personnelman

plural personnelmen

1. USSomeone (of any gender) serving in the United States Navy.

   "Well, you're off to a good start," one of the personnelmen commented, as I stood there in front of his desk.

   2005, Rebecca Anne Freeman, Lost at Sea: An Enlisted Woman's Journey, Coral Springs, F.L.: Llumina Press, →ISBN, page 18

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   It was a labor-intensive job for some of the personnelmen to enter the data into the computer system, but the payoff came in terms of retrieval.

   1996, Paul Stillwell, Battleship Missouri: An Illustrated History, Annapolis, M.D.: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 293

   The personnelman knew the books, having studied them for seventeen years. He knew the yeoman's job as well, to the everlasting dismay of Huff, who would prefer to take the day off — every day.

   1999, Jim R. Lane, Duty: A Novel, Bridge Works Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 14

   As a veteran U.S. Navy personnelman, I personally discharged quite a few "gay" service members who simply were unable to adapt to military life or were ready to leave.

   2023 May 5, Kwame Anthony Appiah, quoting Ember, “A Banana Peel Has Made Me Question My Marriage. Who's Right?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2023