Naval and Aviation ranks, aircraft and colors

CVN

Aircraft Carriers - C(Carrier), V(Fixed wing), N(Nuclear). Nimitz class and Ford Class

AEW

Airborne Early Warning - aircraft type found on CVN

CG

Cruisers Primary surface-to-air platform. g(Guided Missile). Conventionally powered

DDG

Destroyers - Most versatile and backbone of fleet. Arleigh Burke Class

LCS

Littoral Combat Ships - brown water operation, Aluminum hull. Jet propulsion system

MCM

Minesweeper - Focus in Korea and Arabian seas. Wood vice steel to not trip proximity mines.

PC

Patrol Craft - Coastal defense mission - no heavy armaments

LHA

Amphibious Assault Ships - flight deck used by USMC for VTOL craft. can carry landing craft in well deck

LSD

Dock Landing Ship - Similar to LHA’s variety of aircraft on flight deck, can carry contingent of marines.

LPD

Amphibious transport docks - heavily armed LSD’s

LCAC

Landing Craft Air Cushion - can carry vehicles and people to shore

SSN

Fast attack submarines - used for surveillance, sinking surface vessels and subs, launching long range cruise missiles

SSBN

Ballistic Missile Submarines - Stay hidden and carry most destructive nukes ever

SSGN

Cruise Missile Submarines - Carry Cruise missiles and can hold special forces

AB

Aviation Boatswain Mate - Aviation Support equipment, fuel and oil, catapults and arresting gear operation.

AC

Air Traffic Controller - same as civi

AD

Aviation Machinists Mate - maintaining aircraft engines

AE

Aviation Electrician mate - Maintain Electrical power systems on aircraft

AG

Aerographer’s Mate - weather forecaster for fleet

AM

Aviation Structural Mechanic - Maintain exterior portions, control surfaces, and aircraft hydraulic components

AO

Aviation Ordnanceman - Responsible for maintaining, loading, and unloading munitions from aircraft

AT

Aviation electronics technician - Support the maintenance of radar, avionics, and nav systems

AW

Naval Aircrewman - operate systems on naval aircraft

AZ

Aviation Maintenance Administration - Primarily perform clerical and administrative support functions

PR

Aircrew survival equipmentman - maintaining equipment that is critical for survival in an emergency

HM

Hospital Corpsman - Medical Professionals that provide health care services to active duty service members and family

BM

Boatswains mate - Conduct maintenance of ships exterior and deck

CS

Culinary Specialist - cook and produce for in dinning halls

MA

Master - At- Arms - Responsible for maintaining good order and providing security to naval personnel

QM

Quartermaster - Steer ship and operate navigation radar or sonar

SO

Special Warfare Operate - SEALs and whatnot

Yellow Jersey

Officers of Aircraft handling, plane directors, catapult and arresting officers

Brown Jerseys

Aircraft Maintenance

Blue Jerseys

Operate Aircraft elevators and flight deck tractors

Green Jerseys

Mainging the catapult and arresting gears

Red Jerseys

Ordnancemen, crash and salvage crews

Purple Jerseys

Oversee Fueling Operations

White Jerseys

Safety crew

MH-60S

Seahawk - dual engine helicopter. two pilots and one enlisted, machine guns and hellfire missiles. special forces insertion, maritime security, logistics

MH-60R

Romeo - Same Airframe as MH-60S - made for submarine hunting, complex computer, carries torpedoes

MH-53E

Sea Dragon - used for airborne mine Countermeasures (AMCM) by carrying sled made to detonate sea mines

P-3C

Orion - backbone of patrol fleet from 1960’s, lots of sensors and magnetic Anomaly Detectors (MAD)

P-8A

Poseidon - modified 737-800, replacing the p-3 with newer tech

AP-3E ARIES

Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic System, allow for intelligence on threats

E-6B mercury

Doomsday Place - essential role in nuclear command and control hierarchy. Allows for global communication of nuclear forces

F/A-18 E/F

Super Hornet - multirole carrier based fighter - air-air and air-surface weapons. E - single seat, F - two seat

F-35C Lighting II

5th Gen, Single Seat, Single Engine, air superiority - will replace F/A 18

E/A -18G

Growler - Carry jamming pods and advanced sensors, electronic warfare

E-2

Hawkeye - Twin engine turboprop, large radar dome - eyes of fleet

C-2

Greyhound - logistics link between shore and sea - replaced by the CMV-22B

CMV-22B

Osprey - A VTOL aircraft, made to move good and people to ships

F-14

Tomcat - A supersonic, two seat variable sweep interceptor

A-6

Intruder - Subsonic carrier based all weather attack aircraft

C-130

Hercules - tactile transport for cargo and personnel

AV-8B

Harrier II or Jump Jet, a second gen aircraft V/STOL

EA-6B

Prowler - four seat electronic warfare aircraft - retired in 2019