Week 3: Navy Customs and Courtesies / Notable Graduates Flashcards
Who may salute while uncovered?
- Airman
- Soldiers
Who do you salute?
- Senior officers U.S. and allied foreign services
- Merchant Marine and Public Health Service
- Medal of Honor recipients
- Officers in and out of uniform
- Personnel standing OOD
- Children and retirees
(When in doubt, salute!)
When did the first official salute of the American flag take place and what ship rendered it?
14 February 1778; French ship Robuste
What U.S. Navy ship and Captain was present for the first salute?
USS Ranger; John Paul Jones
Where is the union jack flown?
Jackstaff
Located at the bow (front end) of the ship
Where is the national ensign flown?
Flagstaff
Located at the aft (back end) of the ship
What colors is the PREP pennant?
Yellow and green
When underway, where is the national ensign flown?
The Gaff (located in the middle of the ship)
What is a brow?
A walkway that bridges the gap between the pier and the ship
What is an accommodation ladder?
A stairwell that has been rigged over the side of the ship
When may you be in Officer’s or CPO Country?
- Official business
- On watch wearing a duty belt or sidearm
How many hours does 8 bells signify?
4 hours
Chester W. Nimitz
- Class of 1905
- Fleet Adm./CNO
- Commanded USS Augusta
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
- Class of 1945
- NASA Astronaut / 1st American in space
- Congressional Medal of Honor (Space)
- One of the Mercury astronauts
James Earl “Jimmy” Carter
- Class of 1947
- 39th POTUS
- Retired as a LT
- 25th book, White House Diary
James B. Stockdale
- Class of 1947
- POW / Medal of Honor recipient
- POW for 7 years in the Hanoi Hilton
- President of the War College
H. Ross Perot
- Class of 1953
- Entrepeneur / Presidential candidate
- Founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS); sold to General Motors in 1984
John McCain
- Class of 1958
- POW / US Senator
- Born in the Panama Canal Zone
- Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Roger Staubach
- Class of 1965
- Heisman trophy winner
- Direct commission as a Supply officer
- Played for the Dallas Cowboys
Maj. General Charles Bolden
- Class of 1968
- NASA Astronaut
- Part of the crew that launched the Hubble Space Telescope
- Became Dep. Commandant of Midshipmen
- Became the administrator of NASA
Wendy Lawerence
- Class of 1981
- Born July 2, 1959
- 1,500+ hours of flight time / 1,225 hours in space
- One of the first two female Helo pilots to deploy in the Indian Ocean
- Was a physics instructor at USNA
Michelle Howard
- Class of 1982
- First female four-star in the Navy
- Commanded USS Rushmore (LSD 47)
- First woman to serve as Vice CNO
David Robinson
- Class of 1987
- Played with the San Antonio Spurs
- ‘The Admiral’
- First male basketball player to play on three U.S. basketball teams in the Olympic Games
Erik Christensen
- Class of 1995
- SEAL
- SWO onboard USS Chandler (DDG-996)
- OIC of a Platoon at SEAL Team EIGHT
- Task Unit Commander for SEAL Team TEN
