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Crewman is a generic term for a crew member serving in the operation of an aircraft, naval vessel, spacecraft, or train. [1] The term may also refer to individuals serving in a military capacity on weapon system platforms, such as those operating a tank.
The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company .
Crew members who started out as seamen and then became midshipmen, and later, officers, were said to have gone from "one end of the ship to the other". See also hawsepiper. belay 1. To make fast a line around a fitting, usually a cleat or belaying pin. 2. To secure a climbing person in a similar manner. 3.
The oar-less crew-member, usually included, who is responsible for steering and race strategy. The coxswain either sits in the stern or lies in the bow of the boat, and faces in the direction of travel. Engine room The middle rowers in the boat. In an 8-person shell, these are generally the rowers in seats 6, 5, 4 and 3.
The chief cook is the senior unlicensed crew member working in the steward's department of a ship. The position corresponds to that of the boatswain in the deck department, the pump man in an oil tanker, and the electrician (but not ETO) in the engine department of a container ship or general cargo ship.
Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks , while paddles are not connected to the boat.
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NUGIT or NUG – New Unqualified Guy/Gal In Training is an acronym used in Naval/Marine Corps aviation to describe a new maintainer or crew member that has no qualifications. This acronym is pronounced similar to the word "nugget," and is often shortened to "Nug." This term bears a similar connotation to the Marine Corps slang term "boot."