FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ October 17, 2005

Deputy Dawg

[StarCMC]

 

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~ MILITARY SHORT SPEAK ~

           

Acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations that aren't generally used in the "civilian world."

What is an acronym? It is a word created from the first letter of a series of other words. It is spoken as one word. 

What is an initialism? It is a word created from the first letter of a series of other words, but each letter is spoken separately. 

What is an abbreviation? It is a shortened version of a word. 

What is Short Speak? It is any and all of the above.

Want to know what  they are talking about?  Read on...

R, part 6

Rate  Any of the ranks within the Navy or Coast Guard enlisted structure.

RATE  remote automatic telemetry equipment

RATEL  radio telephone

Rate of Fire  The number of rounds fired per weapon per minute

Rat F***ed  To be seriously torn apart or rifled through.  Originating in Vietnam when cases of C-Rations (Rats) would be gone through in the process of transporting them to the front.

 

Ratline  An organized effort for moving personnel and/or material by clandestine means across a denied area or border.

 

RATO  rocket assisted take off

On Aug. 12, 1941, the first Air Corps rocket-assist takeoff was made by a Wright Field test pilot, Capt. Homer Boushey, using a small civilian-type Ercoupe airplane. Subsequent refinements of this technique were made for assisting heavily-loaded airplanes in taking off from limited space. This technique is still used whenever needed.  More here!

 

RATSCAT  radar target scatter

RAVIR  radar video recording

 

RAWARC  radar report and warning coordination system

 

RAWS  radar attack and warning system

 

Razor Wire  Similar to barbed wire or concertina with a sharp edge on one side and spikes every inch or so.

RB  radar beacon

 

RB std  rubidium standard

 

RBAAP  Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant

 

RBCS  remote bar code system

RBEC  realistic battlefield environmental condition

 

RBN  radio beacon

 

RBOC  rapid blooming offboard chaff

 

RBP  radio breakdown point

RBV  rapid battlefield visualization

 

RC   Take your pick:

 

¹Reserve Component, ²radio control, ³ray control electrode [vacuum tube], ⁴remote control, ⁵research center, ⁶resistance-capacitance, ⁷resistor-capacitor circuit (as in filters), ⁸resource center (SPACECMD), ⁹response cell, ¹⁰range commander, ¹¹reimbursable code, ¹²review cycle, ¹³[JP 1-02] river current, ¹⁴[JP 1-02] receive clock, ¹⁵[JP 1-02] regional coordinator. ¹⁶[AR 310-50] Radio Code Aptitude Area

 

RC-NCOES  Reserve Component Noncommissioned Officer Education System

 

RC³  Reserve component course configuration

Today's Field Trip: Holloman AFB, New Mexico 

 

If you have a suggestion for a Field Trip - maybe a place where YOU have been stationed and would like to re-visit - PLEASE Freepmail it to starcmc!!  Thanks!

 

  

 

Please remember: the Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops.
As such we attempt to keep it MOSTLY apolitical. 
Thanks for playing and have a nice day!  LOL!!!
 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, Sarge. ((HUGS)) Did you get chow hall lunch?

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Luv!
I love this. Excellent table. Thanks for pinging me so I could enjoy reading and seeing it.
Hugs!:)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Pusterfuss..... Did you have a good weekend?

[Pusterfuss]

Did you have a good weekend?

Good morning Kathy. Yes, I did. Did you?

[Cindy]

Hi Kathy...just stopped in a second to say HI.
Fall is in the air.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I think I'd like another day. The sickness bug tried to get me, but I think I've fought it off.

[Kathy in Alaska]

GB....good morning. Are you up early, or am I late? Never mind, don't answer that! LOL!

[Cindy]

I hope you're not getting the flu.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Cindy. Yes, fall is in the air. Most of our leaves have fallen.

[Cindy]

I'm sorry to hear that Kathy.

Ours are somewhat hanging in there, but I noticed coming from church yesterday that in the downtown area, the mature tree leaves were dropping lik flies.

[Kathy in Alaska]

My whole office is sick, but I am fighting tooth and nail not to get "it". There has been streep, colds, flu....more vitamin C, zicam, homeopathic cold pills, even alka seltzer. So far I seem to be winning.

[GodBlessUSA]

"It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own." -- Benjamin Franklin

[Cindy]

Well that's good.

Take garlic, C, green tea vitamins with your multiple vitamin with water or juice before bedtime and that should help a bit.

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Ma! LOL! Both. :) HUGS!

I've been up for 2 hours already. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I think I've had enough water today to float a boat.

[GodBlessUSA]

Do you use Purell. I have my daughter use it in school before she eats etc. Whenever she cannot get an opportunity to wash up. So far, so good.

Fingers crossed you don't get sick!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good grief! On purpose or couldn't sleep?

[Cindy]

Yep, that gets old.

I like orange juice with diet-7up mixed or you can substitute grapefruit juice.
It's a good pickup.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I'm doing my best. LOL!