Roof Rats Aircraft handlers. Run ashore A night out – usually involving alcohol.
Renewal Agreement Travel (RAT)
1. Squid. (especially Marines) generally called sailors. The term refers to the aquatic animal and how it can swim fast in a straight line but similar to inexperienced motorcyclists, have trouble quickly changing directions.
Pig boat - A submarine. Mosquito boat - A very fast torpedo boat. Ham 'n eggs boat - A refrigerator ship. Airdales - Navy aviators.
The Royal Navy continues to be known as the 'Andrew', but there is no conclusive answer to the derivation of the nickname.
Rabbits Naval Naval slang name given to articles taken, or intended to be taken, ashore privately.
What Are Navy Soldiers Called? A sailor is a member of the United States Navy. Sailor=sea=Navy.
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Head (ship's toilet) The use of the term "head" to refer to a ship's toilet dates to at least as early as 1708, when Woodes Rogers (English privateer and Governor of the Bahamas) used the word in his book, A Cruising Voyage Around the World.
1. Ahoy. Meaning “hello” or “hey there” in nautical language, “Ahoy” is a classic and versatile nautical greeting that can be used to say hello or get someone's attention on a ship. This is probably the most popular and well-known of all of the nautical greetings used on ships.
The WRNS was finally integrated into the Royal Navy in 1993, when women were allowed to serve on board navy vessels as full members of the crew. Female sailors are still informally known by the nicknames "wrens" or "Jennies" ("Jenny Wrens") in naval slang.
Cake Eater: An officer. Canoe Club: The U.S. Navy. Canoe U: United States Naval Academy. Captain's Mast: Navy term for non-judicial punishment under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
A Navy shower (also known as a "combat shower", "military shower", "sea shower", "staggered shower", or "G.I. bath") is a method of showering that allows for significant conservation of water and energy by turning off the flow of water in the middle portion of the shower while lathering.
Flame Resistant Organizational Gear (FROG) is clothing used by the United States Marine Corps to reduce the number of injuries resulting from fire and flash (especially burns), due to the increased use of improvised explosive devices in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
CORONADO, Calif. - When the U.S. Navy established the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) during World War II, the heroic Sailors that we now know as Navy SEALs were commonly referred to as “Frogmen.” Today's Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community pays homage to its predecessors by using the same nickname.
Jack of the dust is an obsolete enlisted rating of the United States Navy and was used in the Navy Supply Corps. The modern U.S. Navy equivalent is Culinary specialist.
99 (pron. niner niner): When "99" is heard on the radio following a unit's call. sign, it means that the transmission is for all of the aircraft in that unit.
Salty Dog is a nickname for an ornery Sailor or a U.S. Marine who has spent much of his life aboard a ship at sea. A Salty Dog is also called old salt or true grit.
Hooyah is the battle cry used in the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard to build morale and signify verbal acknowledgment.
Bumf – the trench slang used originally for toilet paper, it, later on, evolved to mean any communication coming from the headquarters.
Usage. The wardroom provides a place of rest, relaxation and recreation, as well as being an officers' dining room. Usually, a galley or scullery adjoins the wardroom.
Military Toilet Tissue Packets - 50 count
Made to DOD specifications, this MRE Toilet Paper is the same toilet paper issued to our military troops. Also known as "John Wayne toilet paper" (a military term used to describe the toilet paper found in the MRE Meal Ready to Eat accessory packet).
The “Order of the Blue Nose” is a Navy tradition which dictates that when Sailors cross into the Arctic Circle, they enter the realm of Boreas Rex, King of the North. The only way to be accepted into the order is to successfully complete his list of challenges.
In addition to the British Royal Navy, it has also been used as part of vernacular slang within the U.S. Navy, NATO, and other Allied naval forces. It can be combined with the "negative" signal, spoken or written as NEGAT, to say "NEGAT Bravo Zulu" to convey "not well done" for a given action.
Part of everyday Naval life, a salute is always made with the palm facing in. Why? Because sailors' hands were generally covered in tar from sails and rigging, and it was deemed unsightly to show an officer or member of the Royal Family a dirty palm.