Alphonso Davies

It was different being in a billet home, living with other families. At first, I was really shy, but then when you start connecting and talking to your family, you develop a bond with them and they make it easier for you.

Canadian Footballer

Joseph Dunford

We cannot keep gapping units where we need a good strong NCO or staff NCO and he's not there. They've got to have the right technical, the right leadership qualifications for the billet.

American Public Servant

Billet often involves stay at a civilian's home during war, reflecting urgency and necessity.

Wartime Context

Billet has historical significance, more commonly used in the past during wartime.

Historical Usage

Offering a billet can be sensitive, as it involves sharing private homes with strangers.

Cultural Sensitivity

Billet in this context refers to professional jobs, used formally in organizations.

Professional Setting

Despite its military origins, billet can refer to any job, not just military positions.

Not Always Military

When used technically, billet refers to raw material, especially in construction and manufacturing.

Technical Term

A billet is not the final product but a prepared piece ready to be worked on.

Not a Finished Product

As a verb, billet relates to temporarily housing, often with a sense of duty and arrangement.

Temporary Housing

Billeting is an organized action, usually by an authority or a system, not a casual one.

Formal Arrangement

 from some of the images in order to focus the viewers eyes on the extraordinary art of body painting we also wanted to focus the viewers eyes on the billeted process of body painting as well as on the finished artwork as well