted "Honor, Courage, Commitment" as its standing motto. [16] [17] Naval Construction Forces - Construimus, Batuimus (We build, we fight) [18] [19] Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen 'On Time, On Target, Never Quit.' Navy Supply Corps - Ready for Sea [20] [21]
U.S. Air Force fire protection specialists fight a fire as an HH-43B Huskie helicopter hovers overhead to create a continuous downward air current, assisting the crew members. The crew is assigned to Detachment 8, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, Vietnam.
VX-6 traces its roots to Operation Highjump (1946–1947), the fourth Antarctic expedition conducted by United States Navy Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd.That expedition set out in December 1946 to conduct an extensive aerial survey of Antarctica, using Martin PBM Mariners based in the pack ice of the Ross Sea, as well as land-based R4D Dakotas (Dakota, from the acronym "DACoTA" for Douglas ...
Crew members on board the passenger jet that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter and crashed two weeks ago near Washington, D.C., have been awarded posthumous honors by the regional airline that ...
There were 272 survivors from the crew of over 900, [32] but Miller was among the two-thirds of the crew listed as "presumed dead". [33] His parents were informed that he was missing in action on December 7, 1943. [10] Liscome Bay was the only ship lost in the Gilbert Islands operation. [29]
"More than a third of the 18,000 B-24 bombers produced during World War II were shot down, and most air crewmen did not survive past seven missions."
Preliminary flight data from the deadly plane crash near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., shows conflicting readings about the altitudes of a passenger jet and Army helicopter that ...