Aerographer's mate
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Aerographer's mate is a United States Navy occupational rating, devoted to collection and analysis of data related to weather, radar, and ocean conditions.
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An aerographer's mate 3rd class uses a handheld anemometer to measure wind speed and direction aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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In military terminology, a rate or rating is a junior enlisted sailor in a navy who is below the military rank of warrant officer. Depending on the country and navy that uses it, the exact term and th
Aerographer's mate
…Aerographer's mate (abbreviated as AG) is a United States Navy occupational rating, devoted to collection and analysis of data related to weather, radar, and ocean conditions. Aerographer's mates…
Equity or a Sailor's Prayer before Battle, from the Battle of Trafalgar. A 19th-century caricature portraying ratings on a Royal Navy ship. The man with a sword is a commissioned officer, as is the man on the ladder with the telescope. All others are ratings.
The Royal Navy during the Second World War. Six naval rating recruits of the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, scramble up the rigging during a daily training exercise.
Royal Navy Certificate of Service (Form S.459), given to all ratings on discharge.