bluejacket
Example Sentences
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From a military standpoint this is not long enough to turn out a well-trained soldier or a bluejacket.
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A U.S. bluejacket staggered through the thick odor and the rude sounds of the old port of Naples.
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Cumbersome, inefficient bookkeeping will be replaced by a simple pay-record card to be carried by the bluejacket wherever he goes.
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Behind her, one catches a glimpse of the entire U. S. Navy, but especially of one roustabout bluejacket to whom Actor George O'Brien has given his first name and a good characterization.
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A World War II bluejacket said it this way: "Morale is when your hands and feet keep working when your head says it can't be done."
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
