MEDCRUISE: A float (operational cruise) in the Mediterranean Sea. Also known as Extra Military Instruction (EMI). Desert Duck: Helo that delivered mail in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. John Wayne toilet paper: Toilet paper that is rough, tough, and takes shit from no one. WESTPAC widow: Sailor's wife looking for a temporary fling, often with another sailor. Guns: A sailor in the Gunner's Mate rating. Fun Boss: Morale, Welfare and Recreation Officer. Up the hawse hole/pipe: An enlisted man going officer. Kiddy cruise: officially a 'minority enlistment'. Term has become obsolete due to more normal looking frame choices now offered (outside of enlisted recruit training, at least). Players are first dealt 1 card each then 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13, 13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Frocked: Advanced in rank or rate with no pay increase. Reveille: An announcement over the 1MC at 0600 local time, bugle call, trumpet call or pipes call, most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise. An obsolete / unofficial procedure signal. Some common nicknames for navy sailors include swabby, squid, and shellback. VX: Fixed Wing Experimental Aircraft Squadrons. Steel Beach Picnic: Celebration on the weather decks of a ship. Very rarely occurs due to duty. Water Wings: Derogatory term used (usually by Naval Aviators), for the Surface Warfare Officer qualification badge. ", Black Pants: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer). Also seen as a name badge at this time, so officers/petty officers will forget the wearer's real name. LSD: Dock landing ship, or Large Sitting Duck, so called due to their slow speed and absence of any significant offensive weaponry. Sigs: A Signalman (SM); a former rating, now merged with Quartermaster. An utterly epic goat rope (. Come back an hour later: one will be missing, one will be broken, and one will be in his pocket." Shower: In boot camp the recruits are inspected frequently. Spook: Usually a IS, CT, or some other kind of intelligence type. Some people may draw inspiration from their favorite athlete or celebrity while others might choose a name reflecting an attribute, they are proud of. Even though an LDO can choose to wear only his/her top three ribbons, they never do; because they always have at least three higher than Good Conduct and they need to have that one on display lest they be mistaken for a real junior officer. Often symbolized by the wearing of a paperclip on the uniform in varying levels of prominence to indicate the sailor's level of disgruntlement. The term is used in boot camp to refer to male masturbation. Such a sailor will likely be restricted to the ship at the next liberty port. Scullery: The washroom on board a ship for eating implements such as knives, forks, trays, and cups. A similar system was used for surface ships. Skylarking: Messing around or not doing assigned work. He specializes in research and content writing. On an aircraft carrier, this consists of 5 divisions: IM1 - AIMD Admin, IM2 - Airframes and Power Plants, IM3 - Avionics, IM4 - Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and Aviation Ordnance, IM5 - IMRL. 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. Given for something done poorly. See also "Salty," below. Beer Day: On many navy ships, even in the present day, all hands are given 2 beers if they are underway without a port call for a given period of time generally 45 days. Dirty Boat Guy: The nickname Dirty Boat Guy or "DBG" is associated exclusively with the US Navy's Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman. Mess Decks: Chow Hall or Eating Establishment on board ship. Block-o-wood: Nickname for the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3). Smoke Test: Turn on recently repaired electronic gear; worst case scenario it smokes, indicating a catastrophic failure. I had to attend stupid-shoot and stupid-swim after the other trainees were at the club drinking 15-cent beers. Wet Willie: Joke played on a sleeping sailor by licking a finger, and sticking it into the unsuspecting sleeping sailor's ear to mimic the feel of a penis being inserted into the ear, usually met with several groans by onlookers. The tradition has sporadically been followed by modern small boat sailors. : "Fuck You Bitch I'm Short": Slogan indicating lack of care since the one uttering it or wearing it will be leaving soon. Boot camp During the Spanish-American War, Sailors wore leggings called boots, which came to mean a Navy (or Marine) recruit. Enlisting at 17. 