{"id":21430,"date":"2023-08-02T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=21430"},"modified":"2023-08-03T06:42:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T06:42:09","slug":"rainbow-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=21430","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow of the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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T<\/span>h<\/span>e<\/span> C<\/span>o<\/span>l<\/span>o<\/span>r<\/span>s<\/span> o<\/span>f<\/span> t<\/span>h<\/span>e<\/span> C<\/span>r<\/span>e<\/span>w<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Blue, purple, green, yellow, red, brown and white\u00a0not only serve as staple colors in the crayon box, but also play a\u00a0vital\u00a0role on flight decks of\u00a0Navy aircraft carriers. These colors follow a code that lets\u00a0sailors and other personnel\u00a0know one another’s responsibilities.<\/p>\n

Crew members assigned to the USS Langley<\/a>, the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, started wearing colored jerseys in the early 1920s. The\u00a0tradition continues today to ensure safety and order are maintained on the flight deck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With several duties aboard a ship, the\u00a0colors enable crew members to\u00a0distinguish, say, a pilot from a medic from a mechanic, allowing\u00a0team members to focus on their specialty while\u00a0working\u00a0cohesively to achieve each mission.<\/p>\n

Here’s a full breakdown of the color-coded jerseys<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n

BLUE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

JOBS:<\/strong>\u00a0plane handlers, aircraft elevators operators, tractor drivers, phone talkers<\/p>\n

RESPONSIBILITIES: <\/strong>The blue jerseys operate motorized gear.<\/p>\n

PURPLE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

JOBS:<\/strong>\u00a0aviation fuels, known as “grapes” or “fuelies”<\/p>\n

RESPONSIBILITIES: <\/strong>The purple jerseys refuel all aircraft and monitor all fuel onboard.<\/p>\n

GREEN<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

JOBS:<\/strong>\u00a0catapult and arresting gear personnel, air wing maintenance, ground support equipment, mass communication specialists, helicopter landing signals enlisted sailors<\/p>\n

RESPONSIBILITIES:<\/strong>\u00a0Green jerseys operate and maintain all aircraft launch and recovery equipment and perform all support equipment and aircraft-related maintenance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

YELLOW<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

JOBS: <\/strong>aircraft directors, catapult and arresting gear officers, air boss, mini-boss<\/p>\n

RESPONSIBILITIES: <\/strong>The yellow jerseys are responsible for the movement of aircraft on the flight deck and in the hangar bay.<\/p>\n

RED<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

JOBS: <\/strong>ordnancemen, crash and salvage crews, explosive ordnance disposal<\/p>\n

RESPONSIBILITIES: <\/strong>The red jerseys load aircraft with bombs, missiles, mines and ammunition. They also create crash and salvage crews responsible for aircraft firefighting, rescue and salvage operations.<\/p>\n

BROWN<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

JOBS:<\/strong>\u00a0air wing plane captains<\/p>\n

RESPONSIBILITIES:<\/strong> The brown jerseys\u00a0maintain the safety and integrity of aircraft. They also man the cockpit during repositioning on the flight and hangar decks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHITE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

JOBS: <\/strong>quality control, landing signal officers, air transfer officers, liquid oxygen crew, safety, medical administrative personnel\u00a0<\/p>\n

RESPONSIBILITIES:<\/strong>\u00a0The white jerseys consist of safety and medical personnel, catapult final checkers, catapult and arresting gear quality assurance inspectors and administrative personnel.<\/p>\n

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The Colors of the Crew Blue, purple, green, yellow, red, brown and white\u00a0not only serve as staple colors in the crayon box, but also play a\u00a0vital\u00a0role on flight decks of\u00a0Navy aircraft carriers. These colors follow a code that lets\u00a0sailors and other personnel\u00a0know one another’s responsibilities. Crew members assigned to the USS Langley, the Navy’s first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21433,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430\/revisions\/21433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}