To support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, bear true faith and allegiance to the same, obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (Part of the Oath of Enlistment)
To help the Navy men with ships and supplies and duties to win the war
They helped with many administrative and transport duties in the US Navy.
An able rating is a seaman in the Royal Navy who is qualified to perform certain duties of seamanship.
Navy boot camp is quite hard and results in many dropouts. It is purposely designed to be difficult to weed out those who will not perform well at their duties.
The Royal Navy (please note capitals) has never operated tourist cruises. Royal Navy ships travel thruoghout the world on their duties, though they are not so numerous as they were in the 1920s.
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It means that they were discharged by the navy. The reason is that they were unable to perform their duties for health reasons. This could be a terrible wound, say the loss of a limb or an eye, or that they had contracted a disease in the tropics that left them weak.
"ABC" refers to the American-British-Canadian agreement during WWII for naval strategic cooperation. Fleet assets from each nation's Navy were combined as needed for escort or other duties.
Ceremonies, inspections, cleaning of ships and equipment; training exercises, patrol duties.
Most senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of Naval Operations on all maters that effect enlisted members.
Because there are so many Navy units throughout the world, Zulu time, or GMT, is used so all Navy units are using the same time, regardless of where they are located. They still use local time of course, but for all official duties, Zulu time is preferred.
Yes, the quartermaster rating is available in the Navy reserves. The quartermaster (QM) rating is responsible for navigation, charting, and maintaining navigational instruments and equipment. In the reserves, quartermasters may perform similar duties and play a vital role in supporting naval operations.