military slang
The Breaker
Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
Special forces - Rock Apes
paratroops - Drop Bears
Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
anyone know of any more?
--
Live Every Day as though its going to be your last
cause one day your sure to be right
R. Martin Caskey
On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, The Breaker wrote:
> Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
>
> Special forces - Rock Apes
>
> paratroops - Drop Bears
>
> Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
>
> anyone know of any more?
Artillery - Cannon Cockers
Air Defense Artillery - Duck Hunters
Military Intelligence - Spooks
Judge Advocate - [expletive deleted]
Alex Eggert
In article <breaker-2607...@137.154.164.36>
bre...@bushveld.com "The Breaker" writes:
> Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
In Britain, "cunts in tanks" I'm told.
Also,
>
> Special forces - Rock Apes
In Britain, the SAS are sometimes called the Sweet And Sours,
the Royal Marines "Bootnecks" and the Gurkhas, well, Gurkhas
(no one ever mocks the Gurkhas, not even the Paras!)
>
> paratroops - Drop Bears
Also - Lawn Drts
Meat Bombs
Airplane Shit (!)
>
> Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
As I understand it, "Diggers" is WW2 slang for Australian soldiers,
For American soldiers you have;
Doughboys - WW1
G.I. - WW2
Grunts - Vietnam
Was there a separate slang term applied during Korea?
>
> anyone know of any more?
>
> --
> Live Every Day as though its going to be your last
> cause one day your sure to be right
>
--
Alex Eggert
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CONSULTANT (n): (1) A man who borrows your watch to tell you the time and
then walks off with it; (2) A man who knows a hundred ways of making love,
but doesn't know any women.
Craig Thompson
Special Forces: snake-eaters; sneaky-petes (when attached to CIA)
In article <Pine.SOL.3.93.960726084231.13036A-100000@mail>, R. Martin Caskey
says...
>
>On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, The Breaker wrote:
>
>> Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
>>
>> Special forces - Rock Apes
>>
>> paratroops - Drop Bears
>>
>> Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
>>
>> anyone know of any more?
>
>Artillery - Cannon Cockers
>
>Air Defense Artillery - Duck Hunters
>
>Military Intelligence - Spooks
>
>Judge Advocate - [expletive deleted]
>
>
--
Co B 2/503d 173d ABN BDE (SEP)
RVN June 1968 - June 1969
http://www.olywa.net/sdotctho/sdotctho.html
Tim Lindell
"R. Martin Caskey" <rmca...@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us> wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, The Breaker wrote:
>> Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
>>
>> Special forces - Rock Apes
>>
>> paratroops - Drop Bears
>>
>> Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
>>
>> anyone know of any more?
>Artillery - Cannon Cockers
>Air Defense Artillery - Duck Hunters
>Military Intelligence - Spooks
>Judge Advocate - [expletive deleted]
In the Air Force we call Army paratroops "Lawn Darts", a nickname they
share with the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Special Operations = Special Olympians
Tim Lindell
RAF Mildenhall, UK
Bill Gross
bre...@bushveld.com (The Breaker) wrote:
>Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
US Term for either DATs for Dumb Ass Tankers or for
M1 & M1A2 drivers CDATs for computerized dumb ass tankers
>Special forces - Rock Apes
Snake eaters, Special Education
>paratroops - Drop Bears
>Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
Grunts, legs, etc.
Atry,
Gun bunnies, cannon cockers.
>anyone know of any more?
>--
Todd Harlos
In <jrc-270796...@news.nai.net> j...@nai.net (Joe Claffey Jr.)
writes:
>
>In article <4tb2s5$j...@news-f.iadfw.net>, bgr...@iadfw.net (Bill
Gross) wrote:
>
>>bre...@bushveld.com (The Breaker) wrote:
>>
>>>Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
>>US Term for either DATs for Dumb Ass Tankers or for
>>M1 & M1A2 drivers CDATs for computerized dumb ass tankers
Cooks - Spoons
MPs - Mud Puppies or Mama's Pukes (remember ya can't spell wimp without
MP)
82nd ABN - 82nd Airplane Gang
SF - Speckled Feces
BTW, ya know what the "n" in ranger stands for? Knowledge (sounds
better out loud)
Todd Harlos
Robert Bailey
On Sat, 27 Jul 1996 10:36:55 GMT, cat...@ozemail.com.au (Craig Turner)
wrote:
FWIW:
Administrative Personnel
Chairborne Rangers
Armor
D.A.T. - Dumb Army Tankers
Military Police
Mud Puppies
REMF
Rear Echelon Mother F***ers
John A. Limpert
Infantry:
Lead Catchers
John A. Limpert
jo...@Radix.Net
Bill Gross
Combat engineers, sappers
The ßreaker
Helmet - Brain bucket
- Bone dome
Mortar - Piss Tube
Cooks - Tucker Fuckers
- Fitter and Turners - fit food into pots and turn it into shit
Daniel W. Goodale
The Breaker wrote:
>
> Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
treadhead, DAT
>
> Special forces - Rock Apes
special K's
>
> paratroops - Drop Bears
paratroopers with only the five jumps needed to graduate (US) airborne
school: cherry, cherry jumper, sky shark, five jump chump
>
> Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
ground pounders
>
> anyone know of any more?
Air Force: fly boys, zoomies
Marines: jarheads, leather necks, leather heads, bullet catchers
Coast Guard: Coasties, Coasters
Engineers: build and blows, B&B, BBs
ADA: air defenders, duck hunters, missile heads
all logistic branches: loggies, Travoltas (from the acronym DISCOM (division
support command, where loggies work shortened to DISCO)
Transportation: Taters
Chemical: bugs & gas
Duct tape: 100 mile an hour tape
Helmet: K-pot, brain bucket, kevlar
Just to name a few.
Daniel Goodale
MREs: brown bag lunch
Rifle: bullet launcher
Alistair
aaron_...@herringn.com (aaron sommer) wrote:
::>In article <breaker-2607...@137.154.164.36>, bre...@bushveld.com
::>(The Breaker) wrote:
::>> Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
::>Zipperheads. Supposedly refers to the stitches they get after banging
::>thier head on something in the tank...
In my day, we used appointment titles on the radio to identify various
branches of the service; in addition, various individuals within a
unit would also have titles. I've dragged some out of the depths of
my memory, as follows:
Artillery - Shelldrake
Infantry - Foxhound
Medic - Starlight
Paymaster - Goldfinger
Chaplain - Skypilot
Tracker - Sparrow
Signals - Pronto
CO - Sunray
CSM - Seagull
Can't remember anymore - anyone else out there recall any ?
