FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ February 14, 2005

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...

 

P, part 5

PBV  post-boost vehicle

Peacekeeper PBV

 

PBW  particle beam weapons aka Neutral Particle Beam weapons (NPB)

PBX  private branch exchange

pC  picocoulomb

PC politically correct - Don't even get me started on this one!

 

PCFSMFSOB  NOT PC - A Vietnam War era expletive said quickly while angry or in pain - piss, cunt, fuck, shit, mother fucker, son of a bitch

 

PCA  permanent change of assignment

PCESP  Program Communication Electronic Support Program (AFCC)

PCF  Patrol Craft - Fast

Take a Tour on board a Swift Boat, Vietnam, 1967

PCITF  Positive Combat Identification Task Force

PCMC  President's Commission on Military Compensation

OMG - Jimmuh did something good!?  What am I missing here?

PCME  pulse-code modulated event

PCOE  port of entry

PCP

A special unit in Marine boot camp to which recruits who are unable to maintain minimal physical conditioning are sent. Their entire day is spent in physical conditioning and once they meet the standard they are placed back into training with a platoon which is at the point where they were taken out of regular training.

PCR  peer code review

PCRTS  primary casualty receiving and treatment ship

PCS  Permanent change of station - leaving one unit to be assigned to another, it generally involves travel pay and household goods shipments and a total disruption of life

PCT  photon-coupled transistor

PCTA  plastic-cased telescoped ammunition

PCTIP  Panama Canal Treaty Implementation Plan

PCV  passenger carrying vehicle

PD  Another confusing acronym - take your pick!

¹program directive, ²procurement directive, ³priority designator, ⁴public domain, ⁵partial discharges, ⁶peripheral device, ⁷pitch diameter, ⁸preliminary design, ⁹planned derating, ¹⁰positive displacement, ¹¹power distribution, ¹²priority directive, ¹³Presidential Directive, ¹⁴project documentation, ¹⁵projected decision date, ¹⁶planning directive, ¹⁷probability of damage, ¹⁸probability of destruction, ¹⁹probability of detection, ²⁰procedures description, ²¹program director [USAF], ²²pulse doppler (radar), ²³program document, ²⁴phase-change dual, ²⁵passive defense, ²⁶pictorial display, ²⁷potential difference, ²⁸product definition, ²⁹pre-digital, ³⁰probability of damage, ³¹project definition, ³²policy directive, ³³presidential determination, ³⁴product directorate, ³⁵production and deployment phase, ³⁶[FM 101-5-1] point of departure

PDF  President's daily brief

Today's Field Trip:   Whiteman AFB

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!

 

 

 

 

[trussell]

Mine?

[Soaring Feather]

Okay Crew, here's a teaser for ya!




Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1986. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane".

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.


They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading.


...hehehehehe...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Star, for today's Military Short Speak. Interesting telephone. I never knew what PBX meant.

[international american]

W O O



H O O

[luvie]

This Valentine's Day dedication is to the Cedarswingman family in memory of Eathan Michael

Amen! May these broken hearts be mended with the help of God and friends and one another.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[trussell]

HE HE!! I remember too many of those! Shame on you for making me feel old!!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

W H

Trussell #100!

[international american]

I know an old fogie who, like me, turns 51 in a few weeks............................

Hey MEEK!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

OK, I really feel old!!

[trussell]

Thank you for the WooHoos!!

[international american]

I remember ALL of em!!................sniff.......

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Happy Valentines Day Ms. Feathers! Hope all is well!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

you are most welcome!

[international american]

I had to print them big, so I could see em : )

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Gals.. look who has found you!

[Soaring Feather]

...hehehehehehehe.....

Happy Happy, t.

[Soaring Feather]

Oh WOW Diva, love this graphic! Fantabulous!!

Thank You.

[AZamericonnie]

Hey, 51's not old IA, That's just starting to ripen! You haven't even lost all your green yet!

[Soaring Feather]

You should rmember what I remember! LOL