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1 ~ Your 2nd Navy Test ~ Are you smarter than your sailor? Funding for NavyDEP.com is provided by your purchases from PIRGifts.com & USNGifts.com

2 ~ Your 2nd Navy test ~ Navy Slang Do you know the Navy basics? (10 questions) Rules: 1. These questions are to be answered without the use of the internet. Your sailors will not have internet access in boot camp, neither shall you! 2. You will answer each question. Each question counts. So it is better to guess than not to guess. 3. Your are REQUIRED to post the ones you got wrong. 4. The answers are posted below question # Remember, this is only for fun. It truly doesn t matter how many you got right. What truly matters is that you learned something about the Navy. Rev: 1 st Navy test

3 Question 1 1. Is this a current active duty Navy uniform? Yes or No

4 Question 2 2. Suddenly Chief Petty Officer Jones comes in, walks over to John, and says, "I see you're back from liberty, Smith. Get into your work clothes, I've got a job for you." Smith protests that he has the day off, but Chief Jones smiles and says, "Relax, we'll make it up to you later. Besides, it's a really cushy detail. Meet me on the fantail in ten minutes. And bring your tool belt." As Chief Jones leaves, you hear John mutter, "Bohica." What does "Bohica" stand for? 1. Bravo, our hour is come at last 2. Blind obedience, honest initiative, cheerful attitude 3. A Tagalog (Filipino) word for horse sh*t 4. Bend over, here it comes again

5 Question 3 3. When you get to the berthing area, the first thing you notice is how crowded it is. When you ask about this, John says: "Yeah, space is at a premium here; some the guys are actually hot-racking." What is "hot-racking?" 1. Sharing a bunk with another Sailor 2. Sleeping in the engine room 3. Sleeping on the floor 4. Living ashore

6 Question 4 4. Since WWII, the Navy has lost only two nuclear powered submarines. What were their names? 1. Darter and Sealion. 2. Argonaut and Triton 3. Thresher and Scorpion 4. Growler and Seawolf

7 Question 5 5. Seaman Stains (man I LOVE that name) has worked in the officer mess (the eating area) for 2 months and is almost done with his mess cranking duties. He tell his relief the main person you need to worry about it the guy with the Scrambled Eggs. Who is he talking about? 1. The Chief Culinary Specialists (CS) aka the Chief Cook, rank E7. 2. The 1st lieutenant division officer (in charge of the deck and galley crew), rank Lieutenant (O-3). 3. The Commanding Officer, rank Captain (O-6) 4. The Admiral, rank Vice Admiral (O-9)

8 Question 6 6. John goes to the galley for breakfast and asks for the SOS. What is a SOS? 1. It s a Sausage Omelet, Spicy 2. It s Creamed chipped beef on toast. 3. It s a Navy joke. SOS is international distress signal. So when you order the SOS, you know you'll end up with runny eggs (any style), greasy bacon, and burnt hash browns.. 4. It's a Navy term for Same Old Sh*t. Breakfast always is the same exact thing day in and day out.

9 Question 7 7. You and Jack wait around while John changes into his dress whites. He gets dressed and is about to leave when he remembers something. "Damn it," he says, "where did I put my Dixie Cup?" What is a "Dixie Cup?" 1. An athletic supporter 2. A wad of chewing tobacco 3. A Sailor's white hat 4. A type of wrench

10 Question 8 8. Finally John is ready to go. "I'll walk you guys back to the quarterdeck," he says. When you get outside, you meet Lieutenant Kieffer, the Engineer Officer. John salutes him, and he returns the salute. "Smith," he says, "your uniform is a disgrace! Get rid of that Irish pennant on your uniform." What is a "Irish pennant?" 1. A loose thread 2. An unauthorized patch 3. A stain 4. A wrinkle

11 Question 9 9. As the officer leaves, John mutters a few comments like "maternal copulator" (Think about that one). "I wonder what's got into him?" John asks. "He should know better than to ride me like that; he's a mustang." What type of officer is a "mustang?" 1. A combat veteran 2. An officer nearing retirement 3. A Naval Academy graduate 4. A former enlisted man

12 Question Back on dry land, you tell Jack that it was nice to meet him, but now you have to go. "What's your hurry?" he asks. "Come with me to the Acey-Deucy Club and we'll have a drink." What is an "Acey-Deucy" club? 1. A strip joint 2. A club for first and second class petty officers A bar that serves only 3.2 beer 5. A club for submarine Sailors only