Alistair Fall
The ßreaker
Navy personnel - Barrel Boys
Navy officers - Muppets
come on people theres got to be more
********************************************************************
The Most Dangerous thing in the world is an officer with a map and
compass
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William Downer
From the U. S. Navy: Pacific Fleet 1970's anyway
Zeroes ------Officers (Their paygrade starts with 0)
Twidgets-----Electronic Tech types
Deck Apes-----Boatswain's Mates
Snipes-----The engineroom gang
also called the "Black Gang"
Scope Dopes-----The radar gang in CIC
Goats-----Chief Petty Officers
the Chief's Mess is called "The Goat Locker"
Lifer Juice-----Coffee
Brown Shoes-----Navy Aviators
also called "Airdales"
Pencilnecks-----Personnelmen (their rate is PN)
also called "Penis Necks"
Skivvy Wavers-----Signalmen
spad...@bio2.edu
We always called the master at arms who hung around the mess hall
giving out haircut chits the cookie cop. We called the E-2 Hawkeye
aircraft a hummer, long before the jeep on steriods went into
service. Odd thing , I never recall anyone who was on a carrier
calling it a flattop. It must be the same as people from San
Francisco never calling if "Frisco."
Steve Padilla
U.S.N. '79-85,
one good conduct medal,
awarded for four years of undetected crime
spad...@bio2.edu
Curtis R. Anderson
The ßreaker wrote:
> come on people theres got to be more
But of course:
Artillerymen - cannon cockers, gun bunnies, projo humpers
C-ration candy - John Wayne bars
Artillery FDC's M24 FADAC (a really old computer with a disk drive for
CPU registers) - Freddie
Chief of Firing Battery - "Smoke"
Infantry - Grunt (GRound Unit, Not Trainable)
Artillery Forward Observers (FIST) - Fools In Search of Targets
--
Curtis R. Anderson, Co-creator of "Gleepy the Hen", SP 2.5?, KoX
URLs: http://www.servtech.com/public/cra/ mailto:c...@servtech.com
ftp://ftp.servtech.com/pub/users/cra/ mailto:gle...@juno.com
Opinions mine (not Service Tech's!) unless marked otherwise!!!
Mark Bivens
back in the '80s Aust Army;
Armoured crew, or mech. infantry = tinned equivalent
Engineers = ginger beers
By that time "digger' ws normally shortened to "dig".
Mark
--
"The race is not always to the swift, nor the fight to the strong, but
firepower and cunning seldom go wrong"
Mark Bivens: Psychologist, Modeller, and (all) round nice guy.
marcel groot
here's one from me
shit hook=======chinnook helicoter
why it's always got shit hung under it
Michael Kelly
The ßreaker (h.mo...@fortedward.com) wrote:
: Navy personnel - Barrel Boys
: Navy officers - Muppets
: come on people theres got to be more
More Airforce slang;
JEEP = Derogatory term for newly assigned personnel. Very Big Insult.
Origins unknown however.
Pinger = New guy from electronics school. As I was told, the trainees
have to make something called a "pinger detector" at school, and they
take em to the airman's club and play with them. Also a derogatory term.
First Shirt = Origin unknown. Slang for First Sargeant.
First Skirt = Your Wife. Also, Off Duty Commander.
Butter Bar = 2nd Lt. See also, Fuckhead, Idiot and "Here Comes Trouble"
Flies = Pilots
Michael Jackson = Your M16. Most likely originated from an Eddie Murphy
movie.
Phil Toth
cat...@ozemail.com.au (Craig Turner) wrote:
>A rumour or myth is often referred to as a 'Furphy' or 'Furph' because
>during WWI, water in the Aust Army was carted in horse drawn tank's
>made by a company called 'Furphy and Son'. Each day a some of a
>companys soldiers would be sent back to the Furphy tanker to fill the
>water bottles. Whilst at the Furphy tanker, they would have the
>opportunity to swap stories with soldiers from other unit's. When they
>returned to their unit they would say 'I heard at the Furphy....' and
>eventually a rumour became known as a 'Furphy'
>Another slang in the Aust army is goffer for softdrink and gumpy for
>choclate bars. Apparently these came from the navy, who got it from
>the yanks, anyone know the origin of these?
>---------------------------------------------------
>Craig Turner One Crowded Hour...
>cat...@ozemailcom.au
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~caturn
>---------------------------------------------------
In the US Navy, candy and such is presently known as "geedunk". My
Uncle, who was in the Navy in WWII, says that it used to be called
"pogeybait."
Some others we use:
Cologne or perfume - foo-foo juice
Kool -Aid - bug juice
Hamburgers - sliders (so greasy they slide down your throat)
Roast beef - roast beast
I liked the "Furphy" story, although I had never heard that expression
before.
Phil Toth BMC(SW)
Hampton, Va.
Lerman's World Tour *AKA Navy Lifer Page*
http://wwwp.exis.net/~lerman5
The ßreaker
> >
> > Infantry - Diggers or Grunts
>
> As I understand it, "Diggers" is WW2 slang for Australian soldiers,
The term "Digger" came about during WW1 after the Gallipoli campaign
Tim Manley
In article <4tgno6$8...@library.airnews.net>,
bgr...@iadfw.net (Bill Gross) wrote:
>Combat engineers, sappers
>
That's not slang, though. CEs are really called Sappers. Goes all the way
back when MEs mined under castle walls. In fact, MEs are still called sappers
in the british army.
Semper in Excernere
Artillery... Drop shorts (because there shells indeed do drop short).
Joe Claffey Jr.
In article <32002...@news.flexnet.net>, t...@lindell.dungeon.com (Tim
Lindell) wrote:
>I'm not positive, but pretty sure, that "pinger" predates "pinger
>detector", as my impression when I was at Keesler in 1985 was that the
>detectors were pretty new but the term "pinger" had been around longer
>than any of the insructors, etc. could remember.
>
>Perhaps the origins lie in radar terminology.
Or maybe sonar.
--
Joe Claffey | "In the end, everything is a gag."
j...@nai.net | - Charlie Chaplin
Rick Simon
In article <4tqhrt$2q...@msunews.cl.msu.edu>,
Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu (Darrin Wassom) wrote:
>Here is an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
>(cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
>send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
>
>Box of Grid Squares
>Box of Ground Guides
>Case of Wire Stretchers
>Squelch Grease
<<grin>> From an AF aircraft maintenance outfit, the most common ones I know
of were:
"x" yards of flightline
1/2 gallon of prop wash
Saw a few of them bounce between OMS, AMS, and FMS all day long on their
"hunt".
