US Navy

to serve the president and take care of him or her.

Technically, the flagship of the RN is HMS Victory. Although now over 200 years old and in dry dock in Portsmouth harbour as a historic ship, it remains the oldest ship in commission and is the formal address for the Second Sea Lord.

As such, it is the most senior ship in the Navy (and all naval ships salute it as they pass).

Short answer: No.

Long answer: If you don't think you can stand to be yelled at, told what to do, where to go, how to stand, how to speak, or how to move on a daily basis for two months, then you will probably not like it very much at the least.

Becoming acclimated is the most difficult. People who have never been away from home will probably find the change in routine shocking. Recruits wake up every morning at 6AM, 0r sometimes 4-5AM during your first week when you're processing, and go to bed every night at 10PM; most lose weight due to physical activity and eating three balanced meals a day. Training starts after breakfast and doesn't quit except for meals. After dinner more training is conducted in the barracks until bed time.

It is best to be able to swim at least well enough to stay afloat and move forward in water, however, if you can't swim they will teach you (this is a pain in the butt and not recommended).

The easiest way out of boot camp once you hit the "what have I done?" stage is to graduate. If you really just cannot adjust to the military lifestyle it is possible to get out of your contract, but that will not happen during boot camp and more likely not until the end of your first year.

If you go into it with the right attitude--which is "do whatever they tell me to"--then you can actually have a lot of fun. Keep your mouth shut and listen very closely to instructions. When in doubt about instructions, it is best to do what everybody around you is doing. Just step back for a minute and realize the ridiculousness of the situation you've put yourself in and understand that it will end eventually.

The Secretary of State, as keeper of the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, authenticates official acts of the governor. In addition, the Secretary of State serves as the chief elections official in Missouri.

A few of the many are: Marine Ethology, Coral Taxonomy, Micro Biology, Marine Mammology, Icthyology, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Deep Sea ecology, Marine Herpetology, Marine Ornithology, Marine Invertebrate zoology.

All sailors, regardless of rank or rate, begin receiving pay immediately upon reporting for duty to Basic Training. It continues until you separate from the service, and whether you continue to receive anything depends on your method of separation (retirement, disability, etc.).

A nickname for a person in the US Navy is squid. Sailors stationed to a ship are called fleeties by those stationed on shore. Those stationed on shore are called sand crabs. The Navy Air Squadron is nicknamed Airedales.

In a manner of speaking. In exchange for their education, they agree to provide six years or more of service in the US Navy.

Fleet

Yes. Unlike the military, a Lieutenant in a police, fire department, or EMS will have to rise up through the ranks to achieve that rank.

All Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets have ejection seats per Navy regulations. Though the Blue Angels are primarily a demonstration team, their planes are also combat qualified should the need arise.

82 sailors were captured and one sailor was killed (gunfire from a sub chaser) in the 1968 USS Pueblo incident. The were repatriated on December 23, 1968, at the "Bridge of No Return (between North and South Korea's DMZ).

The Pueblo is still an active U.S. Navy commissioned vessel, though still held by North Korea. They've tried to include it as part of diplomatic negotiations over the years, but without success.

CTR is not an Army rank it indicates a contractor position.

The ranks above Captain in the Army are: Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General, General of the Army (UK Fieldmarshal).

Occasionally the American General ranks are are referred to simply by the number of stars in their insignia, e.g. 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-star General.

The ranks above Captain in the Navy are Rear Admiral (lower half) (UK = Commodore), Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral, Fleet Admiral (UK=Admiral of the Fleet, though not used in peacetime)

The U.S Navy's Sixth Fleet is headquartered in Naples, Italy. The fleet itself comprises several Task Forces that are primarily made up of ships/submarines/planes that rotate in and out of the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Fleet commands and U.S. Naval Air Stations.

The Sixth Fleet's primary area of responsibility is the North Atlantic dividing Greenland east of South America, the Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa (south to Antarctica), and the entire Mediterranean Sea.

I think it must be the USS Enterprise. I don't know if any of the Japanese carriers were larger. The fact that the carriers were not in dock when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was crucial to the outome of the pacific war.

This is all wrong. The USS Enterprise was definitely not the largest aircraft carrier during World War Two by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't even the largest of the US aircraft carriers during the War. The Enterprise was a Yorktown-class carrier of about 20,000 tons. The earlier Saratoga and Lexington carriers, converted from World War One-vintage battlecruisers, came in at 36,000 tons, while the Essex class carriers built during the War were around 26,000 tons, all bigger than Enterprise. But none of these are the largest aircraft carrier during WWII. That would have to be the Japanese Shinano, converted from a Yamato-class battleship during construction. The Shinano came in at a whooping 64,800 tons, more than three times that of the Enterprise. The largest purpose-built aircraft carrier was probably the Japanese Taiho, that had an armored flight deck and so had a tonnage of 29,300.

Joe in Moraga

Depends which branch of service. In the US Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps there are two Lieutenant ranks - Second Lieutenant (O-1) - which is the lowest commissioned officer rank - and First Lieutenant (O-2), which is the next rank up.

Likewise in the Navy and Coast Guard, there are also two Lieutenant ranks - Lieutenant Junior Grade - which is pay grade O-2 and equivalent to a First Lieutenant in any other branch - and Lieutenant - which is pay grade O-3 and equivalent to a Captain in any other branch. After (Navy) Lieutenant comes Lieutenant Commander, which is equivalent to a US Army/Air Force/Marine Corps Major.

Admiral of the Navy. However, there is no one currently serving at that rank in today's armed forces. Admiral of the Navy was a wartime rank last used in WWII.

The current 'Highest Ranking Officer' in the Navy is the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) with the rank of Admiral.

Absolutely not. He and his men were involved in an operation, in the night, with no more than 8 guys together (standard operations) Ready to fire, hopefully first, but if second, all out unloading. Remember that Navy Seals in Vietnam were on there own basically (except for the water, we are frogmen). They received fire first (not the objective) and unloaded. Who was killed is a matter that those guys must carry in their hearts. Did they do anything wrong, NO. This would have happen 1000 out of 1000 times for any SEAL Operators. Obviously they were not playing a game, and didnt come there to die.

The John Kerry tha that I am refering to is not the guy who ran for president. That Kerry was not a Navy Seal. He is a Senator, but not that one. Dont think that the poser John Kerry would make a pimple on the former Navy Seals butt.

Crew size of the FFG-7 class is approximately 210.

The ranks of E8 & E9 were created effective June 1, 1958 with the first promotions becoming effective November 16, 1958.

Around 2,450 to 2,000 they make up 1% of the Navy.