13 The Answers

14 Answer 1 1. Is this a current active duty Navy uniform? Yes It s for the Chief Petty Officer (E7) from the USS Constitution. USS CONSTITUTION is located in Boston and is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat. The battle with Guerriere earned her the nickname of "Old Ironsides" USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. To become a crew of the USS Constitution is extremely hard. In fact in 18 years I don't know anyone that has earn the privilege of becoming her crew. The rules are very hard to qualify for and you are hand selected. What I tell a lot of sailors on my website is to always look "outside the box" for orders. Most sailors only look for positions within their on rating. They need to look for the specials programs, ie White House Duty, PEP duty, USS Constitution...etc

15 The Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Note: in the question section I had to paint over the name USS Constitution so as not to give it away The Commanding Officer: The Lieutenant E6 and below:

16 Answer 2 2. Suddenly Chief Petty Officer Jones comes in, walks over to John, and says, "I see you're back from liberty, Smith. Get into your work clothes, I've got a job for you." Smith protests that he has the day off, but Chief Jones smiles and says, "Relax, we'll make it up to you later. Besides, it's a really cushy detail. Meet me on the fantail in ten minutes. And bring your tool belt." As Chief Jones leaves, you hear John mutter, "Bohica. What does "Bohica" stand for? Answer: 4. Bend over, here it comes again Sailors are quite adept at creating acronyms. A couple famous ones: NAVY = "Never Again Volunteer Yourself. MARINE = Rides In Navy Equipment"

17 Answer 3 3. When you get to the berthing area, the first thing you notice is how crowded it is. When you ask about this, John says: "Yeah, space is at a premium here; some the guys are actually hot-racking." What is "hot-racking?" Answer: 1. Sharing a bunk with another Sailor Conditions on Navy submarines are pretty sparse. When there are more Sailors than racks (bunks), it is a common practice to have to share a bed. It is arranged so that the two people sharing it have different watch schedules so both can get some sleep at different times. They don't sleep in the same bed at the same time, well, that s what they tell us surface Sailors. This practice is known as "hot-racking" because when you get into bed the mattress is still warm from the previous occupant. Since Submarines are still all male (females coming really soon), most surface sailor think that 120 Sailors deploy on submarines, and 60 couples return. I can tell you for a fact that it's a False statement! They never had more than 48 couples come back up. They're always some fights and breakups. j/k

18 Answer 4 4. Since WWII, the Navy has lost only two nuclear powered submarines. What were their names? Answer 3. Thresher and Scorpion I truly think that as many missions that our submarine force does, and to lose only two since WWII is totally amazing. May the crew Rest-in-Peace. Thresher and Scorpion Thesher (SSN-593) had bad luck from the start. She was commissioned on August 3, On November 2, 1961 she suffered a failure of her diesel generator while in port and had to be evacuated. In 1962, she was struck by a tug boat while mooring at Cape Canaveral, Florida and suffered damage to her ballast tanks. On April 10, 1963 Thresher was conducting deep diving tests off the coast of Massachusetts. Operating at near her test depth of 1300 feet, she reported she was having "minor problems." She was never heard from again. She was found in 5500 feet of water, broken into six pieces. The most probable cause of her loss was determined to be a leak in a high-pressure water line, which shorted out her electrical system. 129 men, including seventeen civilian observers, lost their lives. Scorpion (SSN-589) was commissioned on July 29, On May 16, 1968 she left Rota, Spain on her way back to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia. When she did not return as scheduled on May 27, a search was launched, but it was not until October that her wreckage was located in 3000 feet of water 400 miles southwest of the Azores. No one knows what caused Scorpion to sink; there are many theories, including one that she was sunk by a Russian submarine. It is known that Scorpion was suffering from a number of engineering problems, and had undergone emergency repairs shortly before her last mission. Her crew of 99 officers and men perished with her.

19 Answer 5 5. Seaman Stains has worked in the officer mess (the eating area) for 2 months and is almost done with his mess cranking duties. He tell his relief the main person you need to worry about it the guy with the Scrambled Eggs. Who is he talking about? Answer: 3 The Commanding Officer, rank Captain (O-6), but it can also be 4. The Admiral, rank Vice Admiral (O-9). The Scrambled Egg is the gold braid found on the cap brim of a senior officer. The picture below is for officers 01 thru O4 (note: no eggs) When you reach the grade of Admiral (O-7), you have two rows of scrambled eggs. (a double plate) Starting at grade Commander (O-5) and continuing for Captain (0-6) you receive one row of scrambled eggs.

