FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ July 11, 2005

[StarCMC]

 

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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...  

Q, part 5

QSS Quick supply store

QSSR  Quarterly specialized safety report

QSTAG  Quadripartite Standardization Agreement

Q Star 

A Schweizer sailplane, modified to a prototype silent reconnaissance aircraft with an engine behind the pilot.  A long shaft was positioned above the cockpit, and a bog propeller was fitted on top of the nose.

 

QT  tetrode transistor

QT&E  qualification test and evaluation

QTA  quick-turn area

QTB  Quarterly Training Brief

QTC  quicktime conferencing [Macintosh]
 

QuickTime Conferencing (QTC) is an Apple technology that helps developers add real-time sharing of sound, video, and data to their applications.  More here!

 

QTD  quadruple terminal digits

QTG  Quarterly Training Guidance

QTM  thermistor

Thermistors are special solid temperature sensors that behave like temperature-sensitive resistors; hence their name is a contraction of "thermal" and "resistor".  More here!

QTP  qualification training package - samples here

qtr  quarter

QTR  quarter

qty  quantity

QTYDESREQ quantity desired as requested

QU  unijunction transistor

quad  quadrant

Quad 50s

(Vietnam) An anti-aircraft weapon employed by the Army. The Geneva Convention limits anti-personnel weapons to 30 cal. so these four 50 cal rifles could only be used on aircraft and other equipment. Right!

QUADCON  quadruple container

 

Quadrant  [Allied]  Conference of the Allied war leaders in Quebec, August 1943.

 

QUADS  quality assurance data system

Quail  [USA]  The ADM-20 decoy missile

 

QUAM  quadrature amplitude modulation

Quantico

Marine Corps Base south of Washington, DC. The home of Marine Corps University and most training for commissioned officers. Also headquarters of the Marine Corps Association and Leatherneck Magazine.

 

Today's Field Trip: Ft. Hood 

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 exists to support our military heroes serving all over the world and their families.  There are lots of places around Free Republic to talk about politics and debate your views.  Please try to keep it out of the Canteen.  We want to keep the Canteen a place where the guys and gals who are serving can sit down, kick their shoes off and relax and not have to keep their guard up. 
Thanks for your help! 
Now go out there and have FUN!!!!   
*HUGS!*

 

 

 

Quote of the day:

The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions:
1) when they're ready,
2) when you're not.
 

Thank you HiJinx, Old Sarge and SLB for your help on this thread!!

 

[StarCMC]

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[StarCMC]

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and

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[tomkow6]

Not first???

[StarCMC]

It is indeed a happy sound tonight!!!!

[StarCMC]

Nope! He he he!!!

[StarCMC]

Nope! He he he!!!

[Horatio Gates]

Woo Hoo is right! Que up Handel's Messiah

It's good to be home.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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PS I hear Jim Rob didn't want to keep Jacob up,
that's why it got fixed before it was too late.

[Radix]

Fifteenth!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi Star! Thanks for our trip to Fort Hood. It is an awesome base!

[StarCMC]

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[The Mayor]

July 11, 2005

Just Watch

Read:
1 Corinthians 4:14-17

Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. —1 Corinthians 11:1

Bible In One Year: Isaiah 13-15

The young boy looked up at his grandfather and wondered aloud, "Grandpa, how do you live for Jesus?" The respected grandfather stooped down and quietly told the boy, "Just watch."

As the years went by, the grand-father was an example to the boy of how to follow Jesus. He stayed rock-steady in living for Him. Yet the grandson often lived in a way that was not pleasing to God.

One day the young man visited his grandfather for what both knew would be the last time. As the older man lay dying, his grandson leaned over the bed and heard his grandpa whisper, "Did you watch?"

That was the turning point in the boy's life. He understood that when his grandpa had said, "Just watch," he meant, "Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ" (1 Corinthians 11:1). He vowed that from then on he would live as his grandfather did—striving to please Jesus. He had watched, and now he knew how to live.

Is somebody watching you? Are there younger Christians who need to see that it is possible to live for Jesus every day and in every way? Challenge them—and yourself. Challenge them to "just watch." Then show them the way. —Dave Branon

Be aware that someone's watching
As you go along your way;
Your example is remembered
More than anything you say. —Hess

There's no better sermon than a good example.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
The Mind Of Christ

[Jack Deth]

I've seen what a quad .50 can do to a brick wall in Furstenfeldbruk, Germany.

A wickedly awesome Anti-Personnel/Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Anything The Bad Guys Have weapons system!

Jack.