(from general issue or government issue) has been dropped. Brown bagger: Married sailor who brings his lunch from home in a paper bag. "Get your dick skinners off my white hat." Game can be played by partners. Haji: Racial epithet for a Middle Eastern individual, or anything Middle Eastern. A "madame.". Officers are O-Gangers. "), Pier tender: A ship that never gets under way. Below department and division. Fan Room (see "X-Ray fitting"): (1) A room with a fan or blower, A "closed" space which is often utilized for general mischief away from watchful eyes.
The act of solving a problem by applying numbers and units and various known and assumed quantities to calculate an approximate answer. Ill think of as many as I can, elaborate on their origins and causes as well as I can, and you guys can feel free to add to it in the comments below. Refers to nucs' insistance to dress like Morpheus from the Matrix and propensity for playing Magic (The Gathering) and World of Warcraft endlessly. Elephant Scabs. The Hole: Main machinery space where an engineer works. WebSquid - Sailor. It is sometimes used by seniors praising subordinates in one form or another. Naval method of indicating the time of day aboard ship, usually over the 1MC. The day at sea has long been divided into watches, which are called: Midwatch or Balls to 4 (0000 to 0400); morning or rev (reveille) watch (0400 to 0800); forenoon watch (0800 to 1200); afternoon watch (1200 to 1600); dog watches (1600-1800 and 1800-2000); and the first watch (2000 to 2400). 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. On submarines, there are also Sonar Training Aids which are any meaty foods with a phallic shape. Shitbomb: Extremely unpopular topic brought up at the end of a (usually long and boring) meeting that requires a lot of work from everyone present. Drifty: Lacking the ability to stay focused while attempting to perform a given task. It may be fixed, as in those mounted on the bow of a ship below the waterline, or mobile like those "dipped" by anti-submarine helocopters. May frequent enlisted/officers clubs upon her husband's deployment, assuming her husband is similarly engaging in infidelity during deployment. See "Dome. CIVLANT/CIVPAC: Home, or where you go to when you leave the Navy. ", EAWS: Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist. Crash & Smash (team): Permanently assigned flight deck firefighting personnel. WEFT: Typically it stands for "Wings, Exhaust (or Engine, for prop aircraft), Fuselage, Tail" and is a method by which ship's lookout stations can visually identify aircraft within the vicinity. This Ensign is charge of various wardroom duties, often including mentoring the juniormost Ensign (see "George") and setting up the wardroom's movie night while at sea. Food served to the midwatch. Situation Normal All Fucked Up, or Situation Normal All Fouled Up if you are talking to your mother. Term has become obsolete due to more normal looking frame choices now offered (outside of enlisted recruit training, at least). PT: Physical Training. An ad-hoc organization of young division officers onboard some surface ships and in most aviation squadrons, assembled to provide a means of guidance and escape from overly-demanding Department Heads. Holy stone: The stone or the act of using one. Hall of Fame Company: A recruit company during boot camp that maintains perfect marks through the entire eight-week evolution; harder to get than Color Company, the company that rates Hall of Fame Status is given three days special liberty, as well as the week prior to shipping out to the fleet as downtime. AMAN Nobody: "AM3 Schmuckatelli said to, Chief.". Generally, the ones that I did hear about were alcohol induced and largely in the name of fun, or what passes for fun in the military, which is frequent, though hardly serious engagements of violence. Zoomie: (1) An aviator; generally refers to a USAF pilot or navigator/combat systems officer. They "shit" words out when one squeezes the handle. Without a change of course, this will ultimately end in a collision. )See Fast Cruise. Can also be used to refer to any sailor not expected to be very bright, who is young and naive, or one who has screwed up in some way: "And you've got Seaman Timmy on the .50 cal.". : Fuck It, I Got My Orders: A refusal of a long or tough assignment near the end of a duty rotation. Rick, Ricky: A "recruit" or sailor-to-be who is still in boot camp. Now, just Rudolph. Wog Dog: Sailor acting as a vicious dog and part of the "Royal Party" during Shellback initiation.
