A sideboy is a member of an even-numbered group of seamen posted in two rows at the quarterdeck when a visiting dignitary boards or leaves the ship, historically...
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Modern United States Navy carrier air operations (redirect from Rainbow Sideboys)
Visitor (DV) arrives on the ship by air, a call to "Muster the Rainbow Sideboys" is made. Typically two of each colored jersey stand opposite each other...
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leaves the carrier he is serving in for the last time, he receives eight sideboy in honor of his contributions to aviation—all of them Navy admirals or...
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coming aboard or leaving the ship, in a number equivalent to the number of sideboys to which the visitor is entitled. At midnight on New Year's Eve, 16 bells...
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the chair put under him, or the French bowline tied around him, and then sideboys would lift him onto the deck of the ship on the command of the bosun's...
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Alaska (SSBN-732) arrives at Kings Bay. President Jimmy Carter salutes the sideboys after departing the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) Secretary of Defense Chuck...
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Braun salutes the sideboys during the Navy Recruiting District New Orleans change of command ceremony....
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arsenal of formal Honors one more, which is specific to naval traditions: sideboys, an even number of seamen (in this list eight for guests with quadruple...
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Willard renders a salute as he passes through the sideboys at the U.S. Pacific Fleet change of command ceremony, September 25, 2009....
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