Rick Simon
aka
rsi...@voyager.net
Chuck Grimes
label it "Cleaner, aircraft, propeller" with a made up serial number and
part number. Worked every time.
Darrin Wassom
Tankers = Treadheads
Signal = Commo Dawgs
First Sergeant = Top
PAC = Pac Rats
Cooks = Spoons
2.5 ton truck = Deuce and a half
1.5 ton = 5/4 (five quarter)
Radio Teletype Operatores = RATT's
I spent 8 years in the Army and never once heard the Humvee referred to as a
Hummer. I think this is a term the media and civilians used.
Another thing we used to do is refer to mystical FM's and AR's that pertained
to our given situation. For example, I was in 2-20th Field Artillery
Battalion. Any screwed up procedure or command was said to come from FM 2-20.
Whenever our CSM, 1SG, etc would give us a stupid command we always called it
AR 600-(last name of person giving order). Let's say CSM Morales decided he
didn't like the way the guards were posted at the kaserne and decided to make
them wear flak jackets and put M-60 slings on their M-16's (true story). If
someone asked how we came to be wearing flak jackets and holding our weapons
with M-60 slings we would tell them to look up AR 600-Morales and they would
get the point.
Here is an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
(cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
Box of Grid Squares
Box of Ground Guides
Case of Wire Stretchers
Squelch Grease
These poor fools would sometimes spend hours being shuffled from one person to
the next, office to motorpool to PAC to the 1SG before realizing they had been
had. Being stationed in Germany it was one of the few pleasures we had!
-Darrin
William Downer
Walter...@mail.wdn.com (Walter Light) wrote:
>In article <4toq9u$i...@globe.indirect.com>, spad...@bio2.edu wrote:
>#>We always called the master at arms who hung around the mess hall
>#>giving out haircut chits the cookie cop. We called the E-2 Hawkeye
>#>aircraft a hummer, long before the jeep on steriods went into
>#>service. Odd thing , I never recall anyone who was on a carrier
>#>calling it a flattop. It must be the same as people from San
>#>Francisco never calling if "Frisco."
>Bubbleheads call everything that floats that isn't a submarine a target!
From my days in CIC:
Unknown surface contacts-----skunks
Unknown air contacts-----bandits
Hopefully and ex-ping jockey (Sonarman) remembers what unknown sub
contacts are. All I remember is the designation "possub."
Navy Destroyers have been called Tin Cans since forever.
Yeoman, or for that matter any other sort of pencil pusher was always
refered to as a titless wave.
We sailors used to refer to the marine detachments as "Seagoing
Bellhops," which my son the marine tells me is still in use.
Bread and water rations in the brig was refered to as piss and punk.
How about Nuke SSBN's------boomers.
Candy, soda pop and snack foods------Gedunk
Ref my earlier entry on Boatswain's Mates as deck apes, to their face
they were usually called "Boats"
As Navy ships usually have a closet point of approach set out to four
or five thousand yards the merchant sailors used to call us "Chicken
of the Sea."
We also had names for the various currencies in the ports we were at
such as:
Hong Kong Dollars-----Honkers
Japanese 10 yen pieces-----Yen Pennies
(And the usual question while negotiating a price for something was:
"How much is that in real money?")
Medical Corpsmen-----Pecker Checkers
Negative content memos or message traffic-----nastygrams
Bill
William Downer
"Curtis R. Anderson" <c...@gleepy.jam.servtech.com> wrote:
>The ßreaker wrote:
>> come on people theres got to be more
>C-ration candy - John Wayne bars
Speaking of John Wayne, we used to refer to the can openers that came
in the C- ration packs as John Waynes.
Bill
William Downer
Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu (Darrin Wassom) wrote:
>Here is an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
>(cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
>send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
>Box of Grid Squares
>Box of Ground Guides
>Case of Wire Stretchers
>Squelch Grease
>These poor fools would sometimes spend hours being shuffled from one person to
>the next, office to motorpool to PAC to the 1SG before realizing they had been
>had. Being stationed in Germany it was one of the few pleasures we had!
>-Darrin
Pacific Fleet Navy:
We used to dress them up with a helmet, life jacket and gave them a
bow hook and put them on mail bouy watch.
They were also sent down to the engineering spaces to look for a BT
punch, whereupon a large Boiler Tech (BT) would slug the guy in the
shoulder.
Wild Goose Chase Objects:
Standard Bearing Grease
Relative Bearing Grease
Bill Gross
rsi...@voyager.net (Rick Simon) wrote:
deletia
> "x" yards of flightline
> 1/2 gallon of prop wash
> Saw a few of them bounce between OMS, AMS, and FMS all day long on their
>"hunt".
> Rick Simon
Then there was the fitter's helper who was told, after much hazing, to
go get a plumb bob. His reply, " I'm not going. You guys ain't gonna
get me this time. I KNOW there is no such thing as a plumb bob."
They couldn't convince him of that either.
The ßreaker
Meals Ready to Eat - three lies in one sentance
- Meals Rejected by Everyone
Curtis R. Anderson
Darrin Wassom wrote:
> Box of Grid Squares
> Box of Ground Guides
> Case of Wire Stretchers
> Squelch Grease
You were in FA and forgot about the M31 chart paper?
It's an FDC (fire direction center) trick. Around early 1982, in the
1/92 FA (2Ad, Ft Hood) one battery FDC section chief got miffed at his
2LT-type FDO (fore direction officer) and sent him out for M31 chart
paper.
ObSlang:
Mil-Spec 5606 (hydraulic fluid): Cherry Juice (so named for the red dye
put in hydraulic and automatic transmission fluid).
Fuel can flexible spout - Donkey Dick (think about it)
>From some NG units before WWII: Macaroni and cheese cooked in the field
would be called "slippery gut and tightass" so named for the slippery
gut (macaroni) and from constipation problems associated with the
cheese.
Rick Simon
In article <4trc61$8...@www.gatecom.com>,
tu...@gatecoms.gatecom.com (Michael Kelly) wrote:
> I knew of one kid at Ramstien who was given a job order to fix a
>transciever on a C-5. The job took him all day to finish. They gave him
>paperwork that said, "Radio will not work with the Selector switch in the
>O F F position."
