Trips to the beach are generally low key. D.B.F. FASOTRAGRULANT/PAC: Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group, Atlantic and Pacific. Butt Puckering: A term used to describe a harrowing or scary experience. Schmuckatelli is a Good Man. NON: "Needs of the Navy" a priority over anything to do with one's family or person; as in God, Country, Family. Used to refer to a sailor's spouse. FTN Striker: Sailor whose stated goal/desire is to get discharged. Lather up and wash. Squids (the aquatic animal) can swim fast in a straight line, but like an inexperienced motorcyclist, has trouble changing direction quickly. Shitter: (1) A toilet (not a urinal); also known as a crapper. Refers to the brace cable used to hold the mainmast of a sailing ship upright. Divisions are sometimes divided into branches or work centers. Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC): The Marines. Power troll: A name for any officious person, usually used by engineers. CA: Cruiser, Attack, Class of ship, a heavy cruiser. The connection appears to from back in the 60s, when sailors on the West Coast would buy fresh-off-the-boat Japanese motorcycles without any real riding experience, and ride around while schnockered. "secure the forward diesel" or "secure from general quarters"; can also be used to to prepare something for sea, as in "secure for sea.". Both beers are opened when they are given to the crewmember to prevent them from being hoarded. IFNAG: (Derogatory) Ignorant Fucking Naval Academy Graduate. The act of solving a problem by applying numbers and units and various known and assumed quantities to calculate an approximate answer. : Diesel Boats Forever: (marking on an) unauthorized pin showing a non-nuclear submarine. Lifer cup: A coffee cup stained brown by repeated use. for emergency leave, or to move off base to civilian housing). OOC: Pronounced "oh oh see." The more derogatory ". Originally a Torpedo Boat Destroyer, then later, just Destroyer. ", Wog: Short for "pollywog", as in "wog ceremony.". F.U.P.A. Also, a board and dice game akin to Backgammon. If one is on Vulcan Death Watch, one is up oncoming as drill team, on watch then offgoing as casualty response team, potentially followed by another 6 hour watch. Also referred to "Monkey Rapers". Sometimes used as a threat of punishment or retribution - "Do what I told you to do or I may have to hold an Easter Egg Hunt in your locker. A pivoting latch, usually one of several, for locking down a water-tight hatch. Nuke Milk: A disgusting powdered milk used when the fresh milk runs out. WAVE Cage: A female only open-bay BEQ, also known as a "meat market" by some Sailors. Also. Your email address will not be sold or shared with anyone else. See also "Swab. Dammit: Proper way to read an exclamation point quietly. Sack-o'-Lantern: A scrotum stretched across a battle lantern that has been energized. Black beret: Worn by Swift Boat and PBR Sailors, originally in Vietnam. Not normally pluralised, still expressed as squid, not squids, e.g., Fifty squid. (Often pronounced "E-swas."). Example: Watch Officer-"What is pH?" On submarines, there are also Sonar Training Aids which are any meaty foods with a phallic shape. Hockey pucks: Swedish meatballs (also, trail markers, porcupines, road apples). Fast Cruise: Pretending to be underway while moored to a pier. SWCCs are more commonly referred to as Special Boat Teams or Boat Guys., Dirty-dick: To rub genitalia on someones cup or soda can as an act of retribution or to be funny; see also "cock swab.". Sparks: Radioman. For better or worse, everyone is picked on in one way or another. WebThe squid says: "don't eat me, I'm really sick!" Knuckle Dragger: A member of the engineering department or a mechanic on a nuclear powered vessel. Scrambled Eggs: Gold embroidered decoration on a Commander's/Captain's cover. Smiles (Game of): A game in which two or more Sailors sit at a specially designed table or bar, typically in the Philippines, and receive fellatio from one or more prostitutes. Secure: To turn off, end, or make tighter, e.g. Skateboard: A clipboard full of random papers carried as a skating prop, to provide a visual "excuse" for wandering around the ship. Bubba: Any shipyard worker. HACQ: (pronounced "hack") House Arrest, Confinement to Quarters: Unofficial punishment where an officer is confined to his stateroom, usually during a port call. (Growler). Tits Machine: Old-school term for a kick-ass aircraft, usually a fighter, that consisted of little more than an airframe, minimal avionics, and a huge engine or two. Boxing your coffee: Using two paper cups and pouring back and forth to mix creamer and/or