(2) An unpleasant situation "that's a pisser.". Derragoratory term for a JO. XO's Happy Hour: A daily, hour-long mandatory cleaning evolution. Knuckle Box: A medium sized, usually red, rectangular metal box widely used in the navy to move supplies to/from the ship. Usually used by sailors. Dynamited Chicken: Chicken a la king or chicken cacciatore. (The list of reasons is very extensive and can be found in BUPERSINST 1900.8C, Enclosure (2).). Bagger: A sailor who is chronically late for watch relief. Non-Comm: A non-commissioned officer, E4-E9. Cover: Term for any sort of headgear worn with a uniform in USN, USMC and USCG. It seems that the passageways are purposely chosen to maximize delay and frustration when a pilot has to do an. See crackerjacks. OS's constitute "OI Division.". Aviators say "Live by the gouge, excel by the gouge. "All hands heave out and trice up." "Oh, he's just flying the Bravo". See "XO's Happy Hour.". Golden Screwjob: Used when a sailor has 12 years or more of honorable service, and, for reasons unknown, does not have his Gold rank device. May be used simply as a description of the sailor's background or as a pejorative depending on context. PFA: Physical Fitness Assessment: new name for PRT. Joe Navy: Another term for a lifer with no life outside the Navy. The similar silver clouds and lightning bolts addition to an Air Force Major's/Colonel's hat is called Farts and Darts. Chit Chipper: Paper Shredder. Stand by to stand by: Waiting to find out why everyone is waiting for something to maybe happen. Also known as pounded the pooch or popped the puppie. Civie cut: A civilian haircut worn by males who live around military towns to distinguish themselves from military personnel. Also used as another in-joke to send new sailors on a wild goose chase. Some'are here, some'are there, some'are everywhere.". On my six: Naval aviation expression referring to having someone or thing at my back, on my tail, directly behind me, relative to the hours of a clock; 12-dead ahead, 3-starboard or to the right, 6 aft or behind and 9-port or to the left. CSO: Combat Systems Officer: Officer responsible for maintenance of a ship's combat system (gun, missile, radar, command control and communications systems). Wrinkle Bomb: A uniform worn by a sailor that is wrinkled so badly that it looks like the sailor slept in it. Water wars: Water fights in the engineering spaces, including the use of hot brine, disassembling ventilation ducting, rigging temporary air hoses, and dumping trash cans full of water on the deck. Kamikaze: A hetero male Marine who is so gung-ho that he can only be sexually satisfied by another male Marine. For instance, pull-tab sodas are referred to as "Haji Sodas" due to their ubiquitous presence in the Fifth Fleet AOR. (3) Issued wool peacoat.
Turd Chasers: Nickname for individuals assigned to the Hull Maintenance Technician (HT) and Seabees Utilities Man (UT) rating because their shipboard and base duties include plumbing. Sandblower: A person of very short stature. Split-pea on Rye. As a noun the said card. Seabee: A member of the Construction Battalions. Used to describe a piece of equipment that no longer functions and is "out of commission.". Chokers: Service Dress White Uniform worn by Officers and Chiefs. Comes from the Powertrol valve used in AFFF firefighting systems. Also, a sound powered telephone amplifier.
Uncle Sam's Confused Group (USCG): The US Coast Guard. No-Ps are pilots who have not qualified for 3P. ELT-"What do you want it to be?". BMW: Big Maine Woman: One of the large women in the Brunswick/Bath Maine area who like to pick up sailors from the former Naval Air Station Brunswick or pre-commissioning destroyers at the Bath Iron Works in local bars. ", Black Pants: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer). V1 Division: Aircraft Handlers on the flight deck. Jarhead (Applies exclusively to Marines) Ive heard a couple of explanations for this. The first is the high and tight buzzed haircut that has lo RPOC: Recruit Chief Petty Officer (RCPO or RPOC). Lieu-fucking-tenant: Illustrates Navy practice of including a swear word INSIDE another word. Usually found Usually only found on submarines due to a significantly smaller number of nukes stationed onboard a submarine. COC: Chain of Command: The hierarchy of officers a sailor takes orders from, the order in which supervisors are in charge. Eternal Patrol: The last and still on-going patrol of a submarine lost at sea. Full disclosure on what you can expect when joining the military. Also used to collectively refer to all the officers at a command. ", Float Check (also Flotation Testing, Float test): Throwing something overboard. Used for a variety of reasons such as training, "AOM's," "Roll-ems," etc Rednose: An individual who has crossed the Antarctic Circle. CGU-11: Nomenclature for a Seagull to boot sailors. B.O.H.I.C.A Key Naval Air Station Key West was located on Boca Chica Key, Florida. Single-Digit Midget: Sailor with less that ten days left before their EAOS (end of active obligated service). Originally, "pogue". Because frankly, I find this shit amusing. Used for testing Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRA's) on E-2C Hawkeyes, F-14 Tomcats, and S-3 Vikings. (The Navy term for Air Force personnel is simply "Queer. Applesauce: Indicative of pork chops, Horseradish: Prime Rib Beefetc. Basically, they taught the PO2 exam for 6 months. In a number of scenes in Netflixs Squid Game, characters blatantly defy one anothers trust. Widely known workups involving the carrier and the airwing are TSTA, COMPTUEX, and RIMPAC. To overthink an easy task. They are more often than not quite beautiful and are often sought after by nave junior sailors who neglect to check the downstairs plumbing until its too late. Tin Chicken: US Merchant Marine Officer Insignia on a US Naval Officers uniform, often worn above the SWO pin. Verbal equivalent is "__ days and a wake-up." CGN: Cruiser, Guided Missile, Nuclear, class of ship. Also permit everyone to get evening chow at a reasonable hour (although First Dog watchstanders usually find the better chow is all gone). Blowing the ___ Fleet: Performing oral sex on a prostitute (in reference to the fact that said prostitute may have had sex with the entirety of the named fleet). Also refers to a friend who has become non-responsive. "Take that and give it the float test". LDOs need their Good Conduct ribbons every bit as much as Linus needs his security blanket. CA: Cruiser, Attack, Class of ship, a heavy cruiser. Generally not considered to be a good situation. Skipper: Term used in reference to the Commanding officer of any Ship, Unit, Platoon, or Detachment regardless of rank. Quarter Mile Island: CVN-65, USS Enterprise, and all eight of her reactors. 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.