96er: A period of five nights and four days off of work due to special liberty or holiday. Frog Hog: A female who hangs around Navy SEALs. Gunner: Term applied to and used in addressing (informally) an Ordnance Technician Surface Warrant Officer. Midnight Requisition: To "borrow" (with varying degress of consent) a needed item from another unit. Noted: Usually passed down from an officer to a blue shirt, when the blue shirt tells the officer of something that will have little or no positive effect on the officer, but may have a great effect on the blue shirt. As in "side walking, bug-eyed beach creature". Chop: Supply Officer. ", Swinging Dick: Spoken by Marines, and sailors to refer to healthy shipmates while on maneuvers, e.g. Naval method of indicating the time of day aboard ship, usually over the 1MC. Sandblower: A person of very short stature. This page was last edited on 27 August 2022, at 21:33. The name derives from the sailor stating that ". Must be signed off by a superior or expert. So named due to the different colored jerseys they wear. Lifer: A name given to both officers and enlisted men who love the Navy and make it clear they want to be in for 20 or more years; lifers will try to convince others to re-enlist. Can also refer to the traditionally profanity-laced language patterns of sailors. Right side of an aircraft when facing the nose. Socked-in: When the ceiling and visibility at an airfield or over an air-capable ship are below minimums for takeoff and landing. Brain Fart: A condition when, under stress, one cannot recall or perform something that would normally be easy or second nature. ASH Receiver: An "ash tray." Junk on the Bunks: A type of inspection wherein a Marine places all of his/her issued clothing and 782 gear on a bunk (bed) so that an inspector can verify they have a full complement of uniform items (a full seabag). OS's constitute "OI Division.". ", Float Check (also Flotation Testing, Float test): Throwing something overboard. Smiley-face art optional. Sailor Nicknames: 50+ Creative and Funny Names, Espurr Nicknames: 55+ Creative and Funny Names, Corn Nicknames: 55+ Creative and Funny Names, Christmas Nicknames: 50+ Creative and Funny Names, Eralia Nicknames: 60+ Creative and Funny Names. Roger That: A term of understanding and acceptance when given an order or other information. "No, just gator squares.". TACCO: Tactical Coordinator. Yes, it has the obvious ones Ali Barber, Mini Cooper and Albert Hall. September 03, 2009, 07:32 PM #7. Elephant Scabs. Tin Chicken: US Merchant Marine Officer Insignia on a US Naval Officers uniform, often worn above the SWO pin. (When describing a female, it may stand specifically for "Fat Upper Pussy Area"; when describing a male, "Fat Upper Penis Area."). King Neptune: Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, Ancient Order of the Deep. Assignments are planned out prior to setting the underway watch and posted in the Watch, Quarter, and Station Bill. Cow: A refrigerated fixture in the galley that dispenses something like milk. (2) A type of putty used to seal the large steel access panels to the air casing on a steam boiler. PPC: Patrol Plane Commander. Often used when situations, as can be normal, repeat themselves but more often when you just know you are about to get it again from the Command. S.O.S. The U.S. Coast Guard gave their names as Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien, and William Gross.They have not been heard from since April 4, when they were near the Pacific Also spelled "JORG", meaning Junior Officer Requiring Guidance, or "JORGE," meaning Junior Officer Requiring General Education. also,"Forever Fucking Gone", A frigate which spends more time underway than in port. Also Modifications and Additions to Reactor Facility, an unusual and impractical research reactor in NY, later turned into a training platform (also phrased as My Ass is Royally Fucked.) Refers to anything impressive or greatly exceeding what is required. Garden Party: A semi-formal social gathering requiring dress whites from the waist down and dress blues from the waist up. (Coast Guard: Seabag: A large green canvas bag issued to the sailor during boot camp as part of his uniform issue, the nearest civilian equivalent would be a suit case or several pieces of luggage, the seabag is constructed to hold close to 150 lbs. Watch: A period of duty, usually of four-hours duration, six-hours on submarines. Mythical rates include "Chief Brownnose" and "Brow Nose First Class." A "Royal Cunt Hair" is the finest unit of measure. Some are: Submarine guys = "Bubbleheads" Air ratings = "Airdales" Engineers = "Snipes" Cryptology = Also known as "Go-Go Juice." See "Rumor Control" or "Scuttlebutt.". F.U.B.I.J.A.R. Busted: Reduced in rank as a result of Captain's Mast. Named for the Oscar, Oscar Sierra: Radio brevity code for a nuclear weapons mishap. Generally a lazy navy cook phones it in by opening an industrial size can of ravioli and dumps out a couple loaves of white bread and calls it good. It is usually kept under the mattress and can stand up on its own by the end of cruise. 11 insider insults sailors say to each other - We Are The Should always begin with "No shit, this really happened," or "This is a no shitter." Many ships and units of the United States Navy have nicknames; these nicknames are listed here. See Broke Dick. Mamasan: Proprietor of a bar or other such establishment where sex may be procured or negotiated. This term is used for those who have sailed across the International Date Line while aboard a U.S. Navy vessel. Also called "Cankers and Sores.". OBNOB: Only Black Nuke Onboard. See also A-Gang. Sometimes referred to by specific ingredients, e.g. Watch condition: Ship's readiness condition:(Denoted by Roman numerals) I: maximum readiness (GQ) all hands at their battle stations, material condition Zebra set (maximum damage control readiness.) PD-8: Fictitious valve requested to be found by junior sailor in order for an engineering qualification to be signed off. Whidbey Whale: A dependent wife that is Orca fat even though her husband has maintained the same basic size during their marriage. USS Oriskany