~ Your 1st Navy Test ~

[Craig]

~ 10 Question Test ~
(posted with permission from NavyDEP.com)

Navy Slang test - Do you think you know the Navy basics?
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Rules:
1. These questions are to be answered without the use of the internet. When in boot camp you will not have internet access, neither shall you.
2. You will answer each question. Each questions counts, so it's better to guess than not guess at all.
3. You are required to post the ones you got wrong at the end.
4. The answers are posted below question #10, so when your done, list the questions you got wrong, just to compare with others....No peeking until you complete your test!
5, Remember, this is only for fun. It truly doesn't matter how high you score. What matters is that you learn something about the Navy before boot camp
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~ The Test ~
Here is a 10 question test.....

1. You are visiting Mayport, Florida when you walk into a bar and see your old friend, John Smith, in a Navy dress uniform. After exchanging greetings, you say you’re surprised to see that he has become a seaman. John indignantly replies that he is not a seaman, he is a "snipe."
What is a snipe?

1. A Navy SEAL
2. An officer
3. An engineer
4. An aviator

2. After a few words of conversation, John mentions that he is currently assigned to a "bird farm."
What is a bird farm?

1. An aircraft carrier
2. A submarine
3. A repair ship
4. A destroyer

3. Jack is a Gunners Mate (GM), while performing routine maintenance on a 5 inch gun, he decides
to “Gundeck” the maintenance so he could get done sooner?
What is Gundeck?

1. To lay the barrel of the gun on the deck to clean, rather that obtaining the correct equipment, to
get the job done sooner.
2. To clean the barrel with a round metal brush, thus, the barrel and the shell will have zero clearance. This is similar to car engines and heads that get decked to make them with zero clearance.
3. To mark a maintenance or PMS check as complete without doing the actual work (Pencil-whipping).
4. To oil the barrel of a gun. The oil what originally made by a company called the Deck Gun
Company. Sailors thus call it Decking (oiling) the barrel.

4. You order a round of beer for yourself and your friend. As your shipmate takes a drink, He says: "Boy this really hits the spot. We just got back from a Med cruise, and for the last three weeks, all we had to drink was bug juice."
What is "bug juice?"

1. Kool-Aid
2. Powdered milk
3. Water
4. Canned soda

5. As you are enjoying your beer, John spots a friend of his on the other side of the bar and points him out to you. "That's Jack Jones," he says, "he's a bubblehead."
What is a bubblehead?

1. A submariner
2. A Seabee
3. A civilian
4. A welder

6. Jack comes over to your table to join you. You notice his left arm is in pain. When you ask him about it he replies, "Oh, I just got my crow tacked on yesterday."
What does this tell you?

1. He has had a vaccination
2. He has injured himself
3. He has been promoted
4. He has been drinking too many beers (12 oz curls)

7. You also notice Jack is sporting a black eye. When you ask him how he came by it, he replies: "Oh, some friends of mine were out celebrating last night, and we got into a fight with a pack of jarheads."
What is a jarhead?

1. A member of the Coast Guard
2. A civilian
3. A Marine
4. A homosexual

8. You and your friends decide to leave the bar and take a tour of John's ship, the USS Monica Lewinsky. While you are walking to your car, you pass a shop and John says, "Wait here for a minute. I want to go inside and get some 'geedunk.'"
What is/are geedunk?

1. Contraceptives
2. Shoe polish
3. Asprins
4. Candy/Pop

9. The three of you arrive at John's ship, and he begins your tour. Taking you to the engineering spaces, he tells you that when the ship was returning from its last cruise, she was going "balls to the wall."
What does this mean?

1. The ship was steering erratically
2. The ship was leaking
3. The ship was experiencing mechanical problems
4. The ship was cruising at maximum speed

10. You are walking down a passageway when you come to a door. You start to open it, but John stops you. "Don't open that door," he exclaims, "It's the Goat Locker!"
What would you expect to find in a Goat Locker?

1. Prisoners
2. Female Sailors
3. Classified material
4. Chief Petty Officers


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THE ANSWERS:

1. You are visiting Mayport, Florida when you walk into a bar and see your old friend, John Smith, in a Navy dress uniform. After exchanging greetings, you say you’re surprised to see that he has become a seaman. John indignantly replies that he is not a seaman, he is a "snipe."
What is a snipe?

