英语词汇black-shoe navy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

black-shoe navy. Rear Admiral Edgar Keats, USN (ret.), kindly provides the true origin of this controversial term. “During the 1920s and 30s,” Admiral Keats writes, “naval avia- tors were permitted to wear green cloth uniforms in cold weather and lightweight khaki working uniforms during warm weather, in addition to service dress blue and white. Non- aviators did not have that option. When World War II ap- proached it became apparent that battles could not be won in the tropics by officers constrained to heavy blues or impracti- cal whites, so khaki, but not green, uniforms were made avail- able to all officers. The khaki uniform was changed somewhat with stripes being removed from sleeves and the shoulder boards of whites being substituted. Above all, and fatefully, the orders from Naval Headquarters gave officers the option of continuing to wear the black shoes they had previously worn with the blue uniforms. Aviators, without exception, contin- ued with their brown shoes, but many senior surface ship officers, flag and ship commanders, decreed that in their com- mands only black shoes would be worn. Thus junior and mid- grade officers on surface ships had no choice but to wear black shoes. In the early years there was hardly a ripple of controver- sy, but as time wore on the words “brown shoe” came to be used as a substitute for “naval aviator” and “black shoe” came to be a designation for an officer who was not a naval aviator. Some, but not all, may have used the words as epithets, proba- bly because of surface officers’ jealousy of the increased pay of aviators. Another explanation may be naval aviators looking down on those not qualified to fly airplanes. The words have over time become identifiers of an intramural split within the naval establishment that, until recently, has had adverse con- sequences for the overall navy. Had there been far-sighted leadership in the navy in the early years of the war either brown or black shoes would have been ordered for all officers and, with uniforms being truly uniform, these unfortunate words would never have gained currency.”

词汇	black-shoe navy
词源	black-shoe navy. Rear Admiral Edgar Keats, USN (ret.), kindly provides the true origin of this controversial term. “During the 1920s and 30s,” Admiral Keats writes, “naval avia- tors were permitted to wear green cloth uniforms in cold weather and lightweight khaki working uniforms during warm weather, in addition to service dress blue and white. Non- aviators did not have that option. When World War II ap- proached it became apparent that battles could not be won in the tropics by officers constrained to heavy blues or impracti- cal whites, so khaki, but not green, uniforms were made avail- able to all officers. The khaki uniform was changed somewhat with stripes being removed from sleeves and the shoulder boards of whites being substituted. Above all, and fatefully, the orders from Naval Headquarters gave officers the option of continuing to wear the black shoes they had previously worn with the blue uniforms. Aviators, without exception, contin- ued with their brown shoes, but many senior surface ship officers, flag and ship commanders, decreed that in their com- mands only black shoes would be worn. Thus junior and mid- grade officers on surface ships had no choice but to wear black shoes. In the early years there was hardly a ripple of controver- sy, but as time wore on the words “brown shoe” came to be used as a substitute for “naval aviator” and “black shoe” came to be a designation for an officer who was not a naval aviator. Some, but not all, may have used the words as epithets, proba- bly because of surface officers’ jealousy of the increased pay of aviators. Another explanation may be naval aviators looking down on those not qualified to fly airplanes. The words have over time become identifiers of an intramural split within the naval establishment that, until recently, has had adverse con- sequences for the overall navy. Had there been far-sighted leadership in the navy in the early years of the war either brown or black shoes would have been ordered for all officers and, with uniforms being truly uniform, these unfortunate words would never have gained currency.”
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