All 28 Uses of
petty
in
Lone Survivor
- There was SGT2 Matthew Gene Axelson, not yet thirty, a petty officer from California, married to Cindy, devoted to her and to his parents, Cordell and Donna, and to his brother, Jeff.†
Chpt 1.petty officer = an officer of lower rank or importance
- Here's a typical exchange between us, petty officer team leader to commissioned SEAL officer: "Mikey, you smell like shit, for Christ's sake.†
Chpt 1.
- Somewhere up above us, swinging in his hammock, headset on, listening to rock-and-roll music, was Petty Officer Second Class Shane Patton, twenty-two-year-old surfer and skateboarder originally from Las Vegas, Nevada.†
Chpt 1.
- James, like his close buddy Shane, was another inordinately tough SEAL, a petty officer second class.†
Chpt 1. *
- So while I'm on the subject I'll explain how a farm boy from the backwoods of East Texas came to be made a petty officer first class and a team leader in the U.S. Navy SEALs.†
Chpt 2.
- Morgan thought it was a great idea, and he introduced me to a recruiting officer in a nearby town, Petty Officer First Class Beau Walsh.†
Chpt 3.
- And he ordered Lieutenant Ismay and our leading petty officer student, "Drop, and push 'em out.†
Chpt 3.
- I forget who the winner was, probably some hickory-tough farm boy petty officer, but he was a couple of minutes better than I was.†
Chpt 4.
- Our first classroom involved meeting our leading petty officer instructor, Chief Bob Nielsen, another Gulf War veteran of several overseas deployments.†
Chpt 4.
- We were called into a briefing: Lieutenant Mike Murphy, Petty Officer Matthew Axelson, Petty Officer Shane Patton, and I. We listened to the data and the requirements and still regarded it as just another op. But at the last minute there was a big change.†
Chpt 6.
- We were called into a briefing: Lieutenant Mike Murphy, Petty Officer Matthew Axelson, Petty Officer Shane Patton, and I. We listened to the data and the requirements and still regarded it as just another op. But at the last minute there was a big change.†
Chpt 6.
- They decided that Shane should be replaced by Petty Officer Danny Dietz, a thirty-four-year-old I had known well for years.†
Chpt 6.
- U.S. Navx photo bv Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Eric S. Logsdon Petty Officer Matthew Axelson in combat gear, ready to face the enemy.†
Chpt 6.
- Courtesy of Daniel J. Murphv, Esq. Petty Officer Danny Dietz provided our covering fire all afternoon.†
Chpt 6.
- Courtesy of Suzanne Kristensen Chief Petty Officer Dan Healy, the iron man SEAL strategist who died with his team when the rescue helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by the Taliban in the Afghan mountains.†
Chpt 6.
- Photo by DCl Photography, Randx Adger Petty Officer First Class Jeff Taylor from Virginia Beach was another mighty Navy SEAL who answered our desperate call for help on the Hindu Kush.†
Chpt 6.
- Well, I hope they're proud of themselves, because they nearly broke my mom's heart, and if it had not been for the stern authority of Senior Chief Petty Officer Chris Gothro, I think she might have had a nervous breakdown.†
Chpt 11.
- Right around this time, I was assigned a minder, Petty Officer First Class Jeff Delapenta (SEAL Team 10), who would never leave my side.†
Chpt 12.
- Inside, beyond the SEAL escort to the coffins, I saw a very hard combat veteran, Petty Officer Ben Saunders, one of Danny's closest friends, weeping uncontrollably.†
Chpt 12.
- He asked me to come over to the commanding officer's office and promoted me right there on the spot, made me a Petty Officer First Class, no bullshit.†
Chpt 12.
- We went to Arlington National Cemetery afterward to visit the graves of Lieutenant Mike McGreevy Jr. and Petty Officer First Class Jeff Lucas, of Corbett, Oregon.†
Chpt 12.
- Next we flew back across the country to visit the huge family of Petty Officer James Suh.†
Chpt 12.
- I detached from SDVT I and joined SEAL Team 5, where I was appointed leading petty officer (LPO) to Alfa Platoon.†
Chpt 12.
- Every night before our mission, one of the senior petty officers would say, "C'mon now, guys.†
Chpt 1.
- I expect you to show complete respect for the instructor staff, the class officers, and the senior petty officers.†
Chpt 3. *
- U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Tim Turner Petty Officers James Suh and Matthew Axelson after a four-day reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan in 2005.†
Chpt 6.
- Petty Officers James Suh and Shane Patton reached the helo first.†
Chpt 8.
- Then came the SEAL Team 10 guys, Lieutenant Mike McGreevy Jr. of New York, Chief Jacques Fon-tan of New Orleans, Petty Officers First Class Jeff Lucas from Oregon and Jeff Taylor from West Virginia.†
Chpt 8.
Definitions:
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(1)
(petty as in: a petty crime) of less importance -- at times implying insignificance
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(2)
(petty as in: don't be petty) unpleasantly focusing on an unimportant flaw; or attempting to make someone suffer for an unimportant wrong
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(3)
(petty as in: petty officer) of lower rank or importance
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)