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"31-Knot Burke" – Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed during one operation due to limited recent maintenance) [1] "7, 8" – Yedi Sekiz Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Turkish Pasha who gained this nickname because of his signature consisting only of the Arabic letters seven (٧) and eight ...
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Jack Tar (also Jacktar, Jack-tar or Tar) is a common English term that was originally used to refer to seamen of the Merchant Navy or the Royal Navy, particularly during the British Empire. By World War I the term was used as a nickname for those in the US Navy. [1]
Here's an explanation of Navy's nickname, including how Midshipmen was coined: A Midshipman is a rank of those in training to become a naval officer — hence the nickname of students at the U.S ...
John Bradley (United States Navy) (1923–1994), US Navy corpsman who participated in the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima; Donald M. Carpenter (1894–1940), early US Navy aviator; Ivan Dougherty (1907–1998), Australian Army major general; Ralph Eaton (1898–1986), US Army brigadier general; Robert H. Foglesong (born 1945), retired US Air ...
The Seabee nickname is a heterograph of the initial letters "CB" from the words "Construction Battalion". [1] Depending upon context, "Seabee" can refer to all enlisted personnel in the USN's occupational field 7 (OF-7), all personnel in the Naval Construction Force (NCF), or Construction Battalion. Seabees serve both in and outside the NCF.
John Drew Barrymore – actor, enlisted in the Navy during WWII at age 13 (The Big Night, Rawhide) Hall Bartlett – Oscar-nominated filmmaker and actor (Navajo, Zero Hour!, Jonathan Livingston Seagull) Ed Begley, Sr. – Oscar-winning actor (12 Angry Men) Harry Belafonte – Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning singer and actor (BlacKkKlansman)
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