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Baby Birdfarm: A helicopter carrier/amphibious assault ship. 90 Day Wonder, 90 Day Miracle: OCS graduate (as opposed to a graduate of four-year Naval Academy or ROTC training). I had to attend stupid-shoot and stupid-swim after the other trainees were at the club drinking 15-cent beers. Named for the maintenance catapult shots where only the shuttle is moved down the track with no aircraft attached. JO Jungle: Pronounced "J-O Jungle; term for the berthing assignments of Junior Officers which consist up eight racks and associated berthing facilities. Also, a wet dream induced by ship's motion. Fuckface: Any person or thing which has a face. Officially referred to as "Intensive Training" or "Advanced Intensive Training. This term derives from the nickname "squid", meaning "sailor.". Similar to "bulkhead remover," an inexpensive way to derive enjoyment from inexperienced personnel. Small Boy: Term referring to smaller class ships, such as destroyers and frigates. "If Airman Smith isn't in this shop in 5 minutes, write that piece of FOD up. No longer in use, see VFA. Squid Lid- (Nickname) Navy white sailors hat. Paper Assholes: Gummed Reinforcements (office supplies); Paper Ensigns. Mustang: An Officer who came from the Enlisted ranks. White Rats: Tampons which appear after a sewage leak in the female head. DRB (Disciplinary Review Board): Step in the NJP process in which the accused attempts to prove his innocence by being screamed at for 2 hours. ". Radioactive Rudolph: Reindeer meat brought onboard in Scandinavian Ports, especially soon after the Chernobyl meltdown. Brown Nose: Sailor trying a "little too hard" to make rate by sucking up to superiors. Mess Deck Intelligence: Rumors (mostly false) that spread throughout the ship like wildfire. Alternately, often used by nukes to suggest someone ought to put forth at least a little thought before giving up on a problem. Blue Falcon: (Also known as a "Bravo Foxtrot") Slang term for "Buddy Fucker", also, "Noble Order of the Blue Falcon" for those who are true masters of Blue Falconry. or " Aw, Boop!" "Oh, about a cunt hair." Veal Wheels: Veal Parmesan. The worst ones are "drive-by shitbombs," where someone pokes their head in, "throws the shitbomb" and leaves. The Sub equivalent to the Four by Eight watch mentioned above. Squids (the aquatic animal) can swim fast in a straight line, but like an inexperienced motorcyclist, has trouble changing direction quickly. Anyone who has been designated with this nickname is most likely a lifer who has no life outside the navy. The first Sailor to smile loses and is required to buy a round. On Submarines the 1st Looey (1st Lt) is usually an non-qual Ensign and he runs "seaman gang" responsible for, among other responsibilities, all the gadgets necessary for handling and storing of mooring lines, materiel condition of Topside (chipping and painting), escape and rescue equipment like life vests and Steinke Hoods back when they were carried. Boats list (lean to the inside of a turn), Ships heel (lean to the outside of a turn). "Go grease the donkey dick. Titivate: To spruce up or clean up the ship and its company. Usually used by seasoned boots to refer to sailors with one or more weeks less time in service. A flux capacitor ran the time machines, particularly in the car, in the Back To The Future movies Forecastle: (Pronounced "foc-sull") Forward most part of a ship. Usually lasts on a good day about 3-4 hours. Can be bought in most Japanese convenience stores or at a ChuHai stand in the Honch. Mt. Squat to Pee: An ELT (Engineering Laboratory Technician, a water chemistry and radiation monitor on a nuclear powered vessel) or (. Port: Left side of the boat or ship (when facing the bow). Field Day: All hands clean-up. BOHICA Boat Derogatory name for USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) BOHICA our screws never stop. Fuzznuts: A young sailor, one not long out of puberty. Boondoggle: An inefficient meeting, event, or evolution; one that it is more fun than productive. //
While not permitted to do the job, it gets the job done just the same. Trident: Special Warfare Insignia earned by Navy SEALS. Also called a "One-Eyed Jack." To open valves in the mud drum to allow boiler pressure to force accumulated sludge out of the boiler. See UA, the correct Naval term. Sometimes accompanied by two aspirin. : Fuck You Buddy, I'm Just A Reservist. "We better slow down or the fat boys won't be able to keep up. Read as "If you ain't ordnance, you ain't shit" Pronounced "eye-OH-yahs" and yelled out during ceremonies; also known as "If you're ordnance, your ASVAB sucked.". "How much more till the pipe is in place?" No longer moving through the water, which means rudder control is lost as well. VA: Fixed wing attack Aircraft Squadrons. Also refers to a mythical rate or