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
 

 

 

 

 

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Your Welcome

I hope you have a nice Thanksgiving week.

[HiJinx]

Evenin', Brother.

Another weekend has come and gone...

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

Okay - but I still liked your part - ()

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.

To our military readers, we remain steadfast in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

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[uncleshag]

Hey Tonk,

Another week flew by didn't it. Thanks for the great work on all the threads in the canteen this past month.

May I pass on my thanks to everyone involved!

Between you, trussel, Kathy in Alaska and her cat crowd pinging me I stay pretty busy here.

I did get some good cat shots today. Now I've got hairballs from filine fotos clogging up my hard drive!

Sheesh! lol!

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

Thank you for the thread - I think it's great to see this - as it shows in a great way our nation and its support for the troops -



God bless!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I'm just Thankful that all these weekends are post election!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you for the lovely flowers Tonk. God Bless the men in the Military and the Canteen!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

My kitties on the prowl!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Your Welcome!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners . . . God Bless out Troops.

[AZamericonnie]

Thanks for today's thread Star & all who contributed. Kisses to lil Jacob!

[uncleshag]

It's like a picture from my back porch!

I see you have a case of furballfelitis too.

I'm happy in a freakish sort of way to know other folks in the FRee world have the same problems. I could commiserate if I knew what that meant.

[AZamericonnie]

Another good one Hope {{{Hugs}}}

[windchime]

Bump!

[AZamericonnie]

Tas, I hope your feeling better soon!

[HopeandGlory]

Thanks Connie . . .ignore the typo OK!!! . . . Grin.

[AZamericonnie]

Ma, I'm so far behind it's not funny....are you home yet??

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I have 2 adults, 4 kittens

ALL scheduled for "fixing" in Dec

[SevenofNine]

HOTTIE ALERT Dubya in flysuit rack itttt

Well there is report off Sky news Italy is promise more Troops in Iraq by end of this year rack itt

Back on Interfax wire report that Ukraine PM and one of Vlad homeboy is come from behind may win Ukraine election and now oppostion dude claim FLA fraud


Report from Hareetz wire reporting that new PLO PM that success Arafat right now used hang out with Bin Laden back in 1998

WTF