US Navy

It is a navy poilt.

Clearances aren't granted by Navy rate - they're granted on a "need to know" basis, or the command that they serve under. For example, all Nuclear Submarine crews are required to have and maintain a Secret clearance, from the cooks to the CO.

Unless your particular assignment requires it, clearances aren't automatically granted. All personnel go through some type of Background Investigation based on their ultimate duty station, and some rates (for example, Crypto and Intel) of course require clearances by their very nature. However, it's their assignment that determines the level of clearance, not the rate. Even a Crypto tech whose assignment doesn't require it won't be granted a clearance.

"Need to Know" is the phrase for all clearances - if you don't need to know, you don't rate a clearance. It's been that way since WWII.

Even with the amount of calories you'll be getting daily, there is no way to leave boot camp without losing weight unless you're physically incapable of doing so, or are just an oddity of the human race.

None. Navy Seals are all Navy. Marines are a completely different branch of military.

Usually the same day that you separate.

Motor Machinist's Mate 1st Class Petty Officer (MOMM1)

The USS Liberty (AGTR-5), a Belmont class technical research ship, was attacked by Israeli torpedo boats and Air Force planes in the Mediterranean on 8 June 1967. The attack killed 34 crewmembers (naval officers, seamen, two Marines, and a civilian), and wounded 171 others. While the official statement is that the attack was an accident of mistaken identity, the crew of the Liberty were under orders to not discuss it for decades afterward under penalty of criminal conviction.

Probably Gunnery Sergeant major, given that "sm" for Sergeant major is a very common abbreviation.

Yes, partially for 3 and a half months in a location in Israel in the kazar desert bordering Jordan and some isreali commandos come to Fort lebeouf in Pennsylvania.

The United States Naval Academy is a four-year educational federal service academy situated in Annapolis, Maryland. Jimmy Carter is the only US President to have graduated from Annapolis, who finished school in June of 1946.

You just need to be in a leadership position, is all.

I got mine while working on Dutch company, Dockwise. I had an international seamensbook and few weeks after start of first contract with them they send it on-board. But now I need a Dutch riverbook, and that a bit different thing. Ease to get tho, same as "Monsterboekje" (dutch for seamensbook), riverbook is made in a seamen's registry; You have to have a valid medical examination, appropriate educational/coarse documents, and that's it... I think.

No they do not have a jump school. They attend the Army jump school. In many cases the specific class will be all Marines.

In the modern navy, seaman comprise a number of different trades. For example, Radar Plotters, Sonarmen, Weapons Underwater, Weapons Surface, and Boatswains all come under the umbrella of seamen. Although the first four trades have primary duties within their own respective branch; it is the Bos'n who is regarded as the professional seaman. When an evolution requires many hands to work the ship, these other branches are called upon to lend a hand.

The Bos'n is tasked with maintenance of any and all ship's rigging, care and maintenance of the ship's boats, and care and maintenance of upper deck fittings.

Care and maintenance of all ship's small arms, and any other joe job the XO can think of.

Petty Officers are often referred to as NCOs. Chief Petty Officers are usually referred to as Chief (or Senior Chief or Master Chief). The CPOs are sometimes referred to as 'goats' in deference to their age and experience.

GQ stands for "General Quarters," or more commonly known as "battle stations." GQ is set for multiple reasons, to include preparing for battle, reacting to hostile forces, major equipment casualties when out to sea, or even just for training. When GQ is set, the Boatswain's Mate of the Watch will sound the GQ alarm, and then say the following:

"General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man battlestations. Traffic pattern is up and forward starboard, down and aft port. Reason for General Quarters is..." at which point they'll tell the ship's crew the reason for GQ, in order for everyone to maintain situational awareness.

The UH-60 is indeed flown by the U.S. Marines and by all other branches of the service. It has a number of modified forms to adapt this platform to a variety of roles. It turns out that only an elite group of U.S. Marines currently fly the VH-60N Blackhawk. It is flown by the Nighthawks of U.S. Marines HMX-1 out of MCAF, Quantico, VA. And it's for transporting the President, the Vice President, Cabinet members and V.I.P.'s. It is a specialized application, and, oddly, the only one for the use of the Blackhawk by the USMC. Click on the link for more information. Semper Fi! Carry on.... In the Fleet Marine Force, which is the heart of the Marine Corps, they use the UH-1N Twin Huey, which is going to be upgraded to the UH-1Y Venom. The Marines also use the AH-1T Twin Cobra instead of the AH-64 Apache. In both cases, it's because of the rotor system. Hueys and Cobras both have two-blade main rotors, which make it very easy to put them close together on the deck of a carrier. Blackhawks and Apaches have four-blade mains, so they can't be shoved in tight without folding the blades. The VH-60 will be replaced when the EH-101 comes into the presidential fleet. Another troop carrier used by the Marines is the CH-53.

The two programs that make up the US Navy 3M System are the 3M Maintenance and Material Management (3M) Program and the Maintenance Index Pages (MIPs) Program. The 3M Program is responsible for managing the maintenance, repair, and material management processes, while the MIPs Program provides detailed information and guidance on maintenance procedures and requirements for specific equipment and systems.

the seal trident- sometimes referred to as the budweiser

Kennedy's back wasn't that bad when he first joined the Navy during WWII. It was his injuries during the sinking of his boat PT-109 that really caused him problems later on, but it wasn't bad enough to get him discharged.

It's important to understand that during wartime, if you can fog a mirror, you're usually eligible for military service, and after Pearl Harbor drew the U.S. into WWII, few were disqualified. Only the most noted medical problems got you DQ'd, and you had to pretty much be dead to get a 4F classification.

WWII Fleet carriers averaged about 2500 officers and men.

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Depends on the branch of service and the location of the base. No BDU's in Iraq. All branches wear some type of BDU's depending on the circumstances. Desert camouflage, and Snow camouflage where appropiate or in training exercise.

The Battle Dress Uniform and Desert Combat Uniforms are still not expired in the Air Force, and are still worn. They tend to be particularly popular, as the ABU (Airman's Battle Uniform) has not yet been manufactured in the square weave "temperate" pattern.

Special operations units of the other branches may still wear the older M81 pattern uniforms as their mission requires it, though the new Multi-Cam uniforms are becoming the norm.

Navy Construction Battalion (Seabees) personnel still wear what might be the M81 woodland pattern uniform, but actually looked like the older ERDL pattern uniforms to me.