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United States Navy – In 1992, the U.S. Navy officially adopted "Honor, Courage, Commitment" as its standing motto. [16] [17] Naval Construction Forces - Construimus, Batuimus (We build, we fight) [18] [19] Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen 'On Time, On Target, Never Quit.' Navy Supply Corps - Ready for Sea [20] [21]
Portuguese Navy: Talent de bien faire (Old French for: "Talent of doing well") - motto of Henry the Navigator. Marine Corps: Braço às armas feito ("Arms bearing Arms") — from Os Lusíadas, Book X, 155th Stanza. Portuguese Navy ships: A Pátria honrar que a Pátria vos contempla (Portuguese for: "Honor the Motherland, for the Motherland ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
1. (galley (kitchen)) The compartment of a ship where food is cooked or prepared; a ship's kitchen. 2. (galley) A type of ship propelled by oars, used especially in the Mediterranean for warfare, piracy, and trade from the 8th century BC to the 16th century AD, with some in use until the early 19th century. 3.
February 3, 1943: Captain Preston Krecker of the SS Dorchester went down with the ship after it was struck by a German U-boat. He was last seen on the deck assisting his men into lifeboats. The sinking was made famous by the story of the Four Chaplains. Captain Krecker's body was never found.
John William Finn (24 July 1909 – 27 May 2010) was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer and aviation ordnanceman, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. Though ordnancemen are only responsible for performing ...
By 2030, the Pentagon expects the People's Liberation Army Navy, already the largest naval force in the world, to possess a battle force of 435 ships with a notable increase in "major surface ...
SNAFU. SNAFU is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation Normal: All Fucked Up, as a well-known example of military acronym slang. However, the military acronym originally stood for "Status Nominal: All Fucked Up." It is sometimes bowdlerized to all fouled up or similar. [5]