naval personnel
Fleet staff members
Naval personnel are the men and women who serve in a navy—officers, enlisted sailors, and support staff.
The term encompasses everyone from admirals to deckhands: Naval personnel were evacuated before the hurricane struck the base.
It's the standard formal designation in military and government contexts, often shortened informally to simply "sailors" or "navy people."
- admiralSenior naval commander
- ensignFlag or junior officer
- captainOne who commands
- seamanOne who works ships
- petty officerEnlisted naval rank
commander · lieutenant · yeoman · diver · drill instructor · medic · aviators · midshipman · chief petty officer · chaplain · helmsman · cook · mess hall · deckhand · deck crew · coxswain · gunner · enlisted
- naval forcesnavy, fleet, warships, Royal Navy, US Navy
- US Navynavy, fleet, admiral, submarine, destroyer
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- navalfleet command, sailors, admirals, commanders, ships
- naval affairsadmiralty, fleet command, admiral, fleet admiral, rear admiral
- Asian NaviesPLAN, destroyers, frigates, submarines, submarine
naval personnelground troops
Soldiers operating on land
army personnel · land forces · infantry · soldiers · ground forces
naval personnelcivilians
Non-military population
civilian population · non-combatants · civilian workforce · merchant sailors
naval personnelcivilians
Non-military population
merchant mariners · merchant seamen · non-combatants · fishermen · longshoremen