Submitted my latest 'On the Deck'

[HawkerHurricane]

To the owners of the board.

Keeping fingers crossed and all that.

If it doesn't appear in a week, I'm posting it in the General Discussion Forum.

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. Bravo Zulu, HawkerHurricaine.

Always a must-read.

[HawkerHurricane]

2. Must be a sailor

Only sailors say "Bravo Zulu".

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. And Marines

and Coast Guardsmen, and NOAA officers and PHS officers...

but how many really know what it means?

[HawkerHurricane]

5. I not only know what that means...

But also Bravo Alfa, Bravo Bravo, and Bravo Tango.

And most of the others, and could tell you what navy publication they are all in.

(And there's a big clue as to what my navy job is)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Ah, a skivvy waver, huh?

Okay, SMart guy, what was BZ called before it was Bravo Zulu, and what was code for Well Done during WWII, well, prior to 1949 anyway?

See how good you are at navigating (I know you aint no QM) the Navy's websites.

PS, I know the pub too.

[Heywood Jablome]

7. What the heck is a "skivvy waver"?

?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

8. Navy slang for a signalman, the guys who put the flags up

and blink the lights and such.
Very important for moving in fleet formation, even now in the days of radio.

[cmd]

4. I'm confident that I'll be reading it before the week is out

Looking forward to seeing your name in lights!

[Aristus]

9. At ease that Popeye lingo, swabbies.

It's beaucoup zu-zu b.s.!

Let's hear it for the Army! :-)