silent service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of silent service
First recorded in 1935–40
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The newest exhibit explores the silent service through the generations, including diverse perspectives and more controversial topics such as hazing.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Retired last week after 37 years in the Army, Petraeus will be sworn in as the 20th director of the so-called silent service in a private ceremony Tuesday.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2011
To Admiral King of "the silent service," loquacity is a vice, and in public he has said very little.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not much ever gets said about it for their personnel share, with the entire Navy, the description, 'the silent service.'
From Time Magazine Archive
The silent service my words had given him to know that Hesper's heart was offering to him was not enough; he must hear it articulate, his nostrils craved an actual incense.
From The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne by Richard Le Gallienne
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