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US aircraft carrier: jack colors and tasks^[1]^[2]^{[dead link]}^[3]
Color	Role
Yellow	Aircraft handling officer Catapult and arresting gear officer Plane director – responsible for all movement of all aircraft on the flight/hangar deck
Green	Catapult and arresting gear crew Visual landing aid electrician Air wing maintainer Air wing quality controller Cargo-handler Ground support equipment (GSE) troubleshooter Hook runner Photographer's mate Helicopter landing signal enlisted personnel (LSE)
Red	Ordnance handler Crash and salvage crew Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Firefighter and damage control party
Purple	Aviation fuel handler
Blue	Trainee plane handler Chocks and chains – entry-level flight-deck workers under the yellowshirts Aircraft elevator operator Tractor driver Messengers and phone talker
Brown	Air wing plane captain – air wing squadron personnel who prepare aircraft for flight Air wing line leading petty officer
White	Quality assurance (QA) Squadron plane inspector Landing signal officer (LSO) Air transfer officer (ATO) Liquid oxygen (LOX) crew Safety observer Medical personnel (white with Red Cross emblem)

↑ John Pike (2000-04-06). "Carrier Design". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
↑ "Rainbow wardrobe". Official Website of the United States Navy. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
↑ Chivers, C.J. (25 January 2012), "Potent Sting Is Prepared in the Belly of a Warship", The New York Times, nyt.com, retrieved 26 January 2012, A version of this article appeared in print on January 26, 2012, on page A6 of the New York edition with the headline: Potent Sting Is Prepared In the Belly Of a Warship.