CVA34, Carriers today are designated as CV, During the VietNam error the A added to CV stood for attack carrier. VS: Fixed Wing Anti Submarine Squadrons. Square Circles: Surface ship operating within an assigned a patrol box. Dammit: Proper way to read an exclamation point quietly. Most schedule writers will have a "snivel log" for such requests, which may or may not be granted based on the needs of the unit and the sniveler's standing with the schedules officer (Skeds-O). Used to describe a piece of equipment that no longer functions and is "out of commission.". Usually it was gray, loud and smoking when it landed. TLD (Nuclear): Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter. Quarter Mile Island: CVN-65, USS Enterprise, and all eight of her reactors. Named for the way they make you feel after youve eaten them. Dilbert often paid dearly for his ignorance, lack of attention to detail, or carelessness. (example: 2MC, 5MC, 23MC, 26MC). JORP: Junior Officer Rest Period. Common departments are combat systems (combination of some operations/weapons department divisions) supply, admin, deck, engineering, operations, and maintenance. See "Mustang". SWEATEX: (1) Any evolution or situation, to be performed by an individual, a ship, or even larger unit, subject to scrutiny by a superior, such as a major inspection; (2) An evolution that involves one sailor working while his/her superiors are watching and waiting impatiently. WebDid You Know About These Fun Titles That Are Unique to The United States Navy? White Rats: Tampons which appear after a sewage leak in the female head. Bar fine: Fee paid to the manager ("mamasan") of a bar (generally adjacent to the former Naval Base Subic, former Naval Air Station Cubi Point, or former Clark Air Base in the Philippines) for letting a "hostess" take the night off. Polish a Turd: Make the most of a bad situation. Anyone who has been designated with this nickname is most likely a lifer who has no life outside the navy. It has a hand cranked dynamo which will produce a whirring sound on the other station, hence the "growl.". orientation, on-the-job, refresher, professional development. LST: Tank landing ship, or Large Slow Target, a now disused type of. Those stationed on shore are called sand Do not stand near one of the speakers without hearing protection. Variations include clinging to the MAD boom or water-skiing from the MAD Boom. Or, the ship's navigator. "Well, one alfa main feed booster pump went limp dick so we put one bravo online.". AOCS: Aviation Officer Candidate School; since discontinued pre-commissioning programs at NAS Pensacola, FL and Bremerton, WA that trained both prior service and non-prior service college graduates to become naval officers and to subsequently qualify as either Naval Aviators, Naval Flight Officers, Air Intelligence Officers, or Aircraft Maintenance Duty Officers - program merged into with Officer Candidate School from Newport, RI in late 1990s and then in the late 2000s moved to NETC Newport, RI. Boats: A sailor in the Boatswain's Mate rating or the Aviation Boatswain's Mate rating, or the ship's Bosun or Air Bosun, the latter usually a CWO or LDO. KVAR: "Shows up as an apparent load on the system but does no actual work." SMAG: Engineering Laboratory Technician (ELT). (2) Any time late at night that doesn't qualify for Oh Dark Thirty. Foc's'le Follies: A gathering of all the aviators in the airwing in the carrier's foc's'le (forecastle). While underway, fresh water must be manufactured. River Rat: Crew member of a brown water boat or patrol craft. No-Ps are pilots who have not qualified for 3P. MAA: Master-at-Arms. Asshole of the Navy: Norfolk, Virginia, home of the fabled "DOGS AND SAILORS KEEP OFF THE GRASS!" Cheating was not allowed, and some how would be found out quickly by means of the "honey-ko telegraph. producing adequate electricity, steam, etc. Webproducts(at)navy. 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. CA: Cruiser, Attack, Class of ship, a heavy cruiser. Home ported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, she left port only on rare occasions (so her crew could collect sea pay); when she did, she had to be towed back in. (Growler). Also lifers say things like "there is nothing a sailor needs that is not in his sea-bag"; this usually is a comment implying a sailor does not need to see his spouse or children, more rarely acronym associated with people coasting through their Navy career, stands for "Lazy Incompetent Fuck Expecting Retirement", or "Lowly Indignant Fuck Evading Reality" see also "The ROAD program.". Each crewman was allocated a limited number of these messages during each 3-month patrol and they were severely censored to protect the submariner from news that could negatively effect the emotional condition of the recipient. Except you start with all pieces off the board. Mast: Common abbreviated form of "Captain's Mast" or "Admiral's Mast." Resembles a pile of dog poop. Air Wing: The aviation element on board an aircraft carrier consisting of various squadrons. Bilge Turd: Derogatory term for "Boiler Technician", typically from jealous Machinist Mates who wish they could be as badass as the now extinct Boiler Technicians were. Goat Fuck Operation: A situation in which every possible aspect fails or goes "sideways". Marine Mattress: A female who likes to "socialize" with the Marines. Also refers to sailors who have yet to attend any schools that assign NEC (Navy Enlisted Classification) codes upon graduation. Best used with higher voltage drills. Lieu-fucking-tenant: Illustrates Navy practice of including a swear word INSIDE another word. Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Those elements of the Pacific Fleet which operated in the referenced waters 1965-1975. Gig line: The visual line formed by uniform zipper, belt buckle, and buttoned shirt seam. see also The Load. Phantom Shitter: A freaking weirdo that thinks it's funny to shit in the shower, or to take a shit in the shitter and not flush. (Dumb Ugly Bitch): woman enrolled in the Naval Academy. ASWOC: Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Center - shore-based briefing/debriefing/analysis/operational control center for VP aviation. "We're going to have great liberty this port: A tuna boat just pulled in!". 2.) Double Digit Midget: A short-timer, someone who is less than 100 days from retirement, EAOS, or being discharged to civilian life. The different services have nomenclature, terms, humorous nicknames and titles that are applied to the various experiences that are unique to each service. The OIC of this evolution is sometimes referred to as "the FOD-father.". A common joke is to ask inexperienced personnel on watch to "keep an eye out for signs of C-GU11s in the area, over." In the Navy, the sailors call each other by different terms. USS Backyard: A sailor's home of record, to which he or she happily returns upon discharge. All Family Grams were screened by the CO/XO upon receipt, prior to distribution to the individual. Make a Hole: An informal way for an Enlisted person to get through a passage way that is blocked by other personnel. The Goo: Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Named for the affordable alcoholic beverage it sells to junior sailors and contractors, ChuHai. (3) Control Unit No-go Test. AD: Aviation Machinist Mate, one who throws wrenches at aircraft and prays to mech gods for a favorable outcome. Mandatory Fun: Any command sponsored social event that everyone HAS to attend, or get into big trouble. C.L.I.P. HT Punch: A mythical tool newbies are asked to fetch from the engineering spaces. The hostess will expect some entertainment (dancing, dinner, etc.). Jack - (1) (UK) General nickname for Royal Navy sailors. Loop, Looper: An officer, usually a LT or LCDR, who is an admiral's aide. Pollywog: An individual who has not crossed the, Poopsick: Anything undesirable, specifically feeling seasick. See also "Swab. May be followed by a "wetting down. Im putting a three frame rule on him. Other usage: "PFM circuit" for electronics in depot level repair only equipment whose inner workings are not required to be known. The three Americans were aboard the 44-foot (13.5 meter) sailing vessel Ocean Bound. The U.S. Coast Guard gave their names as Kerry OBrien, Frank OBrien, and Also referred to as the "Whistling Shitcan of Death" or a "Flying Anvil. "It was a Butt Puckering experience.". An obsolete / unofficial procedure signal. Place where food is prepared for consumption. Doc: Nickname and term of respect given to Hospital Corpsman by their shipmates and Marines. V2 Division: Maintenance of Catapults and Arresting Gear. Turn 'n' Burn: "Hurry up! 11 Slang Nicknames For Navy Sailors 1. 1D10T or ID10T: A mythical substance that new Sailors are sent in search of as a joke. Maverick Can: The perfect place to sleep in a weapons magazine. Drive On! B.B. "We're going to The Boat for a few weeks.". It is a holdover from the days when air wings were called air groups and stood for Commander Air Group. Lobster: A female sailor. Armpit of the Med: Naples, Italy. (2) An argumentative, cantankerous or know-it-all sailor. Short Timer: A sailor with less than 90 days until discharge or transfer and an attitude to match. The Navy has always had a very descriptive, nautical, and poetic way of giving titles to the various experiences that a sailor might have while serving in the blue water Navy. A play on words that hints at the escapades her crew may have been involved in. Jocularly re-interpreted as "Christ It Won't Shoot" or "Captain I Was Sure." Some'are here, some'are there, some'are everywhere.". Tommy the Tug, or Tommy the Tugboat, the crew's nickname for the USS Thomas S. Gates, after she towed a disabled ship in to port while operating in the Carribean. Shit Can Liner: Plastic bag to put in a shitcan. 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. Shower Party: An involuntary scrub-down of a submarine crew member who hasn't been practicing good hygiene. Refers to the brace cable used to hold the mainmast of a sailing ship upright. More correctly, the "trice" is the bottom (third) rack, being built to fold up against the bulkhead/stanchion (see above), so when the command "Trice-up" was given, the rack would be folded up, allowing compartment cleaners to sweep and swab under that bottom rack. Named for the Magnetic Anomaly Detector that sticks out from the tail of the aircraft. Red-Roper: Slang for a Recruit Division Commander (RDC), in reference to the red rope worn around the left shoulder. Charlies are electrical fires, and Deltas burn exotic materials, often metals like magnesium. "I could have fixed it but I don't have a key to the Gold Locker.". 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