:LOL: Reminds me of a call I once heard from an aircraft getting ready to
launch. Seems one of the Navs called in a malfunction and requested a
maintenance troop due to "IFF inop in OFF mode". Needless to say, everyone in
the launch truck was laughing as we raced down the taxiway towards the
aircraft. Evidently he figured out what was wrong before we were actually
cleared in to the plane and cancelled the call.
With all of it's shortcomings, working at a crew training base like Castle
did have it's moments!
Rick Simon
aka
rsi...@voyager.net
David P. Dilegge
> C-ration candy - John Wayne bars
>
> Speaking of John Wayne, we used to refer to the can openers that came
> in the C- ration packs as John Waynes.
Speaking of John Wayne, at Quantico Marine Base, there used to be a Jane
Wayne Day, where the wives could spend a day in "the field", weapons
demos, C-rat cuisine, a ride in a Amtrak, etc.
A few to add to the list (Marine oriented):
Hump - forced march, also sometimes referred to as a "walk in the woods"
PI - Parris Island Recruit Depot
The PI - The Philippines
The Rock - Okinawa
Hollywood Marine - San Diego Recruit Depot/Camp Pendleton Marine
Butter Bar - 2nd Lt.
Hot Wets - Coffee and soup in the field
Head Shed - Headquarters
Top - Master Sgt. (E-8)
Gunny - Gunnery Sgt. (E-7)
Skipper - Captain of a ship (USN), Captain (USMC)
Bag Nasties - Brown bag lunch, often issued prior to a military flight, or
long motor march
PT - Physical training
Cover - Hat
Gunner - Marine (combat arms) Warrant Officer
29 Stumps - Marine Corps live fire training base @ 29 Palms, California
Float - Deployment aboard ship
WM - Woman Marine (not used much anymore)
And all the Naval jargon that is so ingrained it drives non Sea Service
people crazy, as in "Can I use your head?" - Can I use your bathroom? You
have a leak in your overhead - Your ceiling's leaking, etc.
--
Baltimore Expat
Stafford, VA
Researching:
Nesbit (Nisbet) and Bruce: Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Dilegge (Di Legge), Mattozzi and D'Alessandro: Aquila,
Abbruzi, Italy.
1st Marine Division operations, Desert Storm.
Semper Fi, I Byd It
Dale Farmer
When I was in Hospital Corps School I was sent to get some Fallopian
Tubes by my instructor. Came back a little while later with the
anatomically accurate, detachable 'part' from one of the plastic patients.
(Medical training dummys, convertable from male<->female by changing out
two 'parts'. I was mostly successfull in keeping a straight face when I
gave them to him.
When I was at Norfolk, I heard a story about a FNG off a carrier
got sent for some propwash by his supervisor right after morning muster.
The enterprising young man, (whose dad was a retired aviation Bos'n mate.)
Went over to the helo squadron, and through some inspired BS and
imagination, borrowed a couple 55 gallon drums of the stuff they clean the
rotor blades with, and a truck to carry it in. Coming back to the ship at
near the end of the day presented it to his LPO, the Chief, and his
division officer. He followed his orders, and brought back some propwash.
--Dale
Daniel W. Goodale
While working as a Gold Bar Recruiter (Army) at my college, we works with all
services. Once a marine asked me where the head was? My answer, usually on
top of your body. They also had the annoying habit of yelling, "MARINE ON
DECK" when they entered a room. My typical answer was, "So what's your
point"?
--
Daniel Willis Goodale
The Biohazard Brewing Company
I like to think of myself as a chemical super-freak.
Aramis
In article <31FEA9...@n-link.com> "Daniel W. Goodale" <good...@n-link.com> writes:
>The Breaker wrote:
{Deletia}
>> anyone know of any more?
{More Deletia}
>Duct tape: 100 mile an hour tape
Could someone explain this one?
Raging for the Machine,
James
--
passion=life
Jerry Pedone
Darrin Wassom wrote:
>
> Tankers = Treadheads
> Signal = Commo Dawgs
> First Sergeant = Top
> PAC = Pac Rats
> Cooks = Spoons
> 2.5 ton truck = Deuce and a half
> 1.5 ton = 5/4 (five quarter)
> Radio Teletype Operatores = RATT's
Ground radio/teletype technicians - dirt rats
Things to send folks for:
> Box of Grid Squares
> Box of Ground Guides
> Case of Wire Stretchers
> Squelch Grease
In the Air force RADAR field we used to send folks for:
SIF paint (SIF is a special radar return that shows up on the radar
scope - any return is called a paint)
Falopian Tubes
Flight Line
Or tell them to empty the BIT bucket (The bucket where the radar bits
fall in when an aircraft flys off the scope.)
j.
Jerry Pedone
Tim Lindell wrote:
>
> tu...@gatecoms.gatecom.com (Michael Kelly) wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Pinger = New guy from electronics school. As I was told, the trainees
> >have to make something called a "pinger detector" at school, and they
> >take em to the airman's club and play with them. Also a derogatory term.
>
>
> The "pinger detector" was made from a prefab kit in the Basic
> Electronics course in Allee Hall at Keesler AFB. It was a simple
> circuit with two LED's on a printed circuit board - when you hooked up
> a battery the LED's would flash at a set rate.
>
> I'm not positive, but pretty sure, that "pinger" predates "pinger
> detector", as my impression when I was at Keesler in 1985 was that the
> detectors were pretty new but the term "pinger" had been around longer
> than any of the insructors, etc. could remember.
>
> Perhaps the origins lie in radar terminology.
>
> RAF Mildenhall, UK
The explanation we were given at Keesler was due to the new recruits
haircuts. Coming out of basic your hair was still so short that if you
rubbed your head it would "ping". And then the pinger detectors - by
the time you got to that block in Allee hall your hair was long enough
were it no longer pinged but you could use these to detect (or irritate)
a pinger.
j.
Jerry Pedone
The ßreaker wrote:
>
> Meals Ready to Eat - three lies in one sentance
>
> - Meals Rejected by Everyone
>
>
- Meals Refused by Ethiopians
j.
Bonnie and Dave Thompson
The Breaker <bre...@bushveld.com> wrote in article
<breaker-2607...@137.154.164.36>...
> Armour- Buckets or Turret Heads
>
>
Sure: To the airborne ALL others are legs.
Aramis
In article <4tvjuu$n...@news4.digex.net> da...@access1.digex.net (Dale Farmer) writes:
>When I was in Hospital Corps School I was sent to get some Fallopian
>Tubes by my instructor. Came back a little while later with the
>anatomically accurate, detachable 'part' from one of the plastic patients.
