Navy Acronyms

Thanks, US Navy for pushing the envelope of my thinking.

Your acronyms cause me to slow down and process terms I'd otherwise quickly decipher and maybe even comprehend.  But oh no, Navy God . . . keep using those acronyms.  I love how you can shorten a word into one letter, combine that letter with another one-letter representation of a different word and build an acronym for one of your military terms.

The latest one I learned?  "RAS".  Nope, doesn't have anything to do with run, royal, red, or regal - the first "r" words that popped into my head.  It means Replenishment At Sea (RAS).  That's when the ship gets fuel from a different ship while both ships are floating across the ocean.  That, alone, interests me.  And when it's turned into an acronym (RAS), it becomes even more intriguing.

Thanks, US Navy, for stretching my learning today.

2 Navy ships conduct RAS procedure