FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ Oct. 31, 2005

Casper the Friendly Ghost

[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 ~

           

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...

R, part 3

RCS  Take your pick:

¹requirement control symbol, ²radar cross section, ³remote control system, ⁴reports control symbol, ⁵rearward communications system, ⁶regional control station, ⁷records communications switching system, ⁸reports control system, ⁹revision control system [UNIX], ¹⁰retention category summary

RCSC  requirement computation suppression code

RCSP  remote call service position

RCSS  Reconnaissance Cargo-135 Support Server

RCT  rescue coordination team (Navy)  - HEY BIGLOOK!!

 

rctg  recruiting

Washington resident Thomas Sutton Jr. (left) stands with his father and recruiter Sgt 1st Class Thomas Sutton (left), Recruiting and Retention, New Jersey Army National Guard, after Sutton Jr. had enlisted in the New Jersey Army National Guard at Fort Hamilton, N.Y.     

 Read the rest of the story here!   

Thank you to the Sutton family for your sacrifices ensuring our freedom!!

 

RCTI  Reserve Component training institution

 

RCTL  resistor-capacitor-transistor logic

RCU  remote control unit OR radio control unit

 

RCV  reaction control valves

 

RCZ  rear combat zone

 

rd  road

RD  Another confusing list!!  You guys and gals must REALLY rely on context with some of these!  LOL
 

¹research and development (commonly R and D), ²radiation detection, ³readiness date, ⁴received data, ⁵register drive, ⁶requirements document, ⁷restricted data, ⁸root diameter, ⁹[AR 310-50] restricted data (Atomic Energy Act of 1954), ¹⁰receive data, ¹¹data requirements document, ¹²remove directory, ¹³reference designation, ¹⁴[FM 101-5-1] radius of damage, ¹⁵[JP 1-02] ringdown, ¹⁶[AR 310-50] required date

 

RD&A  research, development and acquisition

 

RD&EC  Research, Development and Engineering Center (Army)

 

RD&J  radar deception and jamming

RDB  radar decoy balloon

 

RDBMS  relational database management system

 

RDCOMP  round(s) complete

 

RDD  requirements definition document

RDEX  readiness exercise

 

RDF  rapid deployment forces

A rapid deployment force is usually configured as an elite body of troops that are designed to move greater distances and in shorter times than their counterparts in the rest of the armed forces.

 

RDIDS  Rapid Deployment Integrated Defense System

 

RDJTF  Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (now US CENTCOM)

 

Today's Field Trip: FOB Ramadi
(click the picture to visit) 

More about Ramadi!

 

A couple of blogs from Ar Ramadi:

The 228th FSB

Another blog!

An embedded reporter from the Des Moines Register - some of his posts are from Ramadi and others from the Tikrit area.  Definitely worth the read! 

 

 

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 is a place to honor and entertain our troops.
As such we attempt to keep it MOSTLY apolitical. 
Thanks for playing and have a nice day!  LOL!!!
 

 

 

 

 

[StarCMC]

I made the instant connection with MAtt Maupin because Matt was taken two days after my brother returned from Iraq. I have a POW bracelet for him that I wear everyday. Sometimes I think "gee, this doesn't really go with my outfit" and I'm instantly shamed by it because I know what Matt and others have done for me didn't always fit into what they might have wanted to do at the time, but they did it anyway. I will wear his bracelet until he is found. I also have a Hero Band for Old Sarge and I will wear that until he, too, is home! :o)

[luvie]

EEEEKKKK!!! LOL!....you can't scare me.....

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you to the Sutton family, and all our brave Troops who sacrifice for our freedoms every day.

Great thread Star, thank you!

[Soaring Feather]

Here's why I really like being a witch.

[StarCMC]

Was that just the coolest story or what? I LOVED it!!

Did you click the link for the Des Moines Register's embed? He is really decent.

[The Mayor]

October 31, 2005

The Pumpkin Man

Read:
2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. —2 Corinthians 9:7

Bible In One Year: Luke 10-13

In the city of Colorado Springs, people called Nick Venetucci "The Pumpkin Man." Every autumn for 50 years, he invited thousands of school children to visit his farm along the banks of Monument Creek, pick a free pumpkin, and take it home. Nick loved walking through his fields with the kids, helping them find "just the right one."

The principal of the local elementary school, which was named in Venetucci's honor, said, "He taught our kids the definition of generosity. He gave, gave, gave, and never expected anything in return." When Nick died at the age of 93, the community saluted him as a hero because of his kind and generous spirit.

Nick Venetucci shared the fruit of his labor because he wanted to. The Bible encourages us all to give in this way: "Let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:7-8).

The grace comes from God; the giving comes from our hearts. The benefit extends to more people than we can imagine. The Pumpkin Man showed us how. —David McCasland

The gifts that we may give,
The deeds that we may do,
Most truly honor Christ
When self is given too. —D. De Haan

The highest kind of giving comes from deep down in the heart.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
What Is Worship?

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Ma!

[StarCMC]

Great lesson today, your honor!

[BIGLOOK]

Just went through the Short Speak list. Recognition in itself is the highest praise. BZ to the crewman hauling in the old codger....but if it'd been Salma Hayek, he'd have stayed below. fixed the boat and sailed away into the sunset.

Navy.....Can Do!

[Lady Jag]

[luvie]

ROFL!!!!

I am a witch, too, I guess. I buy candy but then turn off the porch light and just sit in here and eat it all by myself.....hubby is diabetic so I don't even have to share with him! :o)

[laurenmarlowe]

Pacific Ocean (Oct. 27, 2005) – Personnel assigned to the “Wallbangers” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117), install a propeller pump housing on an E-2C Hawkeye engine in the hangar bay aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jeremiah Sholtis (RELEASED)

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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Oct. 27, 2005) – The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) prepares to depart her homeport of Pearl Harbor for Norfolk, Va. The nuclear-powered attack submarine will undergo a Depot Modernization Period at Norfolk Naval Shipyard before returning to the Pacific Fleet in late 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist David Rush (RELEASED)

[StarCMC]

ROFL!! No doubt!!

[luvie]

I never got my hero band! :o( I don't think Kathy did either! Waaaaa!

[StarCMC]

Good evening Seven! *HUGS!*

[StarCMC]

You're kidding!! I wonder if they ran out!??

[TASMANIANRED]

I haven't figured out how to fokti them yet... I've been relying on everybody else. Boo

[luvie]

Hey....did you make a decision about a house yet? I guess you are pretty tired of us warting you about it, huh? :o)

[StarCMC]

Hey sneakers - if you're able to say, what ship is your son on? There's a pic here from the Nimitz!

[StarCMC]

100?