Jack of the dust
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jack-of-the-dust-292-7888233
title:
Jack of the dust
text:
Jack of the dust is an obsolete enlisted rating of the United States Navy and was used in the Navy Supply Corps. The modern U.S. Navy equivalent is Culinary specialist. The term has its origin in the Royal Navy of the early 1800s when ship's stewards or purser's assistants were known as "Jack-in-the-dust", referring to the dusty atmosphere in the bread storeroom created by issuing quantities of flour and dried biscuit. Other names used for Jack of the dust were "Breadroom Jack", "Dusty Boy", "Di
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description:
Obsolete enlisted rating of the US Navy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_the_dust
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date modified:
2023-06-11T18:14:20Z
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