>(Medical training dummys, convertable from male<->female by changing out
>two 'parts'. I was mostly successfull in keeping a straight face when I
>gave them to him.
> When I was at Norfolk, I heard a story about a FNG off a carrier
>got sent for some propwash by his supervisor right after morning muster.
>The enterprising young man, (whose dad was a retired aviation Bos'n mate.)
>Went over to the helo squadron, and through some inspired BS and
>imagination, borrowed a couple 55 gallon drums of the stuff they clean the
>rotor blades with, and a truck to carry it in. Coming back to the ship at
>near the end of the day presented it to his LPO, the Chief, and his
>division officer. He followed his orders, and brought back some propwash.
propwash. Turns out that the quartermaster was able to find a
MilSpec'ed and procurable product called propwash- used for
varnishing wooden propeller blades. So the officer who initiated
the quest for propwash ended up being the proud owner of his desired
55 gallons of propwash. His laughter ended when he had to explain
why he thought he needed this quantity of $100/pint varnish.
dd
In article <32002...@news.flexnet.net> Tim Lindell,
t...@lindell.dungeon.com writes:
>I'm not positive, but pretty sure, that "pinger" predates "pinger
>detector", as my impression when I was at Keesler in 1985 was that the
>detectors were pretty new but the term "pinger" had been around longer
>than any of the insructors, etc. could remember.
The way I recall it, having been a pinger, was when you got to
Keesler it was generally late afternoon. You'd been on the bus all
day from Lackland, couldn't remeber the last drink of beer you'd
had. We ran to the Airman's club, and the guys who'd been there
awhile would line up in the entrance and rub their hands across the
top of your head and yelled "PING!" You tolerated it as a rite of
passage, got to the bar and got your beer. This was 1970.
Dave Howard
Robert Bailey
On Thu, 01 Aug 96 15:18:13 GMT, Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu (Darrin
Wassom) wrote:
>SNIP<
>Here is an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
>(cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
>send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
>
>Box of Grid Squares
>Box of Ground Guides
>Case of Wire Stretchers
>Squelch Grease
>
>These poor fools would sometimes spend hours being shuffled from one person to
>the next, office to motorpool to PAC to the 1SG before realizing they had been
>had. Being stationed in Germany it was one of the few pleasures we had!
>-Darrin
>
>
>
>
Don't forget about checking the halogen level in the headlights during
PMCS.
Harriman Ryan
Lets see if I can add a few more to your list.
Manhole Adjutant
Seagull Ops Staff
Spyglass Air Recce
Ironside Armour
Holdfast Eng
Molar Logs
Fortune Forward Air Controller
Glowworm Ground Liaison O
Acorn Int
Rickshaw Ordnance
Watchdog MP's
Bluebell Elect/Mech Eng
Playtime Supply and Trasport (I wonder how they got that name)
Contractor Movements Staff
Meteor Met Rep
Conrod Air Def
Moonbeam Chief of Staff
R. Harriman
: In my day, we used appointment titles on the radio to identify various
: branches of the service; in addition, various individuals within a
: unit would also have titles. I've dragged some out of the depths of
: my memory, as follows:
: Artillery - Shelldrake
: Infantry - Foxhound
: Medic - Starlight
: Paymaster - Goldfinger
: Chaplain - Skypilot
: Tracker - Sparrow
: Signals - Pronto
:
: CO - Sunray
: CSM - Seagull
:
: Can't remember anymore - anyone else out there recall any ?
: Alistair Fall
Spectre Gunner
This has been such an excellent thread, that I have begun compiling
the responses and will soon add it to my web page for all to see.
As soon as it is up, I will post a message with the URL in this
thread.
If anyone has any objections to this, let me know.
Basically, I am setting up a table with five headings:
Phrase
Definition
Used by
Country
Comment
I'm trying to fill in used by and country based on either where the
posting came from or what information was provided in the body of the
message.
So far I have about 30 entered, and hope to have more done before the
weekend is over. I'll probably do the initial posting in the wee hours
of the night/morning.
Cheers,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Frank Vaughan "Spectre Gunner"
Vietnam Veteran -- AC-130E Spectre Gunships
16th Special Operations Squadron (USAF)
"We were winning when I left."
Visit my spectre Gunship Tribute page at: http://www.netcom.com/~baguio/spectre.html
Mike Bandor
In message <4u2dd2$e...@mule1.mindspring.com>, dd <cip...@nf-vb.mindspring.com>
writes:
In '82 when I went through Keesler, pinger detectors were part of the basic
electronics course. As for the term, the "official" explaination was pinger
stood for "personnel in need of graduation", hence the ping portion of the
term. Remember, this was '82.
Mike
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Dave Loomis
Aramis wrote:
>
> In article <31FEA9...@n-link.com> "Daniel W. Goodale" <good...@n-link.com> writes:
> >The Breaker wrote:
> {Deletia}
> >> anyone know of any more?
> {More Deletia}
> >Duct tape: 100 mile an hour tape
> Could someone explain this one?
Not sure, but there is a metal sticky tape called F-4 tape as it is
used for fast combat patches over holes to stop drafts, whistles, etc.
It was supposed to stay on at fighter speeds, so it is logical to assume
that duct tape being less sturdy was humorously rated at 100 mph.
Dave
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Curtis R. Anderson
Aramis wrote:
>
> In article <31FEA9...@n-link.com> "Daniel W. Goodale" <good...@n-link.com> writes:
> >The Breaker wrote:
> {Deletia}
> >> anyone know of any more?
> {More Deletia}
> >Duct tape: 100 mile an hour tape
> Could someone explain this one?
Because when the equipment is moving at 100 miles an hour, who's gonna
know the difference?
That's how a senior Army NCO explained it to me.
Bill Gross
jge...@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (Aramis) wrote:
>In article <31FEA9...@n-link.com> "Daniel W. Goodale" <good...@n-link.com> writes:
>>The Breaker wrote:
>{Deletia}
>>> anyone know of any more?
>{More Deletia}
>>Duct tape: 100 mile an hour tape
>Could someone explain this one?
> Raging for the Machine,
There is some military sealing tape that looks a little like duct
tape. Some where in its specifications is suppose to hold a seal in a
90 mph wind or something like that. It was first called 90 mph tape.
Then got some steroids and changed its name to 100 mph tape.
