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Navy TipsRead these 151 Navy Tips in 19 categories ranging from Away From Home to Trivia. Each tip is approved by our Editors and created by expert writers so great we call them Gurus. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Navy tips and hundreds of other topics. Become a Guru or Become an Advertiser. Pillow CasesUse available programs to print an image of yourself onto a t-shirt transfer for a pillow case for your spouse to take during deployments and patrols, it makes the nights alone a little easier. You may want to make one for yourself as well! Online E-mailThere are many free web based email accounts that allow you to check as well as send e-mail without being at home. All you need is a pc with an internet connection. It is an easy way to stay in touch with family and friends not to mention a good way to keep the same e-mail address throughout all of the moves and duty station changes. Binnacle ListMany novice sailors, confusing the words 'binnacle' and barnacle, have wondered what their illnesses had to do with crusty growths found on the hull of a ship. Their confusion is understandable. Binnacle is defined as the stand or housing for the ship's compass located on the bridge. The term binnacle list, in lieu of sick list, originated years ago when ship corpsmen used to place a list of sick on the binnacle. After long practice, it came to be called the binnacle list. jobs by
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Bell Bottom TrousersCommonly believed that the trousers were introduced in 1817 to permit men to roll them above the knee when washing down the decks, and to make it easier to remove them in a hurry when forced to abandon ship or when washed overboard. The trousers may be used as a life preserver by knotting the legs. BamboozleBamboozle In today's Navy, when you intentionally deceive someone, usually as a joke, you are said to have bamboozled them. The word was used in the days of sail also, but the intent was not hilarity. Bamboozle meant to deceive a passing vessel as to your ship's origin or nationality by flying an ensign other than your own -- a common practice of pirates. Aviation Green UniformIn September, 1917 the "Forestry" Green uniform of the U.S. Marine Corps was authorized for aviation officers as a winter working uniform. The earliest use of the uniform by enlisted men came in 1941 when chief petty officers designated as Naval Aviation Pilots were authorized to wear the uniform. In November, 1985 Aviation Working Greens were authorized for wear by women in the aviation community. |
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