"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:%3B1d.42193$MQ5.31968@attbi_s52...
how apropos. Carrier-based fuel handlers are referred to as "grapes".

Yes, but are they screaming purple, like our "Mighty Grape?"

Yes, they are.

Crewman on the carrier deck wear color-coded jerseys to identify their
specialty: plane captains, white; catapult, yellow; munitions, red;
mechanics, green; etc. Fuelers wear purple, hence "grapes."

Gerry