Spaceman

Spaceman

both a general term and a rank in the  United Stars Navy.

NAVAL RANK

The term Spaceman developed from the old Per Astro term spaceman.

spaceman is the third enlisted rank from the bottom in the Union Navy. For the United Stars Navy the rank and pay just above that of a spaceman apprentice and below those of a petty officer third class. This rank was formerly called "spaceman first class".

The actual title for an E-3 in the United Stars Navy varies based on the subset of the Navy to which the sailor, spaceman,shuttle pilot, hospitalman, nurse, etc., has been assigned. Likewise, the color of his/her group rate mark also depends on his section of the navy.

Those in the general deck and administrative community are "seamen". They wear white stripes on their navy black uniforms.

Hospital corpsmen  possess the only rating in this area of duty. They wear black stripes on their medic white uniforms.

Those in the ship's engineering and hull maintenance area are called "firemen", and they wear red stripes on both their navy black uniforms.

Those in the aux fleet area of the Navy are called "Pilots or operators", and they wear green stripes on both their navy black Uniforms.

Spacebees wear light blue stripes on their navy black uniforms.

No such stripes are authorized to be worn on the working uniforms - NWUs (Union Navy working uniform), coveralls, utility wear, flight suits, hospital and clinic garb, space suits, etc. However, sailors with the rank of E-3 are permitted to wear silver-anodized collar devices on their navy service uniforms.

Sailors who have completed the requirements to be assigned a rating and have been accepted by the Bureau of Naval Personnel as holding that rating (a process called "striking") are called "designated strikers", and are called by their full rate and rating in formal communications (i.e., machinist's mate fireman, as opposed to simply fireman), though the rating is often left off in informal communications. Those who have not officially been assigned to a rating are officially referred to as "undesignated" or "non-rates." In order to advance to the rate of petty officer third class, a spaceman would have to submit a request every 6 months. However, advancement is not guaranteed because of the large numbers of seamen competing for a promotion.

Civilian Meaning

Spaceman or spacer are terms used by the gneral publis to secribe anyone working in Space (Generally civilian space ship crews)