sugar. TACCO: Tactical Coordinator. MAA: Master-at-Arms. JO-JO: Pronounced "joe-joe." PT: Physical Training. Nixie A countermeasure against acoustic homing torpedoes. (see EAOS above and Short timer below.). Apocryphally, a show in which women have sex with dogs and ponies: Sailors may claim to have witnessed such shows in. Conducts operations near shore. Term used to show dissatisfaction with enlistment or unity amongst a brotherhood of bitter and disaffected sailors, specifically submariners. Two-Digit Midget: Sailor with 99 or less days until his/her "End of Active Obligated Service", or EAOS. Mast: Common abbreviated form of "Captain's Mast" or "Admiral's Mast." A play on words that hints at the escapades her crew may have been involved in. Full disclosure on what you can expect when joining the military. See "titless wave." Typically, as a hazing ritual, sailors fresh out of boot camp are sent out on a wild goose chase to retrieve a, "Portable", Pad Eye. From your Navy superiors. Pirate Navy: Small boy crafts generally referring to the smallest of the vessels, such as Minesweepers, Coastal Patrol boats, and sometimes Frigates. AO: Aviation Ordnanceman, personnel assigned to Aircraft Carriers, Helicopter Carriers and Aviation Squadrons that store, handle, assemble, transport and load all weapons and drop tanks along with electronic counter measure pods, dispensers and sono-bouys on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. CGN: Cruiser, Guided Missile, Nuclear, class of ship. I will only give one or two of the more polite slang terms for each service: Navy - Squids or Swabbies. A-Farts: (AFRTS) Armed Forces Radio & Television Service. CIVLANT/CIVPAC: Home, or where you go to when you leave the Navy. Yes, you know the kind, 100 sailors go out, 50 couples come back, or it aint gay if its under way, and many, Derived from "sukoshi," the Japanese word for "a little.". XO: Executive Officer: The second-in-Command of a ship, aviation squadron or shore command, second in authority to the Commanding Officer. Ping: To emit a pulse of sound energy from a SONAR transmitter. Gigged: Having suffered a point deduction in Boot Camp for an unsatisfactory personal, uniform, or bunk or locker inspection. COMMO: Communications Officer: The officer in charge of the Communications Division. Jack Off Curtain: The small privacy curtain hanging on the outside of a rack. A sailor that has not yet earned their Submarine Warfare Qualification (Dolphins). Websquid ( pl. Girl Scout Training Aid: A complete pepperoni (a sausage roughly 1-2 inches wide and 2-3 feet long). (hence nickname). Mid-Watch: Watch from 0000-0400 (2345-0345), usually results in no sleep before or after this watch. (USMC) A 50/50 solution of Skin-So-Soft & alcohol used during drill to repel sand fleas at Paris Island. It is sometimes used by seniors praising subordinates in one form or another. USS Neverdock: Any ship that seems to stay out at sea for unusually long periods of time. "There are two kinds of people on a ship: Engineers and Riders. USS Neversail: (1) Any mock-up ship found in boot camp. Often concern radical changes to the ship's schedule. one that is given one hour before shift change and will require at least 3 hours to complete. See, Girl Scout: A sailor with an inordinate amount of decorative patches on spotless. FM: Frequency modulation, or Fucking Magic, sometimes referred to as the FM Principle. Bar Stool Technician: A term labeled to the former AQ rating, Aviation Fire Control Technician. Except you start with all pieces off the board. Emerald Shellback: One who crossed the Equator at the Greenwich Meridian. Ricky Forklift: A boot camp term for a dust pan. "Carry on" allows personnel to continue whatever they were doing. Diddy Bag: Small white cloth bag with a drawstring. Horse Cock sandwich is one of the least favorite boxed lunches served to helo crews when visiting other ships. Bubblehead: A sailor in the Submarine service. E.g. "I could have fixed it but I don't have a key to the Gold Locker.". Also called Fast Attack boats, also Saturdays, Sundays, and Nights, for their operating schedule. Gut: The section of a port city or town where visiting sailors can find cheap booze, games of chance, ladies of the night, a bar brawl or two, and other entertainment. Stepping out: When a junior sailor often gets into a shouting match with a more senior enlisted man: I.e. Flux capacitor: New members of a CVN's MMR will be sent to retrieve the "flux capacitor" from the OOW in the reactor control room. This term usually only applies to nukes who have not re-enlisted (i.e. (F)AWs enjoy it though. A spout connected to a 5 Gallon