Raymond C. Parks
In article <4tt141$lp4...@news.voyager.net>,
Rick Simon <rsi...@voyager.net> wrote:
>In article <4trc61$8...@www.gatecom.com>,
> tu...@gatecoms.gatecom.com (Michael Kelly) wrote:
> :LOL: Reminds me of a call I once heard from an aircraft getting ready to
>launch. Seems one of the Navs called in a malfunction and requested a
>maintenance troop due to "IFF inop in OFF mode". Needless to say, everyone in
>the launch truck was laughing as we raced down the taxiway towards the
>aircraft. Evidently he figured out what was wrong before we were actually
>cleared in to the plane and cancelled the call.
My friend working the instruments shop at Offutt AFB had a similiar
experience with a nav on NAECP. The nav, either a Major or LtCol, did not
get much actual flight experience because he worked in the SAC
underground. John, my friend, got the call to fix a nav instrument (I
don't know which one) which also failed to work in the "OFFicial"
position.
Raymond C. Parks, CCP rcp...@rt66.com
Wodehouse Nugget - "How absurdly simple these things are when
you have someone with elephantiasis of the brain, like myself,
directing the operations." _Uncle_Dynamite_, 1948
Barry Fowler
medics - `tampax tiffies' (South African military)
`flyspy' - health inspectors
`parabats' - paratroop battalion
`R-kids' - reference to children of Permanent Force (Regulars) - military
vehicles having registration numbers starting with `R'.
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Ba...@tragedy.demon.co.uk
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jforest@ionet
>> > Pinger = New guy from electronics school. As I was told, the trainees
>> >have to make something called a "pinger detector" at school, and they
>> >take em to the airman's club and play with them. Also a derogatory term.
don't know about derogatory but the rest is true
>> The "pinger detector" was made from a prefab kit in the Basic
>> Electronics course in Allee Hall at Keesler AFB. It was a simple
>> circuit with two LED's on a printed circuit board - when you hooked up
>> a battery the LED's would flash at a set rate.
>>
>> I'm not positive, but pretty sure, that "pinger" predates "pinger
>> detector", as my impression when I was at Keesler in 1985 was that the
>> detectors were pretty new but the term "pinger" had been around longer
>> than any of the insructors, etc. could remember.
>>
>> Perhaps the origins lie in radar terminology.
>>
>> Tim Lindell
>> RAF Mildenhall, UK
>The explanation we were given at Keesler was due to the new recruits
>haircuts. Coming out of basic your hair was still so short that if you
>rubbed your head it would "ping". And then the pinger detectors - by
>the time you got to that block in Allee hall your hair was long enough
>were it no longer pinged but you could use these to detect (or irritate)
>a pinger.
another truism.
I must be getting old, we only had light bulbsin 1972 instead of LEDs
jim
Darrin Wassom
In article <4u5i88$p...@news-f.iadfw.net>, bgr...@iadfw.net (Bill Gross) wrote:
>There is some military sealing tape that looks a little like duct
>tape. Some where in its specifications is suppose to hold a seal in a
>90 mph wind or something like that. It was first called 90 mph tape.
>Then got some steroids and changed its name to 100 mph tape.
>
I remember the changing of names. When I was in Hanau (Field Artillery) it was
90 mile an hour tape. I transfer to Frankfurt to a Signal Corps unit and
overnight it became 100 mile an hour tape. I always had this feeling that the
further you move from Combat Arms the faster the tape gets. Maybe over in a
PAC or Supply unit it is 200 mile an hour tape and so on and so on.
The tape worked great on everything. I blew a radiator hose coming out of the
field in December and was supposed to wait for a recovery vehicle to come get
me. Well, I waited about three hours in the cold and got a call on the radio
that it would be another 4-6 hours before they could get to me. Bearing that
in mind I taped the hose together, filled the radiator with water and limped
back to the Kaserne. Probably didn't do much for the engine but the tape held
for about 60 miles.
-Darrin
bo...@imap1.asu.edu
I predated Mike Bandor by one year, 1969, and it was exactly as he
described. It was better to yell "Ping!" than to be one. A little
later on in the course, we would have to fetch a "buffer amplifier" for
barracks duty and upon the day of graduation have our arms punched off
(felt like the plague shot in basic) and thrown in the shower to
celebrate the ultimate short day, and also the last day to yell,"I hate
this fuckin' place," moving on to another fuckin' place to hate
(hopefully not LIbya, Turkey, or 'Nam).
Alottayouseguys don't even know what you missed,
bo...@imap1.asu.edu
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On 5 Aug 1996, Mike Bandor wrote:
> In message <4u2dd2$e...@mule1.mindspring.com>, dd <cip...@nf-vb.mindspring.com>
> writes:
>
> >In article <32002...@news.flexnet.net> Tim Lindell,
> >t...@lindell.dungeon.com writes:
> >>I'm not positive, but pretty sure, that "pinger" predates "pinger
> >>detector", as my impression when I was at Keesler in 1985 was that the
> >>detectors were pretty new but the term "pinger" had been around longer
> >>than any of the insructors, etc. could remember.
> >
Chad M.H. Hashimoto
In article <4tqhrt$2q...@msunews.cl.msu.edu>, Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu
(Darrin Wassom) wrote:
> Tankers = Treadheads
From the tanker's point of view:
Infantry = track grease, speed bumps
> Here's an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
> (cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
> send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
>
> Box of Grid Squares
> Box of Ground Guides
> Case of Wire Stretchers
> Squelch Grease
Chemlight Batteries
Grid Zone Designators
Rolls of Firing Line
and, in one memorable case, a can of Dehydrated Water
Chad H.
David Couvillon
Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu (Darrin Wassom) wrote:
>The tape worked great on everything. I blew a radiator hose coming out of the
>field in December and was supposed to wait for a recovery vehicle to come get
>me. Well, I waited about three hours in the cold and got a call on the radio
>that it would be another 4-6 hours before they could get to me. Bearing that
>in mind I taped the hose together, filled the radiator with water and limped
>back to the Kaserne. Probably didn't do much for the engine but the tape held
>for about 60 miles.
We stuck a HumVee in a ditch at Camp Shelby, MS and no one had a tow
rope. Took 4 lengths of 100mph tape, twisted them together then used
a 5-ton to pull the HumVee out with the improvised rope!
David Couvillon
USMCR
Wolf
IRick Simon wrote:
>
> In article <4tqhrt$2q...@msunews.cl.msu.edu>,
> Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu (Darrin Wassom) wrote:
> >(cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
> >send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
> >
> >Box of Grid Squares
> >Box of Ground Guides
> >Case of Wire Stretchers
> >Squelch Grease
>
> of were:
>
> "x" yards of flightline
> 1/2 gallon of prop wash
>
> Saw a few of them bounce between OMS, AMS, and FMS all day long on their
> "hunt".