Answer: 3. An engineer
Engineering ratings crew members in the engineering rates; someone who works in the engineering spaces and seldom is seen topside when underway. MM's (Machinist's Mates) are the ultimate snipes. In today's modern gas turbine fleet, also includes GSM (Gas Turbine Specialist, Mechanic), GSE (Gas Turbine Specialist, Electrician), and EN (Engineman). Non-rated (i.e., E-3 and below) personnel who work in engineering are known as firemen, not seamen. They can be distinguished by the fact that they wear red stripes on their uniforms, whereas seamen wear white stripes. It is believed that true snipes cannot stand direct sunlight or fresh air, must have machine oil in their coffee in order to survive, and get nosebleeds at altitudes above the waterline. It is also firmly believed that fresh-air Sailors who venture into SNIPE COUNTRY are never seen again.



2. After a few words of conversation, John mentions that he is currently assigned to a "bird farm."
What is a bird farm?

Answer: 1. An aircraft carrier
"Bird Farm" a common nickname for a aircraft carrier. "Birds" are the aircraft themselves.


63 = USS Kitty Hawk
41 = USS Midway
68 = USS Nimitz

3. Jack is a Gunners Mate (GM), while performing routine maintenance on a 5 inch gun, he decides
to “Gundeck” the maintenance so he could get done sooner?
What is Gundeck?

Answer: 3
To mark a maintenance or PMS check as complete without doing the actual work (Pencil-whipping).
In the Navy if you are caught intentionally falsifying logs or records, filling in the blanks just before an inspection, you will be hammered. This is one of the Navy’s biggest pet peeves.





4. You order a round of beer for yourself and your friend. As your shipmate takes a drink, He says: "Boy this really hits the spot. We just got back from a Med cruise, and for the last three weeks, all we had to drink was bug juice."
What is "bug juice?"

Answer: 1. Kool-Aid
Not real Kool-Aid, but a Kool-Aid type beverage ubiquitous on Navy ships. I found it vile. It is usually orange or red in color and is made from some unknown chemical compound. The differences in color are purely cosmetic; it all tastes the same. Med cruise is short for Mediterranean cruise. A Western Pacific deployment is called a West Pac. Believe it or not, Bug juice is used to clean brass fire station hoses nozzles. You leave the nozzles in a bucket of bug juice for a day, they come out nice and bright, much like coke.




5. As you are enjoying your beer, John spots a friend of his on the other side of the bar and points him out to you. "That's Jack Jones," he says, "he's a bubblehead."
What is a bubblehead?

Answer: 1. A submariner
Submariners are referred to by personnel on surface ships as bubbleheads (among other things). Submariners call surface ship Sailors “Targets”. They have just approved females to be bubbleheads.



6. Jack comes over to your table to join you. You notice his left arm is in pain. When you ask him about it he replies, "Oh, I just got my crow tacked on yesterday."
What does this tell you?

Answer: 3. He has been promoted
When one is promoted to the paygrade of E-4, one becomes a "Petty Officer." Petty Officers wear a badge denoting their rank on their left arm. It consists of an eagle (or crow) on top, with one or more inverted chevrons below it, denoting one's rank. On dress uniforms, there is a symbol embroidered between the eagle and the chevrons that denotes one's specialty, or rating (for Electrician Mates' it is a globe, which looks exactly like a basketball; for Boatswain's Mates, two crossed anchors, etc.) All of one's shipmates of equal or higher rank celebrate your promotion by hitting you, a small smack to so congratulations. However some try to hit as hard as they can, on your rating badge which totally goes against the tradition. This is called "tacking on the crow." This is a lot of fun for the tackers, not so much fun for the tackee. In the newer, more proper Navy, this is not allowed because of the idiots that try to hit hard. I don't care what it is, there is always idiots out there.

7. You also notice Jack is sporting a black eye. When you ask him how he came by it, he replies: "Oh, some friends of mine were out celebrating last night, and we got into a fight with a pack of jarheads."
What is a jarhead?

Answer: 3. A Marine
The Marine’s work under the Department of the Navy, the women’s department. j/k
The word “Jarhead” is reportedly, due to the "high and tight" haircut favored by many marines; it looks as if someone put a bowl on the victim’s head and cut or shaved off all the hair that protruded. At the back of the head, you will see folded up “rings” of skin folds that appear similar to the one used on canning jars, making him, litterally, a "jar head”.






8. You and your friends decide to leave the bar and take a tour of John's ship, the USS Monica Lewinsky. While you are walking to your car, you pass a shop and John says, "Wait here for a minute. I want to go inside and get some 'geedunk.'"
What is/are geedunk?

