PQS(navy) Study
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- What are the Navy Core Values?
- Honor, Courage, and Commitment.
- What's the Navy's birthday?
- 13 October 1775
- Who was the first to be promoted to Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy?
- Admiral David G. Farragut
- adrift
- Loose from moorings and out of control.
- all hands
- The entire ship's company.
- deep six
- To dispose of by throwing over the side.
- ensign
- National flag; commissioned officer between the rank of Chief Warrant Officer and Lieutenant Junior Grade.
- first lieutenant
- Command Maintenance.
- gangway
- An order meaning to clear the way.
- allotment
- An amount of money a member has coming out of his pay.
- carry on
- An order to resume work or duties.
- cast off
- To throw off; to let go; to unfurl.
- colors
- Raising or lowering of a national flag.
- chain locker
- Compartment in which anchor chain is stowed.
- aft-end
- Near or toward the stern of the vessel.
- aye-aye
- Reply to an order of command meaning, "I understand and will comply".
- barracks
- Building where Sailors live.
- below
- Downstairs.
- brightwork
- Brass or shiny metal kept polished rather than painted.
- bunk or rack
- Bed.
- buoy
- An anchored float used as an aid to navigation or to mark the location of an object.
- chit, chit book
- Coupon or receipt book.
- chow hall
- Place to eat.
- fast
- Snugly secured.
- fathom
- A unit of length equal to 6 feet used for measuring the depth of water.
- field day
- Cleaning day.
- flag officer
- Any commissioned officer in paygrade 0-7 or above.
- galley
- Kitchen.
- liberty
- Permission to leave the base usually for not more than 48 hours.
- lifeline
- Lines erected around the weatherdecks of a ship to prevent personnel from falling or being washed over the side.
- overhead
- Ceiling.
- passageway
- Hallway.
- quarters
- Assembling of all hands for muster, instruction and inspection.
- rating
- A job specialty title.
- reveille
- Wake up, start a new day.
- scullery
- Place to wash dishes.
- scuttlebutt
- Drinking fountain; a rumor.
- secure
- Lock, put away or stop work.
- sickbay
- Hospital or Medical clinic.
- swab
- Mop.
- taps
- Time to sleep; end of day.
- tattoo
- Five minutes before taps.
- topside
- Upstairs.
- turn to
- Begin work.
- working aloft
- Working above the highest deck.
- F L V
- Foxtrot Lima Victor
- B O Z
- Bravo Oscar Zulu
- I R T
- India Romeo Tango
- E J W
- Echo Juliet Wiskey
- A Q Y
- Alpha Quebec Yankee
- M U C
- Mike Uniform Charlie
- G K
- Golf Kilo
- H N X
- Hotel November Xray
- D P S
- Delta Papa Sierra