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!!!
 

 

 

[beachn4fun]

WOW! That was fast!

Good morning and (((HUGS))), Mrs. N

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

I just happened to be here at the right time.LOL.

[beachn4fun]

Morning, hon.

Doesn't it just make your day when the MSM is befuddled?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dangerous duck.

Two more weeks? Brrrrrr. Hope you have long johns with ya.

[beachn4fun]

I've been practicing (with GBU's help)

[beachn4fun]

Good morning (evening), Tx

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, bro

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, bro

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, bro

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, bro

[StarCMC]

Don't count your chickens before they hatch. *sob!*

[beachn4fun]

Good morning and (((HUGS))), GBU. What do you think of this one?

[StarCMC]

Gotta go get ready for work! See ya'll in a bit!

[darkwing104]

Two more weeks? Brrrrrr. Hope you have long johns with ya.

There ought to be a law against locating a Florida Parrot Head Beach bum north of I-10.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How's it going?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning. You've moved too? Seems to be a lot of that going around lately. Hubby and I are looking to move to a smaller place. I don't look forward to the packing and unpacking, either.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

WooHoo Beachy this is great.

Beautiful.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Sandrat

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, CB

[beachn4fun]

Bwahahahahaha........

oh.....sorry.........couldn't help myself!