stewburner n.—Gloss: a person who works in a naval commissary. «Henry Gagne was in the squadron about four months when he decided he wanted to be a stewburner, or in naval parlance, a commissaryman. So he worked in the chow hall.» —“...
boss lift n.— «Local cavalry troopers doing annual training at the National Guard’s Camp Minden this week and next will get unusual inspections Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, they’ll get the once-over from their bosses in what the...
finger-trouble n.— «Because of the scarcity of aircraft, any flying accident thought to be even remotely due to finger-trouble on the part of the pilot, was severely dealt with.» —by Vivian Voss The Story of No. 1 Squadron S.A.A...
brown-water Navy n.— «They came from all over the fleet—off destroyers, from the Seabees, out of the gators and small boat units. Two of the 225 sailors in the squadron came right from boot camp, and the brown-water Navy is the first Navy...
Bitchin’ Betty n.— «The 19 pilots in the 200-member squadron stationed at El Toro fly the FA-18 Hornets, a single-seat, high-tech aircraft that features computerized instrument panels, television screens to aid in bombing run accuracy and...
ee-dub n.— «“These have already flown in the F-22, the F-16 and the F-15,” said Lt. Col. Chris Rounds, “stan-eval” chief—head of standardization and evaluation—for the 917th. He’s an electronic-warfare officer, or, in...