ship type an "FTN Striker" says he/she is trying to get in (i.e. (hence nickname). Worn by nukes and submarine crewmembers to measure radiation received over time. Secure: To turn off, end, or make tighter, e.g. Navy Personnel: Shipmate Vs. Squid The term shipmate is used to refer to people in the military. May also refer to the anti-exposure suits used by aircrews in the case of a water landing in cold environments. Like a Big Dog: Doing something in a big way; Something larger than life that is happening; Being aggressive, mean with a loud growl. As in: BM2 keeps parting lines on the capstan. When the Engineers cause the ship to move through the water, everyone else goes along for the ride.". Bravo fires burn flammable liquids. In modern times, these ships are packed to the gills with as many as 225 sailors (all male, except for female officers) and 0 missiles, due to reallocation of armament, and the impending decommissioning of the entire ships class. voluntarily relinquishes his/her title to a "second-termer" that gets out of the Navy earlier who exhibits extreme disgruntlement and is generally accepted by the "first-termers" as one of their own. Often concern radical changes to the ship's schedule. The watchstander is dressed in protective gear carrying a 10 to 12 foot pole. Monkey cum: White scrubbing liquid used to clean grease pencil from status boards. ". Derived from an arcane method of reading signal strength. See, I Want One Jammed In My Ass, Little Pricks Hurt 2. WAVE Cage: A female only open-bay BEQ, also known as a "meat market" by some Sailors. Also known as a "shit bag.". Gator: Gator Navy vessel or sailor. Box of Rocks: Derogatory term for more than one sailor that has performed their work in an unsatisfactory manner. Geedunk: (1) Candy, or a place that sells candy (namely. LST: Tank landing ship, or Large Slow Target, a now disused type of. (Term endures within CG.). 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. Specialized training for Aviation Administration (AZ) and Aviation Anti Submarine Warfare Operators (AW) ratings. George jobs: Nit-picking paperwork jobs given to George because no one else wants them. 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. ", Wog: Short for "pollywog", as in "wog ceremony.". Bug Juice,the JP-5 infused koolaid served aboard aircraft carriers, Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary, Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang/Unit nicknames, https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Appendix:Glossary_of_U.S._Navy_slang&oldid=71237696, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. (Originally referred to hammocks, in days of yore before berthing spaces.). See "USS Neversail.". Humped the bunk: Screwed up. Sometimes spelled C-6U11, Z-6UL1 or various. However, since training for this tends to be spotty at best, identification of aircraft is often incorrect, leading to the second definition: "Wrong Every Fucking Time.". Nuke Milk: A disgusting powdered milk used when the fresh milk runs out. Lather up and wash. Punching Holes: When a submarine is underway submerged, as in "Punching Holes in the Ocean". Must be signed off by a superior or expert. Alpha Inspection: Formal inspection of uniforms and living spaces. 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. HR Puff and Stuff: A nickname given to Hospital Corpsmen who regularly appear for duty in a disheveled manner with their uniform in disarray. IYARYAS: Unofficial acronym used by Reactor Department to make fun of the similar phrase, IYAOYAS, used by ordinance. "cunt ring". The closest thing to a viable explanation of the origin I could find is squid as it applies to inexperienced Out of sight hi/lo: Steam boiler casualty in which the water level in the steam drum gauge glass goes out the top/bottom, requiring the boiler to be immediately shut down to prevent water hitting the turbine blades (hi) or melting boiler tubes (lo). Mandatory physical training regimen designed to return sailors to within physical readiness standards. USS Lake Cham Pain: The USS Lake Champlain. Ditch: To intentionally crash land an aircraft as "gently" as possible usually into the water. Also the haircut worn by truly motivated sailors. Mighty Battle Pig: Nickname for USS WS Sims (FF-1059) "Mighty Battle Frigate.".
Banging Air Air Charge. So named because one's sphincter tends to tighten up or "pucker" involuntarily during such times. The name derives from the sailor stating that ". Acey-Deucey Club: A recreational facility that serves alcohol for first and second class petty officers, or any Enlisted Club that caters mostly to First and Second Class Petty Officers, but still allows all enlisted personnel. Flag Deck, Flag Bridge: Command level on large ships for Admirals if they are present, see Flag.
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