20 Answer 6 6. John goes to the galley for breakfast and asks for the SOS. Answer 2 It s Creamed chipped beef on toast. What is a SOS? The term comes from the appearance of the food. The toast looks like shingles on the house, while the chipped beef looks like sh*t. So it's referred by Sailor as Sh*t On a Shingle or SOS. It is actually quite good. And as any Sailor will tell you, breakfast is the one meal that you know they will get right, they never screw it up. It is the best meal of the day for most of us. Lastly, looking at the below picture, can you think of a better name for what this looks like?

21 Answer 7 7. You and Jack wait around while John changes into his dress whites. He gets dressed and is about to leave when he remembers something. "Damn it," he says, "where did I put my Dixie Cup?" What is a "Dixie Cup?" Answer: 3. A Sailor's white hat Nothing identifies a Sailor like the white, round hat (cover) he wears with his dress uniform. Each work group on a ship shapes their hats to their job. Aircrew people usually was slightly folder on both sides to simulate wings. It s the most abused uniform item a Sailor has, as it shows your defiance to uniformity by shaping it. It should be sparkling white, slightly curled at the rim, and worn at a jaunty angle (if you re a CT). Signalmen have theirs back to simulate the air blowing thru their hair (from being topside), Airdales having their "Gull Wings" for the Dixie cap, and we CT's had ours cocked to one side in a jaunty manner, as our simple act of disobedience, defiance, and failure to follow the rules. (see my picture)

22 Answer 7 (cont) (Note: This guys a aircrew guy since he has formed the wings on his cover) This is actor Tony Curtis. Notice his cover, you can tell he was a signalman by the way his cover is positioned. (Note: He has his cover a little too far back, because it's a picture. He is flaunting that he's a signalman. He would never wear it that far back normally) I think you'll get a kick out of this "All Hands" from Nov 1988 which explains it all. Look at page 33 (which is actually 35 of 52). (Note: It takes a while to load since it's a huge magazine) Man, the Dixie cup was the most abused piece of uniform that all Sailors loved to personalize.

23 Answer 8 8. Finally John is ready to go. "I'll walk you guys back to the quarterdeck," he says. When you get outside, you meet Lieutenant Kieffer, the Engineer Officer. John salutes him, and he returns the salute. "Smith," he says, "your uniform is a disgrace! Get rid of that Irish pennant on your uniform." What is a "Irish pennant? Answer: 1. A loose thread An Irish pennant is loose thread or piece of fabric, usually on one's uniform. The Navy is very down on Irish pennants. Some officers expect one to work all day in the engineering spaces and emerge from them ready for inspection! One of the drawbacks to being a snipe is that you have to spend a lot of money on work uniforms, as they are constantly being torn, stained, eaten through by battery acid, etc.

24 Answer 9 9. As the officer leaves, John mutters a few comments about his ancestry and personal habits. "I wonder what's got into him?" John asks. "He should know better than to ride me like that; he's a mustang." What type of officer is a "mustang?" Answer: 4. A former enlisted man A mustang is someone who started out as a enlisted man. It great working for them, because they know the system, and how to beat it. Most Sailor payscale are E-1 thru E-9 for enlisted, and O-1 thru O-9 for officer. However, Mustangs have their own pay scale O- 1E thru O-4E which pays more than a normal O-1 thru O-4. One thing you can t do to a mustang is BS them, they've been there, and its really hard to put something over on them.

25 Answer Back on dry land, you tell Jack that it was nice to meet him, but now you have to go. "What's your hurry?" he asks. "Come with me to the Acey-Deucy Club and we'll have a drink." What is an "Acey-Deucy" club? Answer: 2. A club for first and second class petty officers Many large bases have not only an enlisted men's (EM) club, and an officers' club, but clubs for specific ranks and ratings as well. Acey-Deucy clubs are for Sailors in paygrade E-6 (PO1), the Acey's and E-5 (PO2), the Deucy's. The name comes from a game popular with Sailors that resembles backgammon..

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