Sentence:  [...] there are chess ships and checker ships and those where acey-deucey is almost the only game, the sailors' own improved version of backgammon. Fliers from the seacoast of Iowa, anxious to be as <WSD>navy</WSD> as the rest, are usually the first to pick it up. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.