| Sailors would throw the wood panel into the sea, behind the ship, and the rope would start unwinding from the reel. |
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| Sailors accomplished great feats of exploration on little more than limes and weevily biscuits. |
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| Ride improves the likelihood that prospective Sailors will begin their Navy careers in the right rating for them. |
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| Sailors have long reported sightings of these waves, but reports had mainly been dismissed either as exaggeration or outright fibs. |
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| Rising to the rank of rear admiral during World War I, Niblack would remain an advocate of Sailors his entire career. |
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| Sailors hop to it, and in an emergency, they can be counted on to reef the mainsail and batten down the hatches. |
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| Sailors of the ship Shtandart are silhouetted as they climb on its masts and yardarms during the city birthday celebrations. |
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| Sailors traveling to exotic foreign lands began to collect tattoos as souvenirs of their journeys. |
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| Sailors wore the same loose-fitting shirt of light white linen worn by landsmen with a modest tuff at collar and wrists. |
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| Sailors on the ship, ashore on liberty or in the local community would raise their level of awareness and be on the lookout for anything unusual. |
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| Sailors had various methods for making hard tack palatable, e.g. crumbling it into the dish called lobscouse. |
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| Sailors in bleached white uniforms wander around trying to convince themselves they are having fun. |
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| Sailors from the ship also wanted to get ashore during this time to help with the aid and restoration program. |
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| Sailors from Argyll are involved in two projects ashore, the more ambitious one being the building of a health clinic. |
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| Despite sailing on a ship that rocks more than a bobble-head doll, most Sailors aboard MCMs refuse to serve on any other ship. |
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| Sailors may elect to install a tri-color light at the masthead that can be used in place of deckmounted lights when the boat is under sail alone. |
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| Sailors with a baccalaureate degree or higher are eligible to begin the teaching certification process to become an academic subject teacher. |
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| Sailors aboard the seaplane tender USS Curtiss wore their go-to-town white uniforms. |
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| The Bluejacket's Manual has been the primary text for teaching young Sailors ever since. |
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| The Navy's 3,400 master chief petty officers will become the first Sailors to be detailed using Web-based technology beginning in September. |
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| Sailors in a storm-tossed sea know there is danger in relying solely on battening down the hatches. |
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| Sailors in Scotland's Capital Ship have made the best of unusually good weather to take a brief but dramatic tour of remote South Georgia. |
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| Though Kandy had the edge in the scrums and lineouts, the tough Sailors with their bruising play nailed their opponents. |
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| Sailors who have only used Jasons pistols with the more common stainless steel needles are not at risk from this type of exposure. |
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| In groups of two or more, Cole Sailors began to move topside for triage and evacuation. |
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| Sailors were assigned to messes, each of around ten to twenty-five men, and equipped with a stowable table, cutlery, plates and a bread bin. |
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| Sailors and workers alike worked steadily removing wares from importing ships while stocking products for exporting vessels. |
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| The Marines and Sailors of Small Craft Company are operationally testing the Small Unit Riverine Craft. |
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| A new method of delivering leadership training to chief petty officers is now part of the continual growth and development of Sailors. |
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| Sailors traveling with Columbus in 1492 suffered chigoe flea infestation while in Haiti and probably were the first to introduce it to Europe. |
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| Sailors in HMS Argyll have been praised for their quick response when a fire was discovered in the frigate's forward electrical switchboard. |
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| Sailors noted the similarity of the sand-apes' colour to the rough brown uniform of the British Army, thus soldiers are known as Pongos. |
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| Sailors who have suffered through recent slow connectivity should know the Navy's top cyberwarriors are aware of the problem. |
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| Sailors also need to be aware that even though they have a sail up, they are considered a powerboat if the engine is on. |
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| Sailors waved, and Cherston made his way to the prow to look for the returning sailors and Atwood. |
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| They realized the full gravity of the situation when they scanned, what moments before, had been a room full of Sailors eating lunch. |
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| All Sailors will be given a clear career roadmap, outlining how they progress from seaman to master chief, or from ensign to admiral. |
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| Sailors pushed up and down on the oars like a water pump to manoeuvre the boat. |
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| Sailors and supplies were landed during the night while heavy gunfire was concentrated on the Royalists. |
