FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ Sept. 20, 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...

 

M, part 3

MG  major general

 

MGGB  Modular Guided Glide Bomb, GBU-15(V)HOBOS

To learn more, click here!

MGR-1  Honest John

The Honest John was the US Army's first nuclear-armed surface-to-surface rocket.  To read more, click here!

 

MGR-3  Little John

The Little John was the smallest nuclear-capable rocket the U.S. Army ever deployed.

 

MGRS  Military Grid Reference System

 

MGY Sgt [AR 310-50]  master gunnery sergeant (USMC)
 

 

 

MI  military intelligence

 

Mickey Mouse Boots   cold weather boots worn by Marines

 

MICV  mechanized infantry combat vehicle
 

 

MILES  Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems

To read more about MILES, click here!
 

MIOBC  Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course

Ask Old Sarge about this one!

 

Missing Man Formation 
 

A flight of usually 5 aircraft in a fly-over formation.  When the flight reaches the honor point, one of the aircraft peels off into a steep climb heavenward leaving his or her position vacant.  In is a formal salute rendered to POW and MIA as well as to deceased military people - usually aviators.

 

MkmQualBad [AR  310-50]  Marksman Qualification Badge
 

(Marine - Rifle)

 

MLR  main line of resistance

 

MLRS  Multiple Launch Rocket System
 

To read more, click here!

 

MOB  military orders of battle

 

MOJO  

Originally a concoction of hard liquors designed for the sole purpose of getting drunk.  Also used to mean a swaggering approach of smooth talking individual, as in "He's got his MOJO goin'."

 

Molly Marine

A statue of a woman Marine located in New Orleans, LA.  The first statue of a woman in military service in the United States.
 

Today's Field Trip:

 

Click the pic to visit Ft. Leonard Wood.

 

 

[Spotsy]

Hands-Free Coffee for you

I'll pass on pictures of your nail-less thumb. LOL!
What did your students think of it?

[Spotsy]

Congratulations!
Best wishes for little Avery!

[Birdsong Bay]

I doing great..all moved into the new house and having fun getting settled!! I have worked harder the last couple of months than I have in years and it has been so good for us to spend this kind of time together on special projects!! Happy times!!

We continue to have great fun with the Grandkids too..nothing like them for entertainment and conversation!! haha!! Wow, do they come up with stuff!!

Good to talk to you too!!

[beachn4fun]

(((MA))) you're up! Did you sleep well? Status report: everyone is behaving well so far (p.s please skip over the post where Tom is mooning people early this morning).

[Birdsong Bay]

Thank you, Tom!!! You are busy already today!! ahah!!

[Birdsong Bay]

Hey, Yourself!! What a great day!! Thanks for the welcome!!

[tomkow6]

Having a BLONDE moment?????

[beachn4fun]

Whew! Spotsy. Sure am glad you showed up when you did. I thought I was gonna haf to hold my bref til you showed up. I was gettin scared being almost by meself, almost alone with tomkow.(wink) ifn you kno whatz I mean!

[Spotsy]

Good Morning Sarge!
Congratulations to the Boy and his volleyball team.

Thank you for your service to this great country of ours. I wish you the best in your new mission to inspire others to heed the call of duty, honor, and country.

[beachn4fun]

Why sure. And, if you come back and feel kinda lonely, I've got some sugar that will fix you right up.

[Spotsy]

Hi Tomkow!
Have you been playing nice?

[Old Sarge]

{{{{{ SPOTSYBELLE! }}}}}

And a good morning to you, lil' Seamstress!

You know, I really do like how you put that - I must remember that, when describing my new assignment!

[beachn4fun]

LOL

[Birdsong Bay]

Great news...good job showing the stinker for what he is..and his whole crew!!!

[Old Sarge]

Oooo, it looks like Tomkow is in TROU-ble!

Can We All Watch?

[StarCMC]

Whew - no recent photos I don't think. (I have been going thru all our digital photos this morning and preparing them to upload to the photo shop for printing. My camera broke around Christmas last year and so all my pics from Dec03-July or so were digital and I've gotten very few printed... BIG task!! Almost done though.) And it's looking more and more like the first name will be Jacob. It got down to Matthew and Jacob, but hubby and I both like Jacob best. Not set in stone yet, of course.... Now for a middle name...

[StarCMC]

Ms. Peanut???

[Spotsy]

Where is my Betsy?

[Birdsong Bay]

That is great!! May I share it on another forum? What a good one to keep and review!! Thank you!!!

[beachn4fun]

Sure, the more the merrier