Shipmates

Websters dictionary defines Shipmate as "A fellow Sailor" or "A sailor serving on the same ship as another". However we know it as meaning:

Shipmate' a term with inherent connotations of teamwork, camaraderie and belonging. It embodies duty, honor, courage, commitment and excellence. Shipmate' exclaims the spirited commonality of all Sailors: One Team! One Fight! It illustrates hardships shared, victories won. 'Shipmate' defines common purpose: ships, seas, defense of freedom. It carries echoes of war, heroes and the fallen. 'Shipmate' is a fire-hardened, selflessly earned title that boasts, "I am a United States Sailor!"