The Anything AF Blog

Side-by-side: Salty AF in the civilian world as a girl in the rain, versus Salty AF in the Navy as an old salt
Salty AF: Why Sailors Call Someone Salty, and Why Civilians Mean the Opposite
In the Navy, salty means sea time and it is a compliment. Everywhere else it means bitter about something small. Both senses came off the same ship - here is... Read more...
Blank Navy ship tumbler beside a finished USS Abraham Lincoln one on a dock rail, warships blurred behind at sunset
How to Personalize Navy Tumblers: The Ship, the Hull Number and the Rate
Which hull number to use, how to read a hull code, why BM3 is an E-4, and what to put on line two when the ship was decommissioned decades ago. Read more...