>
> Rick Simon
> aka
> rsi...@voyager.net
In the Air Force We called them JEEPS (Just Enough Education to Pass) I
used to send them around to all the Crew Chiefs to ask for a spool of
Flightline.
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>A couple of Army fovorites: keys to the impact area,
chemlight batteries
JOE QUINTO
"Gary E. Cornett" <gcor...@lex.infi.net> wrote:
>>A couple of Army fovorites: keys to the impact area,
>chemlight batteries
I like to send out all the my new Marines to the First Sergent to get
a PRC E-8 (prick E-8).
Sgt Quinto Sends
Royce
In article <4u53do$o...@ionews.ionet.net>, jforest@ionet wrote:
>
>>> > Pinger = New guy from electronics school. As I was told, the trainees
>>> >have to make something called a "pinger detector" at school, and they
>>> >take em to the airman's club and play with them.
>>> RAF Mildenhall, UK
>
>>The explanation we were given at Keesler was due to the new recruits
>>haircuts. Coming out of basic your hair was still so short that if you
>>rubbed your head it would "ping". And then the pinger detectors - by
>>the time you got to that block in Allee hall your hair was long enough
>>were it no longer pinged but you could use these to detect (or irritate)
>>a pinger.
>
>another truism.
>
>I must be getting old, we only had light bulbsin 1972 instead of LEDs
>
>jim
>
Jim is correct about the term "pinger" coming from the haircut that reportedly
would PING when a hand was ran through it. The "pinger detector" was a simple
electronic circuit (Multi-vibrator fi you remember those) that was used a
training aid that the students would show off a miracle to the 702 Admin
troups. The Airmans club in the "Triangle" was just a hangout for the
"pingers" to amuse themselves (Hey it was better than doing it next to the
runway, which was also done).
Royce Tuck, T304X4
TSGT, USAF (1979-1989)
Jay Craswell
There were people who called carriers Flattops. Navy pilots who sank Jap
"FlatTops" For example "Scratch one Flattop." Japanese Carriers (most)
really were flat since they did not use the Island seen on most other
carriers. Maybe thats the difference.
--
73, Jay WB0VNE - AAV5TH
Henry R. Moreno
Chad M.H. Hashimoto wrote:
>
> In article <4tqhrt$2q...@msunews.cl.msu.edu>, Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu
> (Darrin Wassom) wrote:
>
>
> From the tanker's point of view:
>
> Infantry = track grease, speed bumps
>
> > (cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
> > send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
> >
> > Box of Grid Squares
> > Box of Ground Guides
> > Case of Wire Stretchers
> > Squelch Grease
>
> Grid Zone Designators
> Rolls of Firing Line
>
> and, in one memorable case, a can of Dehydrated Water
>
> Chad H.
Reminds me of the time during a mid-watch in CIC, that the Chief reported
the RADAR out, asked the Radarman Stirker (E-2) if he thought it was the
fallopean tube, the kid said yes. So the Chief had him fill out a chit
and sent him to draw one from Supply. Naturally, Supply was in it too.
Poor guy, ah well, the rites of passage!
In today's Navy would that be considered some form of sexual harrasement?
Henry
William Downer
hak...@aloha.com (Chad M.H. Hashimoto) wrote:
>In article <4tqhrt$2q...@msunews.cl.msu.edu>, Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu
>(Darrin Wassom) wrote:
>> Here's an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
>> (cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
>> send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
>>
>> Box of Grid Squares
>> Box of Ground Guides
>> Case of Wire Stretchers
>> Squelch Grease
>Chemlight Batteries
>Grid Zone Designators
>Rolls of Firing Line
>and, in one memorable case, a can of Dehydrated Water
Checking the flourescent light tubes for expiration dates.
Bill
G David Garland
I'm not military, but I am an electrician, and we do check fluorescent
light for expiration dates. Actually, we check after they die to see if
they are lasting correctly...
--
I''
cats...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net
We send newbies looking for a Reel of OrderWire
Wolf <Wo...@chtree.com> wrote:
>IRick Simon wrote:
>>
>> In article <4tqhrt$2q...@msunews.cl.msu.edu>,
>> Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu (Darrin Wassom) wrote:
>> >Here is an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
>> >(cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
>> >send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
>> >
>> >Box of Grid Squares
>> >Box of Ground Guides
>> >Case of Wire Stretchers
>> >Squelch Grease
>>
>> <<grin>> From an AF aircraft maintenance outfit, the most common ones I know
>> of were:
>>
>> "x" yards of flightline
>> 1/2 gallon of prop wash
>>
>> Saw a few of them bounce between OMS, AMS, and FMS all day long on their
>> "hunt".
>>
>> Rick Simon
>> aka
>> rsi...@voyager.net
>In the Air Force We called them JEEPS (Just Enough Education to Pass) I
>used to send them around to all the Crew Chiefs to ask for a spool of
>Flightline.
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Wolf
rsi...@voyager.net (Rick Simon) wrote:
>In article <4tqhrt$2q...@msunews.cl.msu.edu>,
> Was...@ahdlms.cvm.msu.edu (Darrin Wassom) wrote:
{snip}
> Saw a few of them bounce between OMS, AMS, and FMS all day long on their
>"hunt".
> Rick Simon
> aka
> rsi...@voyager.net
Another good one. I read this pain in the ass JEEP's shot records.
and sent him over to the shot clinic to get his halitosis vacination.
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Todd Enlund
hak...@aloha.com (Chad M.H. Hashimoto) wrote:
>> Here's an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
>> (cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
>> send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
>>
>> Box of Grid Squares
>> Box of Ground Guides
>> Case of Wire Stretchers
>> Squelch Grease
>Chemlight Batteries
>Grid Zone Designators
>Rolls of Firing Line
>and, in one memorable case, a can of Dehydrated Water
Flight Line
Pneumatic Fluid
Prop Wash
And as we walked out to perform maintenance on an F-15, act as if we
had forgotten to get the keys...
Todd Enlund
F-15 Weapons, LA Air Guard
"Bandits at 3 O'clock"
"Roger. What should I do 'till then?"
Colin Campbell
ten...@ix.netcom.com (Todd Enlund) wrote:
>
>And as we walked out to perform maintenance on an F-15, act as if we
>had forgotten to get the keys...
Reminds me of the time my unit was trying to go home from Honduras.
