Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Military Definitions - Q

A to Z Blogging Challenge.  My topic is MILITARY DEFINITIONS. 


 Q Quebec 
morse code dash dash dot dash

 
Q-route preplanned shipping lanes in mined or potentially mined waters, kept clear of mines to provide safe passage for friendly shipping.

Quartermaster in the Army, a relatively senior soldier who supervises the storeroom and distributes supplies and provisions.  In the Navy, the enlisted member in charge of navigation; the maintenance, correction, and preparation of nautical charts and navigational instruments; and the training of the ship's lookouts and helmsmen.

Quonset hut - a lightweight, prefabricated structure of corrugated steel.

 

13 comments:

  1. It's interesting how different the quartermasters are in the army and the navy!

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    1. Yes. I've noticed that several "jobs" are different among the different services.

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  2. I came thisclose to using Quartermaster for my entry today, but I couldn't find an antagonist willing to kill a quartermaster, so I had to abandon it for a new plan.

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    1. The one you used was good, but I still like my suggestion best =)

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  3. I have quartermasters all over my fantasy series. And Quonset Hut is entirely new to me.

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    1. Interesting. And I'd heard of a quonset hut but never knew exactly what it was.

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  4. Wow, the naval Quartermaster has a lot more to do than the Army Quartermaster. So I wonder which branch "Q" in the James Bond books worked for? As I recall, that's what "Q" stands for, after all.

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    1. ... was Q even in the books? Maybe he was a creation of the movies... I don't recall. I need to re-read the books, evidently! :)

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    2. LOL you're talking to yourself on MY blog now =)

      Yes, always read the books, even if you watched the movies.

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  5. I love that word, quonset! ~Liz http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com

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  6. I'm enjoying these so much. I didn't realize there was so much difference between navy and army quarternmasters.

    Will's MOS was Bradley tank mechanic. He was mainly working as a quartermaster and armorer and occasionally driver to the CO when he wanted to go out on convoy.

    We had a a quonset hut on the ranch. They're preferred in the north because they don't cave so much with snow.

    I shall return!!

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    1. My son worked a supply room when he was in Okinawa. I don't know if he had the official title of quartermaster tho. Usually he's an electrician but he's been trained in all the construction jobs.

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