Heritage & Lore
Nav-Speak & Lingo
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NWS Earle #Facts
Movie Time
100

Official birthday of the Chief Petty Officer rate

What is April 1, 1893

100

Scuttlebutt

What is rumor/gossip or drinking fountain

100

NAVPERS 156651

What is Navy Uniform Regulations

100

Number of flag poles on Memorial Drive

What is ##

100

Name of Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun

Who is Maverick / Pete Mitchell

200

What do the three letters "USN" stand for on the fouled anchor?

What is Unity, Service, and Navigation

200

Brightwork

What is polished metal fittings

200

Max hair bulk limit for males

What is 2 inches

200

Command's primary mission

What is supporting the Atlantic Fleet

200

Ship featured in the movie Battleship

What is the USS Missouri

300

Origin of the term “Goat Locker”

What is early Navy ships keeping live goats onboard for fresh milk/meat

300

Pollywog vs Shellback

Who is a Sailor who hasn't/has crossed the equator

300

Navy acronym CDB

What is Career Development Board

300

Length of the Pier

What is 2.9 miles

300

Submarine featured in the movie The Hunt for Red October

What is the USS Dallas

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

First female Chief Petty Officer

Who is YNC Loretta Perfectus Walsh, 1917

400

Heave to

What is turning ship into the wind to slow down/stop

400

Number of honorable years required for one service stripe/hashmark

What is 4 years

400

The Chief in the Mess with the longest active-duty service time

Who is CMDCM Zahul Puello

400

In the 2000 film Men of Honor, Cuba Gooding Jr. portrays this real-life Navy legend who overcame sever racial discrimination and a severe injury to become the first African American Master Diver in the U.S. Navy

Who is Master Chief Carl Brashear

500

The ALNAV that authorized khaki working uniforms for Chiefs

What is ALNAV 16 in 1941

500

Dog the Hatch

What is securing or latching a watertight door

500

NAVPERS 1336/3

What is Special Request / Authorization Chit

500

Established in December 1943, NWS Earle was named in honor of Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, who served in what critical role during WWI

What is Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance – He was responsible for the planning and execution of the North Sea Mine Barrage

500

The name of the aircraft carrier used in the film The Final Countdown

What is the USS Nimitz