FReeper Canteen - Military Short Speak - November 22, 2004

Canteen Crew

[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!

 

~ MILITARY SHORT SPEAK ~

           

The military seems to have a language of its own, with many terms, 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...

 

O, part 2

OASD  Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

OAT  outside air temperature

OAY  Outstanding Airman of the Year

This ribbon is awarded to airman nominated by the MAJCOMs, FOAs and DRUs to HQ AFPC/DPPPRS for competition in the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year (12 DAY) Program.  Only one ribbon is awarded.  A bronze oak leaf cluster is worn on the ribbon to denote each past or subsequent award.  The 12 members selected as the Air Force Outstanding Airmen of the Year wear the bronze service star, retroactive to June 1970.  The bronze service star is worn to the wearer's right side of the oak leaf clusters. Authorized Device:  Oak leaf Cluster and Service Star.

OB  Order of battle

 Click here to see some current OBs!

OB1KB  Order of battle version 1 knowledge based

 

OBC  Officer basic course

 

OBE  Overcome by events

 

The English call this nugatory.  Yes, it's a word!

nu·ga·to·ry    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (ng-tôr, -tr, ny-)
adj.

1. Of little or no importance; trifling.
2. Having no force; invalid. See Synonyms at vain.

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[Latin ngtrius, from ngtor, trifler, from ngr, to trifle, from ngae, jokes.]

 

OBIGGS  On board inert gas generating system
 

 

When a projectile hits an aircraft fuel tank or when a heat source occurs in the fuel tank of an aircraft, there is a risk of explosion.  Unless, that is, the fuel tank is equipped with an inerting device such as this OBIGGS.

obj  objective

OBO  Official business only

OBOGS  On board oxygen generating system

The advantages of this oxygen-generating system installed on board aircraft goes far beyond improving flight endurance.  It will ultimately lead to a radical simplification of aviation logistics as a whole.

OC&S  [Army] Ordnance Center and school

OC-ALC  Oklahoma City Air Logistic Center

 

OCAC  Operations control and analysis center

Processes, analyzes, produces and disseminates SIGNT-derived information and directs  ground-based electronic warfare activities.

OCAKA  observation and fields of fire, cover and concealment

OCAR  Office of the Chief of Army Reserves

Oceanside  The civilian community outside the main gate of Camp Pendleton, CA

OCJCS  Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

OCM  Optical countermeasures

OCOKA  observation, concealment, obstacles, key terrain, and avenue of approach  (Army)

OCONUS  Outside Continental United States
 

OCRE  Optical Character Recognition Equipment

For a .pdf file about OCR, click here!
 

OCS  Officer Candidate School

Today's Field Trip:   Ft. Knox
 

 

 

 

 

[tomkow6]

Thanks, Ma!

Did ya notice Feather's PICKING on me????

Make her go in the corner for a few days, PLEASE!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Well then here is a recipe for Shepard's pie with Goat's milk cheese. ( I've got a theme going here...)

LOOK HERE!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Is it time yet??? When does the game start?

[tomkow6]

 Hi, Armyman!

Welcome to the Canteen!

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[StarCMC]

Go Patsies!

(Anybody but the Chiefs and Vermeil!)

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Very cool! Armyman!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

If you FReep mail John Robinson he can direct armyboy to armyman

That way you can keep the same FReeper ID

[Diva Betsy Ross]

PATRIOTISM:

[HopeandGlory]

Our own Armyman . . . WooHoo . . . Congratulations . . .

(Still haven't learned how to count tho' have ya . . . . Grin)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there!! Look at you, armyman!! Good suggestion Star had. You earned your new name.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Diva!!! Have I told you lately how much I enjoy the neat graphics you find. Well, I do!! That is a perfect portrayal of patriotism. Thank you. *HUGS* What did we study today?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Angler management: Kayaker Steve Roslund tries to persuade a perch to take the bait on Colorado's Boyd Lake.

[Soaring Feather]

Not true Ma! Tomkow has been a pain in my face. He is mooning me again and saying nasty things about my wardrobe.

[Soaring Feather]

Way cool ma. Surreal even.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

You are way to kind to me Ma.

Today's lesson report: We talked about Thanksgiving and the importance of being thankful for what we have- and not worrying about what we don't have- or what other have. We made our annual "Thanksgiving tree". We make a big cut our of a tree and then make separate leaves. When someone comes over we ask them to write what they are Thankful for on a leaf and then we put it on our tree.

It is fun to watch the tree fill up.

Jimmy did some writing practice with his new Robot pencil and I quizzed him on his ability to use a clock we made. We hung a new decorative American flag in our house and we looked at my Great Grandfather's Veterans of Foreign Wars hat and talked about our relatives who were Veterans. We also read Sam the Minute man AGAIN! And talked about our ancestors who were in the Sudbury militia and why they were called Minute men. We had a game to see how long it would take us to get our shoes on and get our mock weapons together.... ( way over a min!!!)

We also had soccer club meeting and I had to get our lesson ready for Wends. Junior Explores Club. We are making canoes out of birch logs and figuring out how to make them float.

[Common Tator]

I usually think a great deal about what Dr. Krauthammer writes.

But what Krauthammer says in his new column makes no sense to me at all.

Click here for the latest 'tator Take
Or as Peter, Paul,and Mounds used to sing.. "If I had a Hammer."

[Kathy in Alaska]

Coral wreath: Santa Claus, a.k.a. diver Hitomi Ito, catches a few rays while feeding the fish at Tokyo's Sunshine International Aquarium.

This is a cool picture that took me awhile to "see".

[Diva Betsy Ross]

That is cool. I am showing Jimmy that one. He loves Stingrays!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Did you see it right off? It took me awhile. I'm slow you know. LOL!