fuel can. Its Army and Air Force equivalent is warrant officer (WO).. Crow: The eagle which adorns the Petty Officer rank insignia. Action Guy: A SEAL, SWCC, EOD, Diver or Recon Corpsman type. Usually the only small bit of privacy found on a ship. So called because of the rubber seals at the neck and wrists which keep water out in the event of water entry. Pucker Factor: Tension caused by high stress during a difficult or dangerous evolution. Cadillac: A mop bucket, usually with wheels and a wringer. JOPA: Junior Officer Protection Association. Derisively, Non-Flying Officer. Puddle Jumper, Puddle Pirate another Coast Guard reference, because they stick comparatively close to shore. any of several ten-armed cephalopods, as of the genera Loligo and Ommastrephes, having a slender body and a pair of rounded or triangular caudal fins and varying in length from 46 inches (1015 centimeters) to 6080 feet (1824 meters). The rank Today- taking an afternoon off to take care of 'personal matters'. ChuHai: A Japanese alcoholic beverage made by mixing sake and the equivalent of Kool-Aid. Usually it was gray, loud and smoking when it landed. YARFO: "You Ain't Reactor? Web1 meaning of SQUID abbreviation related to Military: Military Sort Suggest to this list Related acronyms and abbreviations Share SQUID Military Abbreviation page Filtered by Military Chemistry Medical Technology About Contact Us Link to Us iOS app Android Popular Abbreviations Popular Categories Medical Abbreviations Military Abbreviations "It was a Butt Puckering experience.". Quarters: A gathering of all the people in the organization. Usually consists of one cruiser, one supply ship, and one or two destroyers, frigates, and submarines. Some black shoes say "Live by the gouge, die by the gouge." Bitchbox: Intercom or amplified circuit used to communicate between spaces of a ship. Bandit: An aircraft which has been positively identified as hostile. More Terms (without the wordy explanations), Coastie a member of the Coast Guard (which I dont write much about, because right now theyre part of the Department of Homeland Security, until we go back to war), Swabbie another term for a Navy sailor. The French form of the rank is matre de 1re classe.. Both types of LSO are referred to as "Paddles.". A sea lawyer is adept at using technicalities, half truths, and administrative crap to get out of doing work or anything else he doesn't want to do, and/or to justify his laziness. WebNFO - Naval Flight Officer. (Petty Officer to Sailor: "is there something the matter with you? "Got your six": looking out for your or your buddy's ass; refers to a clock dial. Also, a wet dream induced by ship's motion. Busted: Reduced in rank as a result of Captain's Mast. Binnacle List: The daily list of ship's crew who are sick in quarters (see below). On a carrier, this officer stands just to the port side of the landing area and talks to each pilot as he makes his approach for an arrested landing. Punishment for screwing up or being a Rock. "You just blew the 7th Fleet.". There are currently two Coast Guard SEALS, who completed SEAL training before the program was cancelled. They make replacement parts and repair or overhaul ship's engines and auxiliary systems. Also called the Possibilities of the Day or Plan of Deception because the plan can change without notice. Rating: Refers to an Enlisted man's job description, i.e. Aviation Queer: The enlisted rating AQ, Aviation Fire Control Technician; since merged into Aviation Electronics Technician (AT). Generally what members of the other branches call Navy sailors. Pineapple Fleet: The Pacific Fleet, usually refers to the Seventh Fleet (in the western Pacific) and specifically to ships stationed in. I know a few, but not enough to really grasp how soldiers feel about this one. Jim Jim: The nickname for the computer that aided avionics ratings through Basic Electronics and Electricity (B double E) and AVA's self paced courses. B.O.H.I.C.A. Today, Salt and Peppers are worn by cooks that work in a ship's wardroom. The F-14 Tomcat was also widely accepted. ", D.U.B. producing adequate electricity, steam, etc. (The list of reasons is very extensive and can be found in BUPERSINST 1900.8C, Enclosure (2).). CHT Tank/Shit Tank/Chit Tank: Collection, Holding and Transfer system, which collects all ship's shower and toilet runoff/sewage until such time as it can be pumped or dumped. Can be "simulated" for a non-hazing by equal connotation. A recruit chosen in boot camp to "be in charge" when the Company Commander, or other authority figure, are not present. This is usually done intentionally when flying with an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan, but can lead to high "pucker factor" when it is done accidentally. Other terms include: Peter clamps, Meat hooks, Dick beaters. Radioman, Electronic's Technician, etc., usually denoted as part of the rank insignia, found in the center of the rank device on the summer, and winter uniforms only. Veal Wheels. Score is kept by awarding 3 points for bids made and taken and 1 point for each additional trick. CINCHOUSE: Commander-in-Chief of the House. The near universal habit of repeating the last word in an acronym, e.g. See also "Mess Deck Intelligence.". Also used when a sailor gets a BZ from the command, shipmates will call it a Bravo Bozo award. 