Navy
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May I know what's a Petty Officer? What's his duties, responsibility and authority?
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Our Navy uses the term "petty officers" meh?
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We don't have petty officers in our navy. But in navies which do, I understand that they are the equivalent of NCOs (Sergeants and Warrant Officers), and have similar duties and responsibilities. The SAF has a unified rank structure that makes a lot more sense (apart from the flag ranks in the navy, which are vice and rear admiral rather than BG, MG, LG in the airforce and army). I think it promotes unity and combined arms cooperation, instead of inter-service rivalry which seems rather counter-productive.
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For a thorough understanding of the rank, visit the following sites:
http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia04.htm
http://www.blueangels.org/Rates/RATE.html -
RSN still uses this terms but not officially....
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... in Singapore navy... we still have PO and Chief PO lah...
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What about Chief Bosun's Mate and titles like that?
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wah... i think i heard of that before also!!! any navy guyz know?Originally posted by Icemoon:What about Chief Bosun's Mate and titles like that? -
honestly i also dunno.... wats tt?
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something like master sgt i think....the navy is screwed lah....all their terms are funny ahha they just want to be different.....like galley....starboard..port..head....etc etc
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Eh ... correction ...Originally posted by |-|05|:something like master sgt i think....the navy is screwed lah....all their terms are funny ahha they just want to be different.....like galley....starboard..port..head....etc etc
Navy is not being screwed ...
It is juz tat we follow tradition ...
Everyword we use has its story ... hence the use of different words -
If I'm not wrong ...Originally posted by Icemoon:What about Chief Bosun's Mate and titles like that?
Chief Bosun is the one onboard ship incharge of piping ...
Piping means like got breakfast/lunch/dinner ... sailors will blow on the bosun pipe to inform everyone onboard to go for breakfast/lunch/dinner lah ... -
Boatswain
As required by 17th Century law, British ships-of-war carried three smaller boats, the boat, the cock-boat, and the skiff. The boat - or gig - was usually used by the Captain to go ashore and was the larger of the three. The cock-boat was a very small rowboat used as the ship's tender. The skiff was a lightweight all-purpose vessel. The suffix "swain" means keeper, thus the keepers of the boat, cock, and skiff were called boatswain and cockswain (or coxswain).
Boatswain's Pipe
No self-respecting boatswain's mate would dare admit he couldn't blow his pipe in a manner above reproach. This pipe, which is the emblem of the boatswain and his mates, has an ancient and interesting history. On the ancient row-galleys, the boatswain used his pipe to t;call the stroke;. Later because its shrill tune could be heard above most of the activity on board, it was used to signal various happenings such as knock-off and the boarding of officials. So essential was this signaling device to the well-being of the ship, that it became a badge of office and honor in the British and American Navy of the sailing ships.
For a clearer understanding of Naval Terms, try visiting the following sites:
http://www.goatlocker.org/trivia.htm
http://www.singapore-window.org/sw02/020530hr.htm -
the term for diff parts of the ships is by the tradition n sailing standard... it's used not only by NAVY but by all in the sailing arena....Originally posted by |-|05|:something like master sgt i think....the navy is screwed lah....all their terms are funny ahha they just want to be different.....like galley....starboard..port..head....etc etc -
Yep, the terms like port, starboard, fore, back (left, right, front, back) and things like galley (kitchen i think), etc are pretty standard. The port starboard fore and aft have to be learnt even if u only wanna go canoeing.Originally posted by Arena:the term for diff parts of the ships is by the tradition n sailing standard... it's used not only by NAVY but by all in the sailing arena.... -
hehe yea ok so maybe i wasnt that clear its kinda like marine law..haha very screwed up......i mean they call the toliet the head!!!then got wardroom...and stuff like that.....ahah it's tradition and sailors just like to be different lah makes them feel like they rule the waters cuz no 1 else know's what the heck they saying