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HISTORY OF THE NAVY
NAVY TERMS
Marine Corps Knowledge
NAVAL SHIP TERMS
FAMOUS SAILORS
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THIS IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE NAVY.
What is OCTOBER 13TH, 1775?
100
THIS PLACE IS OFTEN REFERED TO IN THE CIVILIAN WORLD AS A "REST-ROOM."
What is A "HEAD"?
100

Birthday

What is November 10 1775

100
Facing forward, this part of the ship would be to one's left.
What is port side?
100
THIS PERSON WAS THE 41ST COMMANDER AND CHIEF, PREVIOUSLY SERVING IN THE NAVY FROM 1942-1945, SEEING COMBAT IN WWII.
WHO IS GEORGE H. BUSH?
200
an unannounced military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against A United States naval base on the morning of December 7, 1941.
What is THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?
200
ONE OF THE MEANINGS OF THIS TERM IS WATER FOUNTAIN. ANOTHER IS A RUMOR.
What is SCUTTLEBUTT?
200

Birthplace

What is Tun Tavern Philadelphia

200
Facing aft, this part of the ship would be to the person's left.
What is starboard side?
200
FAMOUS FOR HIS PRIME TIME T.V. SHOW, AND APPEARING IN SEVERAL JELL-O COMMERCIALS.
WHO IS BILL COSBY?
300

This President created the "Great White Fleet" in the early 1900s

Who is President Theodore Roosevelt

300
Loose from mooring and out of control. Applied to anything that is lost, out of hand, or left lying about.
What is Adrift?
300

First Commandant 

Who is Captain Samuel Nicholas

300
This part of the ship is known as the "Backbone."
What is the "Keel"?
300
A talkshow host, who's show was self titled, served first in the Marines as an enlisted man, eventually recieved a commision and becam a Navy Ensign. Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Currently married to Tara Fowler.
Who is Montel Williams?
400
THE NAVY'S ELITE COMBAT UNIT, THEIR NAME STANDS FOR SEA, AIR, LAND.
WhO ARE SEALS?
400
To most sailors this word means ice cream, candy, potato chips and other assorted snacks, or even the place where they can be purchased.
What is geedunk?
400

Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps

Who is Captain Samuel

400
a heavy object, often made out of metal, that is used to attach a ship to the bottom of a body of water at a specific point to act as a weight to keep the ship from moving.
What is an anchor?
400
"I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'"
Who is John F. Kennedy?
500
THIS WAS THE NAVY'S FIRST COMMISIONED AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
WHAT IS THE "USS LANGLEY"?
500
During the civil war, cannonballs were stacked up in pyramids on this object. When it got extremely cold, they would explode or break, hence the term "cold enough to freeze the balls off a ______________".
What is A BRASS MONKEY?
500

Meaning of the Blood Stripe

What is "In memory of those who died in Chapultepec"
500
Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this term has become a generic term for what is properly called masthead.
What is the "Crow's Nest"?
500
This American naval aviator and astronaut who became second person, and the first American, in space. Ten years later, he commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Alan Shepard?