Talk:Seaman (rank)

message: In the United States Coast Guard, only Petty Officers can have rates.  Seaman, Airman and Fireman are called non-rates and are simply pay grades.  See page 164 or 2.B Page 2 of the Coast Guard Personnel Manual at http://www.uscg.mil/ccs/cit/cim/directives/CIM/CIM_1000_6A.pdf .  Pay Grade and Rank seem to be used interchangebly --- Safemariner 17:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not all Seaman or Seaman Apprentices are "non-rates."  There are plenty of cases where a Seaman Apprentice has attended "A" School and has completed all requirements to be rated but hasn't been in the service long enough to become a petty officer.  In those cases, they are referred to as a "rated seaman."  Also, only commissioned officers have "rank."  Enlisted have "rate." Medicjm (talk) 03:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rate versus Rank

message: Sea Dog is also a nickname for a seal, because their face looks similar to a dog's.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.55.125.8 (talk) 04:30, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sea Dog 

message: These are correct:
193.11.50.23 (talk) 12:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect rank insignia for Canadian navy seamen. 

message: I think the fact that seamen is often confused with semen (honest mistake) should be mentioned somewhere in this article.
Does anybody disagree with me? -- Smidderwibh
:There is already a distinguishing link at the top of the page. That's all we need. - SummerPhD (talk) 03:10, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Seaman (disambiguation), for those who don't understand what a DAB page is. - BilCat (talk) 17:48, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Se(a)men 

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message: The introduction section includes the following sentence, which seems to me to be a little outside of the voice of the rest of the article, as well as being beside the point entirely:
"The term "seaman" is also a general-purpose for a man or a woman who works anywhere on board a modern ship, including in the engine spaces, which is the very opposite of sailing."
It's true that working in the engine room of a ship is very different from sailing a ship, but nothing in the term "seaman" necessarily points to sailing, just being on the sea. Calling this the "very opposite" of sailing seems also to be a little hard to back up. Standing on solid ground seems more unlike sailing than being anywhere on a ship to me. I'm probably nitpicking, but this just seems off. Maybe belongs in the article on "sailor".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alucardtepes (talk • contribs) 22:39, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sailing?