A few days ago I saw a LT walking with a RADM. The LT was wearing his working khakis (shore duty type) with a rope. His rope was actually two smaller (about 3/8" diameter) yellow ropes that had a contrasting black weave. The LT was fairly young so I doubt he was an LDO. Does anyone know what that rope indicates?

He's probably the Admiral's Aide. See a ton of these coming thru the gates and walking with admirals here.

MA2(EXW)

yeap. he's the aide/keeper of the schedule/holder of the briefcase.

For the OP - the proper term for the "rope" is Aiguillette and their wear is covered by Section 5, Chapter 4 of Uniform Regs.

A question for anyone about the term "rope". The term rope, when I was in, properly defined stranded wire.

Stranded fabric (of many kinds) was referred to as line.

Are these still the technically correct names of those two items?

Boats, SB5??

Oh yeah, almost forgot, the aiguillette was referred to as a "clap strap" when I was in.

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A question for anyone about the term "rope". The term rope, when I was in, properly defined stranded wire.

Stranded fabric (of many kinds) was referred to as line.

Are these still the technically correct names of those two items?

Boats, SB5??

Yep, still the correct terms.
The current edition of the BJM still makes that quite clear.

But did you ever wonder why mounted around the edges of the main deck we had "lifelines",when they were made of "wire rope"?

BoatsBM1