FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ 08 Nov 2004

[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...

 

N, part 5

NMCRC  Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center

 

NMD  national missile defense

The objective of the National Missile Defense program is to develop and maintain the option to deploy a cost effective, operationally effective and Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty compliant system that will protect the United States against limited ballistic missile threats, including accidental or unauthorized launches or Third World threats.  To read more, click here!

nmi  nautical mile  (1 nmi = 1.151 miles)

NMIC  National Military Intelligence Center  (JCS)

NNSY  Norfolk Naval Shipyard

The NNSY in Portsmouth, Virginia is one of the largest shipyards in the world specializing in repairing, overhauling and modernizing ships and submarines.  It's the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy, and it's also the most multifaceted.  Ask Mojo2001 or The Sailor about this place!!

NOAA  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOB  naval order of battle

NOE  Nap of the earth

A flying technique used to avoid enemy radar and ADA.

NOGS  Night Observation Gunship

 

NOMAD Navy Oceanographic and Meteorological Automatic Device

NOMSS  Naval Oceanographic and Meteorological Support System

Noncommissioned Officer Sword

The 1859 Field and Staff Officer sword.  A badge of office worn on parade or in formal situations by NCOs.

Non-qual

A Marine who did not qualify as an expert, sharpshooter or marksman on the rifle range.  Non-quals do not graduate from boot camp

NORAD  North Atlantic Aerospace Defense Command  (created in 1957)

Noted

An answer meaning "understood when receiving a list of instructions.  Also an indication that something was written down.

NPB  neutron particle beam

NP Mat

NeoPrene Mat - a sealed cell sleeping mat which contains Neoprene and keeps dampness from permeating your sleeping bag.
 

NPRC  National Personnel Records Center

This is where John Kerry would submit his Standard Form 180 if he wanted to release his military records.

 

NPWIC  National Prisoner of War Information Center

NR   Submersible Research Vehicle (nuclear propelled)

NRB1CL  Nuclear Reactor Operator, First Class Badge

NRB2CL  Nuclear Reactor Operator, Second Class Badge

NRBBAS  Nuclear Reactor Operator, Basic Badge

NRBSUPV  Nuclear Reactor Operator, Shift Supervisor Badge
 

 

Today's Field Trip: Ft. Rucker
 

 

 

 

[StarCMC]

 

 

 

 

These are just a few organizations that can provide assistance for supporting our Troops. There are plenty more out there.

CANTEEN MILITARY REQUESTS

The FR Canteen and ProudPatriots.com officially have 9 Marine Units, 2 Field Hospitals, and various individual military personnel that would like to receive something from home. If you are interested, please send a FReepmail to Kathy In Alaska, Brad's Gramma, or MoJo2001.

Operation Iraqi Children
Help an Active Duty FReeper provide for small orphaned children in Iraq. For more information please FReepmail Kathy In Alaska,
Brad's Gramma, or MoJo2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are just a few organizations that can provide assistance for supporting our Troops. There are plenty more out there.

CANTEEN MILITARY REQUESTS

The FR Canteen and ProudPatriots.com officially have 9 Marine Units, 2 Field Hospitals, and various individual military personnel that would like to receive something from home. If you are interested, please send a FReepmail to Kathy In Alaska, Brad's Gramma, or MoJo2001.

Operation Iraqi Children
Help an Active Duty FReeper provide for small orphaned children in Iraq. For more information please FReepmail Kathy In Alaska,
Brad's Gramma, or MoJo2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[StarCMC]

Short Speak on Monday!! :o)

[StarCMC]

Thanks for your help, gentlemen! HUGS!!!

[HopeandGlory]

Good Morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners . . . Praying for a Swift Victory.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

[Soaring Feather]

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[Radix]

 

U.S. troops are seen on the Iraqi side of the border behind barbed wire and a sprayed writing reading 'Welcome to Iraq' on the Abu Kamal border crossing with Syria on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004. Bulldozers are shoving sand into a 4-meter-high barrier along Syria's border with Iraq, where authorities say round-the-clock patrols and new observation towers are stopping the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq as American and Iraqi forces prepare for a major assault on Fallujah, Iraq.

Welcome to the new and improved Iraq. It ain't like it used to be here, it is better.

 

 

U.S. troops observe activity on the Syrian side of the border from their position on the Iraqi side at the Abu Kamal border crossing Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.

Team America, is ready!

 

Coalition troops with captured men at the Fallujah main hospital on Monday.

The ancient Insurgent November fun game of bobbing for floor tiles is as popular as ever in Fallujah this year.

Image made from TV of US soldiers walking down a corridor when troops entered Fallujah hospital, in Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004.

Soap operas on Iraq TV are broadcast without scripts or commercial interruption!

An Iraqi firefighter arrives to the scene of a burning vehicle after it came under attack by unknown gunmen in the center of the capital Baghdad, Nov. 7, 2004.

The hot wax applications in Iraq car washes are popular, but for unknown reasons, there is an acute shortage of applicants for the job opportunities which the business provides.

 

A convoy of US marines armored vehicles makes its way out of Fallujah. Censorship authorities in the Gulf Arab state of Kuwait have forced the producer of a play on the restive Iraqi city to change its title citing "political sensitivities", the producer said.

A truly uninteresting image used by an AFP commentator to make a stupid editorial remark invites a response from a certain FReeper image commentator to say bad things. Restraint however, is the better part of valor! BLOW ME!

 

A US soldier with 1/5 Cavalry Regiment takes position on the outskirts of Fallujah, 50 kms west of Baghdad.

Aim small, miss small, Brother!

[HopeandGlory]

You're very welcome.

[Soaring Feather]

Amen.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"I'm so glad you're back!"

I'm still on a mission, but I will be in the Canteen more.

[StarCMC]

The ancient Insurgent November fun game of bobbing for floor tiles is as popular as ever in Fallujah this year.

ROFLOL!!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[StarCMC]

And we're behind you! :o)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[Jack Deth]

Thanks for the OV-10 Bronco photo, StarCMC!

One of the most versatile, under-rated aircraft of Vietnam. And beyond.

A favored means of delivery for Recon Marines. Where the Bronco would fly at tree-top level. Pull up vertical and dump the Recon Marines out while climbing. Tumbling to clear and parachute into Indian Country.

Thank God the ATF never got ahold of them during the Clinton reign. Where there were modifications to mount a turreted 20mm cannon under the fuselage.

Jack.