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[Thunder Bolt]

Forgive me for not knowing all the navy speak just yet, but what exactly is a greenie? Is that someone in engineering??


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Electrician. My Dad was one of the first because he was a torpedoman during the war. That branch already had some knowledge of wiring, so when the Electrical branch was formed in 47/48, he changed alone with hundreds of others.

 

[Albalbion]

Electrician. My Dad was one of the first because he was a torpedoman during the war. That branch already had some knowledge of wiring, so when the Electrical branch was formed in 47/48, he changed alone with hundreds of others.

Oh ok thanks that’s interesting. Where does the name greenie come from do you know?


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[Thunder Bolt]

Oh ok thanks that’s interesting. Where does the name greenie come from do you know?

Only the Surgeons and Dentists wear colour between the rings on their arms now (red and pink respectively) but at one stage Electrical Engineering officers had green in between.
Look at the third picture down in this Navy News article
https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/11875

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I recommend getting hold of a copy of Rick Jolly's book Jackspeak.

 

[Albalbion]

Only the Surgeons and Dentists wear colour between the rings on their arms now (red and pink respectively) but at one stage Electrical Engineering officers had green in between.
Look at the third picture down in this Navy News article
https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/11875

Noted, thanks!


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[Charlies Shinpad]

I recommend getting hold of a copy of Rick Jolly's book Jackspeak.

He will soon get used to all the sayings as soon as he has done at least a dog watch and then shoots through on a run ashore but gets all night in after buying a few Sticky Greens for a Kytie and gets a dose

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

French Foreign Legion.
I have always liked Forts since I was a kid.
Failing that I have always thought I would do well in The SAS.

 

[The Birdman]

Training

 

[The Birdman]

 

[The Birdman]

Don't clean your weapons this way.

 

[The Birdman]

I was in the NTC ts Alert and the scouts does that count.