Blue Shirt
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Blue Shirt (plural Blue Shirts)
- Alternative form of blue shirt
- 1993, United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Historical Center, Naval aviation news, page 7:
- At this time, the pilot watched the chock and tie-down on the starboard landing gear being removed by a Blue Shirt.
- 2011, William M. Trently, Snapshot: Ship's Dentists, →ISBN, page 72:
- The Blue Shirts chocked and chained the aircraft, which meant they were responsible for securing aircraft to the deck. This was the first job of a Blue Shirt. After gaining experience shocking and chaining, a person would next move up to become a tractor driver, pulling aircraft around the deck.
- 2011, Max Gallimore -, From Here to Caprock, →ISBN, page 266:
- The Blue Shirts worked under the Yellow Shirts. Blue Shirts drove tugs, threw chocks, pushed airplanes, and scrubbed decks.