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| The update by [[User:Tw1tch]] added reference information on the real world usage and does not affect the BSG usage. Therefore I restored Tw1tch's original edit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:01, 23 March 2008 (CDT) | | The update by [[User:Tw1tch]] added reference information on the real world usage and does not affect the BSG usage. Therefore I restored Tw1tch's original edit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:01, 23 March 2008 (CDT) |
| :Agreed. He's saying that it refers to the ''insignia'', not the rank itself. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:21, 23 March 2008 (CDT)
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| ::His edit is drawing from US military slang, and in this case, his reference is incorrect. A nugget does not refer to a rank or an insignia, but to a novice. To be specific, most real-life nuggets (and this term is for naval/Marine pilots) are lieutenants j.g. or full lieutenants, whose insignia are not a gold bars ("butter bar"), but silver bars. All pilots must first go through basic flight training, so by the time a pilot begins training in a specific aircraft, they already have had enough time in service to be promoted above ensign/2nd lieutenant. A nugget is a first-tour aviator (references: http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#N; "Bogies and Bandits, the Making of a Fighter Pilot" by Robert Gandt), this can include experienced officers who have transitioned into carrier-aviation later than usual (e.g. helicopter pilots who switched over to fighters, etc).-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 13:18, 23 March 2008 (CDT)
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