First thing that happens is that somebody forgot to let the Air Force
know that we needed an airplane. So the next day a C-5 comes and
picks us up. After we take off it turns out that the rear cargo doors
didn't close properly so we had to divert to Panama. Well we slept
under the airplane that night, then waited all morning while the air
force guys worked on the doors - finally getting them shut. Just as
we are climbing on the airplane the crew decides to cycle the doors,
and of course they wont close properly. The mait guys come back and
spend all afternoon winching the doors shut again (and threatening the
pilot with castration if he opened those doors again).
Well, just as we are climbing back on the airplane the pilot comes up
and asks: "Has anybody seen a square piece of metal with a key and
this airplanes serial number on it"? We were all real upset that we
didn't have live ammo.
Michael Kelly
Todd Enlund (ten...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: hak...@aloha.com (Chad M.H. Hashimoto) wrote:
: >> Here's an interesting question. What did you used to send the newbies
: >> (cherries) after to initiate them into your platoon, squad, etc?? We used to
: >> send our guys on wild goose chases for any of the following:
One of my favorites was sending a newbie JEEP out to check the tire
pressure on the PeaceKeeper's. <PK's>
VMH 214
100 mph tape got that name beacuse it is used alot on NASCAR race cars
to hold body parts on after small acidents. and the cars go well over 100
mph.
Hell at some tracks it should be called 200 mph tape!!
VMH-214
Arild Saether
- Nozzlegrease was one.
Arild
Bret M. Duff
>Chad M.H. Hashimoto wrote:
<<snip>>
>>
>> Chemlight Batteries
>> Grid Zone Designators
>> Rolls of Firing Line
>>
>> and, in one memorable case, a can of Dehydrated Water
>>
>
In the Marines (77 to 81) I was assigned to HML-167 (UH-1N Hueys) as
Jet mech. and a distinguished member of that Squadronąs Flight line -
some things come to mind. Along with some of the ones mentioned above I
can recall sending Newbies on hunts for some the following items too:
Left handed Safety wire pliers.
ASH Receivers.
Box of Pad Eyes.
However, one of the worst things we ever did to Newbies - was to have
them Change the lower oil filter on a Hueyąs Main Transmission. This of
course involved crawling up inside the Hell Hole to get at it (real
bitch with a cargo hook in there). Itąs obvious to most of us that when
you change a oil filter on just about anything that you need to drain
the oil. But on the Huey trans the upper filter is fully accessible
from the top of the aircraft with out draining the oil. A Newbie (even
a smart one) after seeing the crewchief remove the upper filter without
a word about draining the oil - usually didnąt think twice about it
when directed to R&R the lower Filter. The results were obvious - You
either had a Private covered in oil from head to toe or youąd find out
just how fast he can move when properly motivated. ;^)
It seems that the Zero (officers) werenąt any better than us enlisted
pukes. Being a training Squadron we were always cycling new LTąs.
Anyway at check in, theyąd always be sent down to para to get their
flight gear and to get sized up for a Body Bag! Not all that sure this
was a true rite of passage for them, but it could be classified as a
intelligence test or at least give you a good idea who did or didnt
have a good sense of humor. Ya know - the truly sad part of the whole
thing was that most of these guys didnt really catch-on until they
asked what color body bag they wanted: OD, Black or Red, White & Blue!
;^)
Bret
Jay Craswell
Don't forget to bring us a bucket of Propwash!
Jay Craswell
There wasa great gag about that missing the Keys to the Jet. Jerry Sinefeldt
said "Maybe thats the reason for all those delays at the airport"
"Ahh attention passengers this is your Capt speaking... There will be a slight
delay while I send somebody to the Hotel to get the keys to our Aircraft"
Colin Campbell
Jay Craswell <7301...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
Something similar happend to me. We were waiting for a commuter plane
when we were told that the pilot had forgotten his logbook (and pilots
lisence) and had to go home to get them.
Ed Hake
How a bout going to get me a yard of flightline
-Bear
Karon
In article <322b8274....@news.e-z.net>, be...@centercomp.com (Ed
Hake) wrote:
> How a bout going to get me a yard of flightline
>
> -Bear
Speaking of flightline... Anyone ever have an 'air start'? It has
nothing to do with high pressure low volume or low pressure high volume
jet engine starters.
>
>
>
> On 17 Aug 1996 16:35:53 -0400, vmh...@aol.com (VMH 214) wrote:
>
> >100 mph tape got that name beacuse it is used alot on NASCAR race cars
> >to hold body parts on after small acidents. and the cars go well over 100
> >mph.
> > Hell at some tracks it should be called 200 mph tape!!
> > VMH-214
Karon G. Campbell
Gang of Six member
CWL # 780 ( Bent, Buckled, or Twisted )
The KC in the "RFOKC" Society
Harriman Ryan
Hey, there's always "Could you go get me a pail of prop wash"
Ryan
Luke Warmwater
One that cracked me up was when one of the vehical mechanics sent a gunner to
me for two and a half inches of free play, for a hand brake.
There was always the good old standby of sending someone to the stores for a
long stand.
sunbea...@gmail.com
> The ßreaker (h.mo...@fortedward.com) wrote:
> : Navy personnel - Barrel Boys
>
> : Navy officers - Muppets
>
>
> : come on people theres got to be more
>
> More Airforce slang;
>
> JEEP = Derogatory term for newly assigned personnel. Very Big Insult.
> Origins unknown however.
> Pinger = New guy from electronics school. As I was told, the trainees
> have to make something called a "pinger detector" at school, and they
>
> First Shirt = Origin unknown. Slang for First Sargeant.
>
> First Skirt = Your Wife. Also, Off Duty Commander.
>
> Butter Bar = 2nd Lt. See also, Fuckhead, Idiot and "Here Comes Trouble"
>
> Flies = Pilots
>
> Michael Jackson = Your M16. Most likely originated from an Eddie Murphy
> movie.
I still have my "pinger detector" from Keesler AFB 1976.
sunbea...@gmail.com
> In article <32002...@news.flexnet.net>, t...@lindell.dungeon.com (Tim
> Lindell) wrote:
>
> >I'm not positive, but pretty sure, that "pinger" predates "pinger
> >detector", as my impression when I was at Keesler in 1985 was that the
> >detectors were pretty new but the term "pinger" had been around longer
> >than any of the insructors, etc. could remember.
> >
> >Perhaps the origins lie in radar terminology.
>
> Or maybe sonar.
> I made my "pinger detector" in 1976.
> --
> Joe Claffey | "In the end, everything is a gag."
> j...@nai.net | - Charlie Chaplin