Often doesn’t end well.įM principle, or “f*cking magic”: How fighter pilots explain something when they haven’t a clue. Great for tree stands too.įangs out: highly aggressive state of mind. Piddle pack: what fighter pilots urinate in. ![]() Taxpayers don’t like paying for bars.Ĭharlie Foxtrot: the G-rated alternative to Cluster F*ck, which describes an impossibly screwed up situation. Squadron heritage room: the squadron bar. Message to headquarters: a bowel movement Sh&t a moon: dispense a covert parachute flare, providing illumination for NVGsĬrispy critters: what’s left inside the tank you just shotįur ball: chaotic aerial engagement involving multiple aircraft in a small chunk of sky The gift that keeps on giving: Gator - a cluster munition that dispenses mines over a wide area As a side note, never fly with someone whose call sign is Scrape, Skid, Crash, Crunch, Torch, etc. Shoe Clerk: Air Force officers (many, but not all) who don’t wear green bags to work.Ĭall sign: your other given name. ![]() Green Bag, or just “Bag”: What aviators wear to work. Also used to acknowledge a correct statement. “Shack”: what you say when scoring a direct hit with a bomb. Pickle: to release a weapon you press the “pickle button” on the stick to drop the bomb. I tried to put of that stuff out of my mind, now you are asking me to remember it ![]() Nick names like T9 - your name was too long or difficult to say, so the first letter and the number of letters that followed was now your new name. Goat Locker = Chief Petty Officer's quarters TD = Test Depth - maximum designed depth the sub can repeatedly go Trash Can = ESM (Electronic Surveillance Measures) antenna ( to detect any nearby Radar) PD = periscope depth - sub stays submerged, but is close enough to the surface to raise a periscope and antennas NUB = New Unqualified Body (hasn't earned his Dolphins yet)ĭolphins = breast insignia showing you have a working knowledge of the entire sub Topside = outside on top of the submarine (or ship) or on the pier Water slug = torpedo launch w/an empty torpedo tubeįire in the sky = glow from missile launch Port and Starboard shifts = 12 hours on, 12 hours off Mid Rats= midnight rations (meal for crew coming on and other crew going off at midnight) She!t on a shingle = any kind of meat on toast Army Basic Training was like Scout Summer Camp in Boy Scouts. My childhood was pretty much Marine Corps basic growing up. My dad did 10 years Marine Corps, and then 16 years Air Force and retired as a Colonel. I knew most of the acronyms in basic, as I was a military dependent. We each managed to wear out 2 pairs of combat boots in 8 weeks at Ft Sill, where I did basic. which was usually more closer to 10 miles. If we weren't all there when the Drill SGT got there, it was a 5 mile run, or if we had to be somewhere, then we owed him the 5 mile run. We'd stuff what we could in our pockets and weren't allowed to run in the Company area, so we got to the Formation area as quick as we could ( without supposedly running). Then he'd take his coffee cup to the dishwashing window, and walk across the chow hall in a loud yelling " if you're in Second Platoon and you're in here, YOUR WRONG". The our Drill Sgt would look at his watch, for 2 minutes after the last guy from our platoon, came out with a tray. They'd feed a 1000 RAs ( Regular Army) before they fed the 20 Reservist and Guardsmen, every darn meal. Then our drill sgt would run in, and yell "you're in Second Platoon! even if you are NO Good, you're still Good for the 8 weeks your here, so get your asses back at the end of the line!" so they next 5 guys would come in counting off 1 No Good, 2 No Good etc. We'd count off, with one Nat Guard, 2 National Guard etc, then they'd yell I didn't ask for National Guard, I asked for No Goods. ![]() In Basic we had " Give me 5 No Goods" from the Sgt in charge of the sign in desk.
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