180 Amnesia: Occurs when a sailor has been deployed and selective memory is desired to deal with questions asked by his or her significant other. Consists of classroom and pool instruction and culminates with the dreaded "Dilbert Dunker" and "Helo Dunker. Emergency Blow: When a sub rapidly blows all of the ballast out of the ballast tanks, resulting in a rapid ascent and an impressive display as the sub breaks the surface. Squid bikes are usually decorated with VS: Fixed Wing Anti Submarine Squadrons. They have small, useless metal handles on the side, and are perfectly sized so that one has to turn them at an angle to get through a knee knocker without grazing one's knuckles. Douche down: To wash, usually using fresh water. Benny Suggs: The Navy's Beneficial Suggestions program, a method where DON employees, and Navy and Marine personnel can make suggestions to improve various programs and operations. The most likely origin of this slang expression is from a joke in 1960-70s about a shark who meets his friend the whale one day, and says: DD: Destroyer, class of ship. Pronounced "See Whiz.". Miss Shit Can: The USS Michigan (SSGN-727). So called due to the time spent pierside during work ups for deployment after Mobile Bay failed INSURV inspection in 2011. Can also be used to describe the status of a person whose plan has gone awry. Also possibly named to represent a generator that is providing no power to the system and therefore not taking on its share of the load. WebCanada. JORG: Junior Officer Requiring Guidance (see "George"). Balls to Four: A four hour watch technically stood from 0000-0400, though in practice begining at 2345 and ending at 0345. A great place to catch up on scuttlebutt and unwind after a long day. or a dirt sailor's sleeping bag. Each squadron has one on the O-3 level, and each pilot has his own seat. Midnight Requisition: To "borrow" (with varying degress of consent) a needed item from another unit. Tits Up: Broke-dick, inoperable, dead (from some piece of equipment being "flat on its back"). V3 Division: Aircraft Handlers on the Hangar Deck. EB Red: Extreme, nuclear grade version of EB Green. EMO: Electronic Materiel Officer, line officer or electronics CWO or LDO responsible for maintenance of the unit's radar, radio, and command and control equipment. ADCAP Advanced Capability Torpedo that began life as the Mk 48 torpedo (21 inch diameter) launched primarily by submarine platforms. ), A term indicating supreme indifference; "Gaffer." KVAR: "Shows up as an apparent load on the system but does no actual work." By definition, a technical specialist. SEAL: The United States Navy's Sea, Air, Land Teams, commonly known as the Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command and United States Special Operations Command. "We're going to The Boat for a few weeks.". The Navy "rents" them for an extra year in return for promoting them. Often refers to all chiefs, E-7 through E-9. Ive heard a couple of explanations for this. SMIB: Southern Maryland In-Bred. An English sailor told me that the term squid was a step up for a sailor who was lower than a whale turd as a new deckhand. After they got some To throw someone 'under the bus', or to out someone as being the one who did something wrong or made a bad call. A sailor is required to perform a certain number of situps, pushups, and a 1.5-mile run in a given time (which varies based on age and gender). Hot box: Ship's engines are lit off, but ship is not underway. Vampire Liberty: A day off one gets for donating a pint of blood. Assigned personnel go to their assigned stations to do their assigned task in support of fighting the ship in a battle or when there is a credible threat of attack for which the ship must be prepared to fight against. Doc: Nickname and term of respect given to Hospital Corpsman by their shipmates and Marines. SSN: Submarine, Nuclear, class of ship. Flattop: Aircraft carrier. 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