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| Sailors became known as Jack Tars because of their clever use of this natural gooey substance to waterproof things. |
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| In short order, a team of Sailors led by Kafka retrieved a heavy steel accommodation ladder from the port side. |
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| Sailors in a dead calm know the awful loneliness of the open sea. |
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| Sailors in HMS Sutherland used their spare time during a global deployment to raise thousands of pounds for charities in the ship's home port of Plymouth. |
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| Sailors with 10 or more years of service as of July 1 will be grandfathered, allowing them to remain on active duty to reach retirement eligibility. |
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| Sailors on board ships can then fish the swimmer out of the water. |
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| The Army is especially interested in Sailors with skills that translate easily to Army jobs, including cryptology, fire control, air traffic control and mechanics. |
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| Police report that Sailors believed that Diaz and his group intended to rob his house. |
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| The last cycle promoted more than 24,000 Sailors to their next pay grade. |
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| During the INR, Sailors were given liberty to go explore the Big Apple. |
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| They also provide maintenance training for Sailors aboard ships. |
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| Second, when their workload permits, Sailors get special liberty the day before their final exams to study, similar to what many commands do for advancement exams. |
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| Sailors will still want cash for shore leave, but the navy can arrange for that to be made available by civilian contractors in ports to be visited. |
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| Sailors knew that, if in their attempt to defend their ship they failed, there was a great possibility that they could be tortured. |
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| Sailors feared what lay beyond Cape Bojador, and whether it was possible to return once it was passed. |
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| The Palace of San Telmo, formerly the University of Sailors, and later the Seminary, is now the seat for the Andalusian Autonomous Government. |
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| Sailors of the Imperial German Navy at Kiel mutinied, which prompted uprisings in Germany, which became known as the German Revolution. |
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| He tasked MCPON Terry Scott to review the Navy's seabag to help meet the needs of tomorrow's Sailors. |
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| No one takes better care of our Sailors than the NEX staff at Naval Base San Diego. |
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| One of Lincoln's Sailors, Information Systems Technician Seaman Apprentice Norma Shorthair, is from a Navajo reservation in Shonto, Ariz. |
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| It's time for Sailors in grades E-3 through E-5 to take advancement exams to compete for their next pay grade. |
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| Sailors often took a song from one category and, with necessary alterations to the rhythm, tempo, or form, used it for a different task. |
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| Sailors may also adjust the trim of the sail to account for wind gradient, for example, using a boom vang. |
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| Sailors and passengers were issued a daily food ration, largely consisting of hardtack and beer. |
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| Sailors did, however, consider it unlucky to touch a storm petrel, especially one that has landed on the ship. |
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| Sailors might hope to supplement their meager diets with fish if they were lucky enough to catch them. |
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| The new pay chart was designed to reward Sailors for advancing, instead of longevity in pay grade. |
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| Standing OOD aboard Swift can have its challenges but the latest technology allows it to run smoothly with less than six Sailors. |
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| Sailors have choices ranging from an 8-foot lapstrake dinghy to a traditional 17-foot dory. |
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| First held in 1971, RIMPAC has been a successful proving ground for the integration of Reserve Component Sailors into daily NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor operations. |
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| Was it the Froggy Sailors or the Grandee Goats or even the Piganeers? |
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| If they qualify, Sailors may convert to undermanned ratings. |
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| Sailors and fisherman would likewise discard a crust to appease the spirits of dead mariners, though fishermen believed that it was bad luck to take a pasty aboard ship. |
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| Sailors often had to live and sleep without shelter on the open deck for the entirety of the Atlantic voyage as the space below deck was occupied by slaves. |
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| I couldn't understand how so many junior Sailors, chief petty officers, and officers could have used these ladders without noticing the discrepancies. |
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| One was a talk by the head of shore patrol in Tijuana, with pictures of jails and descriptions of silly actions of Sailors and Marines after they crossed the border. |
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| This year we reworked the GMT courses to make sure Sailors get the information they need to make the right decisions for themselves and to help their shipmates. |
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| Sailors and scientists knew almost nothing of the ocean depths. |
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