FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ February 14, 2005

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~ 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!

To: Kathy in Alaska

Good Evening all. I just got up, what did i miss in the last 3 hours? lol. I'm about to head off to work in 20 mins.

581 posted on 02/14/2005 7:10:45 PM PST by armyman (I'm may not agree with what you say, but I will sacrifice everything to defend your right to say it.)

582 posted on 02/14/2005 7:10:59 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~In progress)

To: uncleshag; tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; Common Tator; All

Maybe I can cheer TK up if I tell the story of my WORST Valentine's Day ever.

Was dating a man 4 years ago, and he treated me like a queen. I really liked him, I guess you could call our relationship semi-serious. We said the "L" word to each other, but I don't think it rang true for either of us.

Anyway, that year, Valentine's Day fell on a Thursday. I got it all, the flowers at work, and then that evening he came over with a armful of gifts. I can't even remember it all, but I know there was a Teddy Bear involved, and some other lovey dovey stuff. But yet, something didn't seem right. I wasn't in love with him, and I knew he was still carrying a torch for the woman who had ditched him.

But in my mind, I was in "Valentine's Day Heaven". Then all of a sudden, he had to go out of town for the weekend. We talked on a daily basis, so I found it strange that I didn't hear from him...Friday, Saturday...or Sunday. I went to work Monday, and shortly after I got home, I got a call from my cousin, who worked for him.

He said, "Ummm, Lisa, I have something to tell you"

I said, "What is it Brad?"

He said, "Well, Mark wanted me to call you."

(By that time, I was seeing the writing on the wall very clearly, kinda)

I said, feigning surprise, "Why does Mark want you to call me, where is he, is he OK?"

He said, "Lisa, please don't be mad at me over this".

(at this point, I was getting really mad at the a$$ for putting my cousin in this position)

I said, "Brad, you can tell me anything. What is it?"

He said, "Mark's ex came back from Florida, it didn't work out with the other guy..and they're back together."

I said, "Brad, honey, I love you..you're family. Just do me a favor. Please tell that *&^^%&^ that the next time he wants to break up with a woman, have the b@lls to do it himself".

We hung up the phone, and I cried...for about a minute. My son heard me, and he came in to check on me. We talked about it, and he reminded me how a man who would treat a woman like that is not a man, and not worthy of my tears. I gave him a big hug, and then we laughed about the whole fiasco.

Like I said, that was 4 years ago. I was so disillusioned after that, I didn't even let a man get close to me, until now. It's taken that long for me to trust again, and that's something I'm still working on. Like the saying goes, you gotta kiss LOTS of FROGS until you meet your Prince (or Princess)......:)

583 posted on 02/14/2005 7:12:21 PM PST by LisaMalia ("It looked as if she were holding herself up to get a last breath of air"..John Farrar on MJK)

And I get to go home in about 20 minutes. I'm way behind, but when and where do you report to the Navy?

584 posted on 02/14/2005 7:12:33 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~In progress)

To: MoJo2001; tomkow6; All

Well according to Xinurea news wire report you hear about fire at Iranian mosque earlier today well now report fire was cause by gas spark that separate curtain from men worshippers with women worshippers
And report is that mosque didn't have any automatic spinklers

NOT SUPRISE

Also breaking news off Sky News report that Lebanon troops are patrol Beirut at this hour after suicide car bomb that kill Lebanon ex PM

585 posted on 02/14/2005 7:14:28 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)

To: MoJo2001; tomkow6; All

586 posted on 02/14/2005 7:14:28 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)

To: Diva Betsy Ross; MoJo2001; All

Heel nearly wounds all timers: North Carolina's Jackie Manuel lands on top of scorers, timekeepers and Duke fans while chasing the ball at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.

Can anyone explain to me why basketball devolved into those stupid, ugly, icky, baggy shorts?

587 posted on 02/14/2005 7:17:16 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~In progress)

Miss me, Honey? At Fort Dix, N.J., Mary Daniels welcomes home her beau, Spc. Steven Bishop, with gusto.

588 posted on 02/14/2005 7:18:32 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~In progress)

Armor-plated ambulance: Rescuers carry an ailing elderly woman into a hospital in the village of Levski, Bulgaria, after transporting her by tank. Temperatures plunged below minus 13 in the town.

589 posted on 02/14/2005 7:19:43 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~In progress)

To: Kathy in Alaska

My 1st sgt told me that he was called and told the paperwork was approved. When the hard copy gets to his office he'll call and I'll pick it up. I'll then take the copy to my Navy recruiter and I'll go to the MEPS station for processing. After that I'll be going to school at Pensicolla when there is a slot for me.

590 posted on 02/14/2005 7:20:06 PM PST by armyman (I'm may not agree with what you say, but I will sacrifice everything to defend your right to say it.)

Slide show: Three-year-old Calista Cisneros-Luedtke tackles ice skating for the first time in Madison, Wis., with the support of dad Gabriel and a four-legged trainer.

591 posted on 02/14/2005 7:21:02 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~In progress)

Good on ya, armyman! Starting a new adventure.

592 posted on 02/14/2005 7:23:16 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~Support Our Troops! ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Easter/Passover~In progress)

Wonderful song Unc! thanks

Ahhh... the familiarity that comes with love, the tender joking and admiration and sincere comfort of knowing you dont have to be on defense ;^)

593 posted on 02/14/2005 7:26:44 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)

594 posted on 02/14/2005 7:37:58 PM PST by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)

Hiya Bethy! Nice day in TX today wasnt it?

595 posted on 02/14/2005 7:40:18 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)

596 posted on 02/14/2005 7:42:44 PM PST by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)

To: Kathy in Alaska

597 posted on 02/14/2005 7:43:10 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)

To: Kathy in Alaska

598 posted on 02/14/2005 7:43:11 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)

To: Diva Betsy Ross

599 posted on 02/14/2005 7:43:22 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)

To: Diva Betsy Ross

600 posted on 02/14/2005 7:43:23 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)

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