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Words of the Week – rack and stack

May 18th, 2008

Racks

image: Navy Bunks on the USS Midway posted on flickr.com by Thomas Shaw

Borrowed from the military, to rack and stack is to prioritize. My manager was in the US Navy for eight years. She uses this term often, and I’m a big fan of it. She’ll say, “We’ve got a lot going on next week. Bring your project list and your calendar on Monday morning, and we’ll rack and stack.”

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3 comments to Words of the Week – rack and stack

  • Jasen
    August 19, 2008 at 10:38 am

    Thanks – working on a Navy IT project & they use this term all of the time and I had no idea!

  • Andrew Crabb (6 YRS USN)
    May 21, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    This is actually a very clean “berthing” or sleeping area. i was a Engineman (Diesel Mechanic) and the only time the berthing was this clean was after it was referbished. Very good pic though. thank you because of this pic my girl friend got a glimps of what little “me space” i had.

  • Daniel
    August 16, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    It’s so clean because it’s empty. Notice the lack of curtains, pics on the walls, sheets, etc.

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