Answer: 4. Candy/Pop
Geedunk is a generic term for any kind of sweet, but usually it implies a candy bar or a can of pop. The National Defense Service Medal, which is given to everyone who served during specific periods of time, is sometimes called the "Geedunk Medal.". BTW: The name Monica Lewinsky was used to throw you off, but it does look like she had too many geedunks.

9. The three of you arrive at John's ship, and he begins your tour. Taking you to the engineering spaces, he tells you that when the ship was returning from its last cruise, she was going "balls to the wall."
What does this mean?

Answer: 4. The ship was cruising at maximum speed
This term has nothing to do with the male anatomy. An early type of engine governor (speed control) consisted of two metal balls connected to a shaft. As speed increased, centrifical force made the balls move outward. At maximum speed they would be horizontal, nearly touching the walls of the space that contained them. Hence, when a ship is going "balls to the wall," she is cruising at high speed.

10. You are walking down a passageway when you come to a door. You start to open it, but John stops you. "Don't open that door," he exclaims, "It's the Goat Locker!"
What would you expect to find in a Goat Locker?

Answer: 4. Chief Petty Officers
The "Goat Locker" is the berthing space for Chief Petty Officers (CPO) onboard a Navy ship. It may get its name from the fact that CPO's are older than most of the crew (i.e., are "old goats"). The female CPO berthing is called Menopause Manor.


Did you like this test? Please leave a comment just so I know someone is reading this stuff....I might write more if I see people do read it....
(Frankly I'd love for you to list the ones you got wrong, just for fun)

[depdad]

I got 100% right but only because I was in the Navy .

[prop827]

Got them all right, 100%. BTW, for those in DEP, Geedunk is in your START guide of navy terms you should know, so if you got that wrong you should study harder!

On another interesting note, I ran into a Coastie the other night on his "wetdown" with some Marines. Lets see who can figure out what a wet down is without looking it up?!

[Laworlo]

I got 6 out of 10. Who has two thumbs and needs to study more....THIS GUY!

I got questions 1, 3, 4, and 6 wrong.

[proudmama]

Study study study... I'm a mom on here, and figured some of this out. Can't wait for my daughter to start!

[vabchsue]

Can I add a question/answer? When you're on a ship and you hear "make a hole" what does that mean?




"Make a hole" - a term meaning to step aside sharply so that someone or some group can pass more easily and quickly.

[BKinsman]

8 out of 10.

I missed questions 3 and 4.

[Haasino]

Excellent test! 9 out of 10 for me.

I didn't know 3, and blindly guessed correctly on 10.

[blueberripie]

I got 1, 3, and 6 wrong. I loved that test and I now have something to impress my son with LOL, thanks Craig

[shannoneliz]

Missed 3 & 4 (though 5 & 10 were just guesses that I got right). Very interesting and helpful, thank you!

[fbezzy0208]

I got 3, 8 and 10 wrong. Had fun doing it tho I impressed myself, haha but def need to study!

[Jwenthe]

I missed #4, 6, and 10. :P

good test!

[mrsmiller0219]

I only got 4 5 7 & 9 right im still new to everything so I am working on it.

[barbclark23]

I got all of them correct - not bad for being out of the Navy for 26 years! My son departs for Navy BC on December 5th.

[3rdGenSailor]

100% right, I leave the end of this month. OS hoping to be a tin can sailor.
Fun Facts
My dad was a "ultimate nuke snipe" on the kittyhawk and a bubblehead on the Ethan Allen.
His dad was a Aviation store keeper on the midway(cv-41) but he also served on CV-42 and CV-43

I like how both of their CVs are mentioned.

[Tootsieroll7]

8/10 - missed 4 & 10. Bugjuice sounds disgusting especially if it can clean a brass overnight. "Menopause Manor" cracked me up. No offense to the ladies.

[PacificSunrise]

I only missed #3, not bad for a newbie

[ToneyJP]

Scored an 80%, missed numbers 2 and 6. Had a guess game on number 3 though. Pretty good for myself to the fact I havn't started my process of joining yet.

[cakers00]

I missed #3 but the answer was my 2nd choice lol

[Auridan]

Perfect score.

I just signed off on my entire START guide yesterday, and I love Navy slang already besides. I'd love to see more tests like this! Appreciate the time and effort.

Originally Posted by prop827

On another interesting note, I ran into a Coastie the other night on his "wetdown" with some Marines. Lets see who can figure out what a wet down is without looking it up?!

Since this has apparently gone unanswered for a year: When a Marine is promoted, he takes his buddies out and opens a tab at a bar, intending to spend at least as much as the pay difference between his old grade and new.