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!!!
 

 

 

[txradioguy]

I got this one!!!

[txradioguy]

MA!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[cbkaty]

The dream is reality?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry, I wasn't watching. Now I'm gone. Short night ahead. LOL!

[tomkow6]

 

SALUTE!

 

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL!! :)

[tomkow6]

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning, Star!!!

Good morning, Canteen Crew !

Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

 

[tomkow6]

 

Today's FEEBLE

YOKE :

A man is sitting in an airplane which is about to take off when another man with a Labrador Retriever occupies the 2 empty seats beside him.  The Lab is situated in the middle, and the first man is looking quizzically at the dog when the second man explains that they work for the airline.
 
The airline rep said, "Don't mind Sniffer; he's a sniffing dog, the best there is.  I'll show you once we get airborne when I put him to work."
 
The plane takes off and levels out when the handler says to the first man, "Watch this." He tells the dog, "Sniffer, search."
 
Sniffer jumps down, walks along the aisle, and sits next to a woman for a few seconds.  He then returns to his seat and puts one paw on the handler's arm. He says, "Good boy."
 
The airline rep turns to the first man and says, "That woman is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of this and her seat number for the police who will apprehend her on arrival."
 
"Fantastic!" replies the first man.
 
Once again he sends Sniffer to search the aisles.  The Lab sniffs about,  sits down beside a man for a few seconds, returns to his seat, and places two paws on the handler's arm.  The airline rep says, "That man is carrying cocaine, so again I'm making a note of this and the seat number."
 
"I like it!" says the first man.
 
A third time the rep sends Sniffer to search the aisles.  Sniffer goes up and down the plane and after a while sits down next to someone. He then comes racing back, jumps up onto his seat, and poops all over the aisle and the seat.
 
The first man is really grossed out by this behavior from a supposedly well-trained sniffing dog and asks, "What the hell is going on with this stupid dog?"
 
The handler nervously replies, "He just found a bomb.."

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Tomkow and voices!! :)

[tomkow6]

 

Chicagoland Weather

October 17, 2005
Chicago, IL
Sunrise	7:05 AM (CDT)
Sunset	6:06 PM (CDT)
Hrs. of Daylight	11 Hrs., 1 Mins

Currently
46°

Mostly Cloudy

	Hi: 72

	Lo: 46

 

5 Day Forecast

 

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

Sunny

High:	72
Low:	52

 

Partly Cloudy

High:	71
Low:	47

 

Few Showers

High:	59
Low:	51

 

Showers

High:	65
Low:	48

 

AM Clouds/PM Sun

High:	59
Low:	45

 

[tomkow6]

Evenin', Tx!

[tomkow6]

Morning, Ma!

..........NOW GET TO BED!!!!

[tomkow6]

Mernin', GBUSA!

[acad1228]

Mernin' Tom! Gas in Tulsa down to 2.279 per gallon.

[NRA1995]

Good morning Canteeners, cubies, newbies and troops! Beautiful day we have on tap here in the DC area, made even more so by the befuddlement in the media over (1)poor turnout for the Millions More March (2)high voter turnout in Iraq. Have a fine day, everyone, and don't forget to send out prayers for our soldiers.

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Acad!
Lucky, That's excellent! :)
I'll have to check today. Last, time I filled up, Still $3. plus here in my area. NY, ugh.

[txradioguy]

Howdy tom!

[tomkow6]

Mernin', Acad! Cheapest gas here this weekend: $2.689

[tomkow6]

Mernin' NRA!

[EHC Southern Pride]

Good morning everyone!

Thank you so much to our wonderfully awesome military!


WOO HOO!!!! I have internet access again :) I just moved so I've been away from a computer for the past 4 days. Now its back to work...ick, lol. So many posts to read and catch up on, thats what I'll be doing at some point today. First I have to get through this mass amount of work I found waiting for me. Ah well, at least I don't have to lug boxes around :)

Have a great day...or at least the best monday one could have at any rate lol :)