bluejacket
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From a military standpoint this is not long enough to turn out a well-trained soldier or a bluejacket.
From Time Magazine Archive
He, the most famed member of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Alexis Carrel, distinguishes himself from the others with a little white headpiece that looks like the hat of a U. S. bluejacket.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among them: Colonel Smith, his crew chief Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich, and Albert Perna, a Navy bluejacket who had hitchhiked a ride from New Bedford.
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The U.S. bluejacket who spoke could make allowances for human curiosity.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the United States, we have fallen into the sloppy habit of saying that a soldier, bluejacket, airman, coast guardsman or marine is only an American civilian in uniform.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
