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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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List of government and military acronyms. List of U.S. government and military acronyms. List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions; List of U.S. Navy acronyms and expressions; List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions; FUBAR, a 2002 mockumentary by Michael Dowse; Neotrombicula fujigmo § Etymology; List of aviation mnemonics
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 ...
"Aggie on Horseback" – HMS Weston; [4] nickname named for Agnes Weston, a temperance and sailor's advocate; "on horseback" is a jocular mistranslation of Latin "super-mare" ("on the sea"), "mare" being equated with a female horse "'A Gin Court" – HMS Agincourt; Battleship seized from Turkey in 1914; because of its luxurious Turkish outfit
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)
An officer inspects enlisted sailors in Service Dress Blue (2008) A female U.S. Navy officer in Service Dress Blue uniform (2012) The Service Dress Blue (SDB) uniform consists of a dark navy blue suit coat and trousers (or optional skirt for women) that are nearly black in color, a white shirt, and a black four-in-hand necktie for men or a neck tab for women.
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