Why is the first lieutenant on board a Royal Navy warship known as the Jimmy or Jimmy the One?
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Does this help\nAs a submariner for years I also did not know this one.\n\nJIMMY "Jimmy-the-One"Naval nickname for the First Lieutenant of a ship. In the early days he was referred to as the "First Luff". Usually nowadays abbreviated to JIMMY and known as NUMBER ONE. \nhttp://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3814
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Well, your question was probably not answered because it was very vague.  Asking about a specific " US-Navy security a guy," is a little crazy.  I mean, there are a lot of Navy guys.\nMaybe ask it again with a little more information, although I doubt it will be able to be answered here anyway.
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they are not the same rank... the Army/AF equiv of Captain in the Navy is Luitenant.  Navy Captain is the equiv to Col
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Aft, Naval term for rear.
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There's quite a few differences between the three, man.  Too many to list here. Frigates are the smallest, carrying barely a crew of 300, next are destroyers which are the fastest of the three, the hardest working and has the more important mission (I served on two destroyers).  A destroyer's crew is anywhere from 330 -350 sailors.  The guided missile cruiser is the larger of the three, with a crew of over 350 sailors.  \nOf the three, the destroyer carries more weapons.  All three support submarines and have a flight deck for air assistance.  \nThe one thing that links the three together is in the event of a naval battle, they all protect the aircraft carrier.  \n\nI recommend reading Jane's Book of Fighting Ships.  You can find it at any bookstore.  That book lists in great detail everything that you could possibly want to know complete with great photographs.
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The name of the ship was the Greek line owned LAKONIA. It sailed from Southampton on 9th Dec 1963 with a total of 1022 person on board of which all but 21 were British citizens. The ship had passed a safety check 24 hours prior to departure.\n\nWhen the she was just north of Madeira and 550 miles from Casablanca there was a short circuit in the hairdressing salon whilst the passengers were enjoying a 'dressed as tramps' dance ( they thought the smell was excessive cigar smoking ).\n\nThe fire took serious hold just before Xmas eve. After what appears to be a scandalous dereliction of duty by the Captain and crew - 8 officers were charged with negligence. ( No rescue was attempted of those below decks, the wireless operator deserted his post taking with him into a lifeboat a nurse, abandon ship was severely delayed and there were cases of looting.)\n\nThe final fatality figure was 128 dead - 95 passengers, 33 crew.
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the admiral dose not command a ship.he is too senior for that.the highest rank that can command a ship is captain.the captain of a ship (the proper desegnation is the commanding officer) can be from sub lt to captain depending on the size and importance of the ship.the admiral commands a group of ships (task force,or a fleet).so he has to be stationed on the best equiped ship that enables him to controle all the other ships in his group.so he will not have the time to take charge of the ship he is onbord.there fore,the ships captain is a must.for he is the permenant commanding officer,where as the admiral may change his ship depending on the mission.
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Ex Navy here.\nE-3 Deck Seaman, your thanks is greatly appreciated.\nOn board the USS Kauffman FFG-59
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At an XOI( one step below Captain's mast in the Navy) the XO decided to instill the fear of God into one idjit who did something incredibly stupid while in a foreign port by pounding his fist on the lectern he was standing behind.  It shattered into a billion pieces.\n\nAfterwards, he asked the Petty Officer tasked with salvaging the lectern if he could rig it to collapse at will....
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When I was in the armed forces, the Canadians & us (the U.S.)equated an Army Captain with a Naval Lieutenant.\n\nPS In the U.S. Navy there's also a Lieut. Junior Grade (JG) equal to an Army 1st Lieut & a Navy Ensign equal to an Army 2nd Lieut. If memory serves, these used to go by "sub" & "acting sub" in the Canadian Navy. Of course this was \nsome years ago.\n\nPSS Ensign is not slang. It is an official rank.
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Yes, I read about it.\n\nHere's the Navy's official version:\nhttp://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-1.htm
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It was named after the character of the first mate ifrom the book Moby Dick. Starbuck was very fond of  coffee.  I read this a few years ago in a pamphlet from Starbucks..
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It's a medal for sailors and Marines who do their jobs in a particularly exemplary manner.  If you just do your job well, you get your paycheck.  If you do it really well, you may get some sort of certificate from the command, or be names Sailor/Marine of the Quarter for your unit.  You have to really stand out to get a Navy Achievement Medal (NAM), though, especially in the Marine Corps.\n\nIt's recipients are 'usually' mid-grade enlisted (E-5 and above) and junior officers (O-1 to O-3).  The next higher medal for how well you do your job is the Navy/Marine Corps Commandation Medal (a 'COM'), which is harder to get.  \n\nThese are normally different from medals earned for a single heroic action, such as a bronze or silver star, but there are always exceptions-- a member of the military can get a NAM or a COM for a single (and pretty spectacular) action, but it's more rare.  Usually the medal is awarded at the end of a tour, and characterizes the entire tour.
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Air force (not stuck on a boat for months at a time.) And the other services call it the chair force cause it's easier than the others. My husband has been in the air force for 14 years, his borther went into the navy and got out after 5 years.
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USS Nimitz, CVN-68, named for Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during WWII, and the first ship of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers.
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US ships are named after the 1st of the class, Los Angeles was the 1st of its class, Typhoon is named by the US Navy cause the Russians don't tell us their proper names. Also Nimitz Class Carriers, USS Nimitz was the 1st. The USS Seawolf is the next generation of Submarine, but sadly there will be only one due to budget cuts. To correct the poster after me I just found out there are actually 3 Seawolf subs, The Jimmy Carter is the 3rd http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn23.htm
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well think about this?? is a soldier always faithful?? we all know sailors have a girl in every port