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FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ October 17, 2005
Deputy Dawg
Posted on 10/16/2005 6:58:17 PM PDT by StarCMC
For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.
Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!
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~ MILITARY SHORT SPEAK ~ |
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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
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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
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RAVIR radar video recording
RAWARC radar report and warning coordination system
Razor Wire Similar to barbed wire or concertina with a sharp edge on one side and spikes every inch or so.
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RB radar beacon
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RBEC realistic battlefield environmental condition
RBN radio beacon
RBP radio breakdown point
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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 |
RC3 Reserve component course configuration
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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!!! |
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KEYWORDS: airforce; army; canteen; coastguard; freepercanteen; marines; nationalguard; navy; starisacubbiesfan; starluvsdacubs; supportthetroops; tomkowstinks
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To: MoJo2001
Mernin', MoJo!
Crash any cars lately?
481
posted on
10/17/2005 7:14:03 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: stand watie
482
posted on
10/17/2005 7:14:42 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: bentfeather
Good morning, Ms Feather!
483
posted on
10/17/2005 7:15:09 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: darkwing104
484
posted on
10/17/2005 7:15:24 AM PDT
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Soaring Feather
(If down is up, is up, down. Feathers in the wind.)
To: tomkow6
Does Ms Feather know about this?
I guess we now have a MR Feather to go along with MS Feather.....LOL!
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Does ms.feather know what??
485
posted on
10/17/2005 7:17:20 AM PDT
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Soaring Feather
(If down is up, is up, down. Feathers in the wind.)
To: beachn4fun
486
posted on
10/17/2005 7:17:59 AM PDT
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Soaring Feather
(If down is up, is up, down. Feathers in the wind.)
To: EHC Southern Pride
Howdy and morning to you.
487
posted on
10/17/2005 7:18:34 AM PDT
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Soaring Feather
(If down is up, is up, down. Feathers in the wind.)
To: bentfeather
Darkwing sez:
"...I got my feathers to keep me warm."
488
posted on
10/17/2005 7:18:58 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: StarCMC
Merning,
489
posted on
10/17/2005 7:20:09 AM PDT
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Soaring Feather
(If down is up, is up, down. Feathers in the wind.)
To: Smartass
Lighten up, Smartass. I'm Catholic, and I think the pictures of our German Shepherd are hilarious -- just a little, clean, Catholic fun.
We love and respect Benedict XVI, but we also love a good laugh! Laughter is God's blessing.
To: afraidfortherepublic
Thank you! BTW: I'm CATHLOLIC too!
491
posted on
10/17/2005 7:21:45 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: tomkow6; darkwing104
Oh, another chicken joke!
492
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10/17/2005 7:21:53 AM PDT
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Soaring Feather
(If down is up, is up, down. Feathers in the wind.)
To: tomkow6
CATHOLIC....gotta use spell check....mumble...mumble...
493
posted on
10/17/2005 7:22:54 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: bentfeather
How come you ain't complaining I didn't give you a bird today?
494
posted on
10/17/2005 7:25:08 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: tomkow6
495
posted on
10/17/2005 7:25:53 AM PDT
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Soaring Feather
(If down is up, is up, down. Feathers in the wind.)
To: bentfeather
496
posted on
10/17/2005 7:27:56 AM PDT
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tomkow6
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
To: bentfeather
497
posted on
10/17/2005 7:27:56 AM PDT
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tomkow6
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
To: bentfeather
498
posted on
10/17/2005 7:27:57 AM PDT
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tomkow6
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To: bentfeather
499
posted on
10/17/2005 7:28:01 AM PDT
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tomkow6
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
To: bentfeather
500
posted on
10/17/2005 7:28:01 AM PDT
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tomkow6
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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