If men in the Air Force are called "Airmen", why don't they call men in the Navy "Seamen"? (Sorry Chief, no disrespect)
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Bigessfour wears a Army COAT
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I have heard them referred to as seamen but it may became less popular as society has become more pc or at least more aware of double meanings.
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They do.....ass.:-)
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They are called seamen!! My grandad was an able-bodied seaman or something like that during the war.
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I thought the Army called the entire service the Chair Force and not the Air Force.
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I'm sorry, i've got to do this..... All the services give different salutes to...... Army.................................Airforce..................................Navy
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BTW, I was Navy. I got around the problem by getting assigned to Engineering -- which doesn't mean a desk and calculator in the USN, but a job below decks tending the boilers or main propulsion. So I was a lofty Fireman. Ha! But looking back to the days of wind power, I have enormous respect for the guys who climbed into the rigging and made those clipper ships go. The way they fought hand to hand when boarding an enemy ship, I wouldn't risk teasing them about being Able Bodied Seamen!
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