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SAC
1. Substance Abuse Clinic, 2. Strategic Air Command
SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation (software)
SAR
Search and Rescue (Team) - USCG
SARC
Substance and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center; see ARC
SB
Scuttlebutt (rumors); see LR
SCR
Systems Change Request
screen
Ships stationed around such a unit as a battleship, Presidential plane or an aircraft carrier to protect it
SCUBA
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
Seabee
Stands for CB or a member of the Construction Battalion in the Navy
SEAL
SEa-Air-Land (Team)
ship's company
Everyone assigned to a ship aside from the air- crew
Sick Bay
A ship's "clinic"
Sick Call
A time and place where service members report for medical evaluation
SIMA
Ship's Intermediate Maintenance Activity
SIQ
Sick in quarters
smokestack (one word)
The funnel of a ship
SNF
Skilled-Nursing Facility
sonabuoys
Floating sonar devices placed in the water to detect passing ships or submarines
sonar
Underwater detection achieved by analyzing sound. Active sonar emits a sound; passive sonar avoids this danger. Dipping sonar can be trailed through the water by helicopters or hydrofoils.
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SP
Shore Patrol
stabilizers
Fixed horizontal and vertical fins that keep an aircraft stable as it moves through the air.
starboard
The right side of the ship
stern
The rear end of a ship; see aft & abaft
superstructure
All structures above the main deck of a ship.
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