What All Those Colored Shirts Mean On An Aircraft Carrier's Deck

Tyler Rogoway, FoxTrot Alpha: Here Is What All Those Colored Shirts Mean On An Aircraft Carrier's Deck

A U.S. Navy supercarrier’s 5,500-plus person crew exists to do one thing: to consistently put aircraft into the air and safely recover them after they launch. In order to make this happen, there exists a small army of flight deck facilitators, and each individual has their own role primarily designated by the color of the shirt they wear.

Life on the flight deck is dangerous and taxing. Piercing sounds, walls of hot exhaust, spinning propellers and guzzling jet air intakes, grease everywhere, and a stiff sea wind that never stops are just a few of the things that must be endured for many hours at at a time. The night and bad weather throw a whole other set of problems into the mix. To put it simply, this job is not for the faint of heart.

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