Seaman gang, the 1st Lt's folks, are often non-quals who are E-4 and below with a first class or senior second class petty officer as leading petty officer. On Submarines the 1st Looey (1st Lt) is usually an non-qual Ensign and he runs 'seaman gang' responsible for, among other responsibilities, all the gadgets necessary for handling and storing of mooring lines, materiel condition of Topside (chipping and painting), escape and rescue equipment like life vests and Steinke Hoods back when they were carried. Small ships only have one division, while larger ships like carriers or amphibs can have 5 or more.

Work for 1st division varies among ships depending on size. On larger ships, the 'First' may be in charge of air crew. On small boats, the 'First' is in charge of boatswain mates and deck seaman. On ships equipped with small boats, the First Lieutenant or 'First' (First Division Officer or Deck Department Head) is in charge of these boats and the sailors who maintain and run them. 1st Division: The division, in most aviation and afloat commands, which is responsible for the material condition and cleanliness of the ship.1MC: The General Announcing system on a ship.Pronounced as 'one dee ten tee', 'one delta ten tango', 'eye dee ten tee', or 'idiot'. 1D10T or ID10T: A mythical substance that new Sailors are sent in search of as a joke.13 button salute: When a sailor in dress pants pulls down on the top two corners and all 13 buttons come unbuttoned at once, usually done just before sex.

It is not a reference to any particular time.

0-dark-thirty, 0'dark-thirty: A slang term that is used to describe that the commencement time of an operation or exercise is after midnight and before daylight most typically when people would be deep asleep.'We have to get up at 0-dark-hundred.' It is not a reference to any particular time. Used to convey that the time is when people are usually asleep. 0-dark-hundred, 0'dark-hundred (pronounced 'oh dark hundred', because the 'zero' in time expressions was verbally pronounced 'oh' in the US Navy and US Army as late as the 1980s: A slang term for any time between midnight and daylight.Navy slang/Unit nicknames.Ĭontents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Note that in the Navy, many ships and units have nicknames these are listed separately, in Appendix:Glossary of U.S. The following are some examples of the slang of the United States Navy, you will also see references to the United States Marine Corps as well because of their use of naval terminology sometimes also referred to as NAVSpeak.

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