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]

TAPS

RIP Spc Williams

[Fast Moving Angel]

Two more weeks? Hey! I'll be in sunny Florida before you will!!!

::ducking incoming flak::

[Kathy in Alaska]

".....latest report from Kydto news wire no report of injuries on that last night quake....."

I keep hoping that this flurry of quakes will keep a huge one from happing in a really populated area.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AR, for helping honor our troops, past and present. And a big thanks to you too, for your part in keeping us free and safe.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Piper knows, at 2, who to call to make her feel better. Can't ask for more than that. It will only get better with time.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, jackv, where we honor our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies every day. We are here 24(mostly)/7/365 to provide a place for our military to stop in, pull up a chair, enjoy a joke, hear a song (requests taken), read some history, enjoy a cyber meal (no calories), hear about our families lives, join in the silliness, and just relax. And thanks to your son for choosing to serve our America.

[Just A Nobody]

;*) Since I can not post photos and all the awesome stuff the rest of you do, I tried to come up with something I can do! LOL

[StarCMC]

Thank you for the thank you. You really made my night. :o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Ya know, it wouldn't take any time at all to have you posting graphics. FReepmail in just a few.

[Kathy in Alaska]

So great to see you back again, cedar. ((HUGS)) I didn't get on at all yesterday day. More swamped than usually.

[TASMANIANRED]

Goodness, Too close for comfort..

Mighty glad your superior driving skills and aid from above kept you safe.

Smooch.

[jackv]

Yikes!! Well at least it doesn't last long. And he's been told not to eat beforehand!
He is really getting pumped up!! It will be hard to see him go but I am so proud!
Thanks for the reassurance!

[jackv]

Thank you, Kathy in Alaska! :o)

[agrindle]

I do not know if you know the 1st LT/ Josh Westenkirchner or if you just came across the picture, if somehow you know him will you let him know that Amy said hello.