FReeper Canteen - Military Short Speak - November 22, 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...

 

O, part 2

OASD  Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

OAT  outside air temperature

OAY  Outstanding Airman of the Year

This ribbon is awarded to airman nominated by the MAJCOMs, FOAs and DRUs to HQ AFPC/DPPPRS for competition in the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year (12 DAY) Program.  Only one ribbon is awarded.  A bronze oak leaf cluster is worn on the ribbon to denote each past or subsequent award.  The 12 members selected as the Air Force Outstanding Airmen of the Year wear the bronze service star, retroactive to June 1970.  The bronze service star is worn to the wearer's right side of the oak leaf clusters. Authorized Device:  Oak leaf Cluster and Service Star.

OB  Order of battle

 Click here to see some current OBs!

OB1KB  Order of battle version 1 knowledge based

 

OBC  Officer basic course

 

OBE  Overcome by events

 

The English call this nugatory.  Yes, it's a word!

nu·ga·to·ry    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (ng-tôr, -tr, ny-)
adj.

1. Of little or no importance; trifling.
2. Having no force; invalid. See Synonyms at vain.

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[Latin ngtrius, from ngtor, trifler, from ngr, to trifle, from ngae, jokes.]

 

OBIGGS  On board inert gas generating system
 

 

When a projectile hits an aircraft fuel tank or when a heat source occurs in the fuel tank of an aircraft, there is a risk of explosion.  Unless, that is, the fuel tank is equipped with an inerting device such as this OBIGGS.

obj  objective

OBO  Official business only

OBOGS  On board oxygen generating system

The advantages of this oxygen-generating system installed on board aircraft goes far beyond improving flight endurance.  It will ultimately lead to a radical simplification of aviation logistics as a whole.

OC&S  [Army] Ordnance Center and school

OC-ALC  Oklahoma City Air Logistic Center

 

OCAC  Operations control and analysis center

Processes, analyzes, produces and disseminates SIGNT-derived information and directs  ground-based electronic warfare activities.

OCAKA  observation and fields of fire, cover and concealment

OCAR  Office of the Chief of Army Reserves

Oceanside  The civilian community outside the main gate of Camp Pendleton, CA

OCJCS  Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

OCM  Optical countermeasures

OCOKA  observation, concealment, obstacles, key terrain, and avenue of approach  (Army)

OCONUS  Outside Continental United States
 

OCRE  Optical Character Recognition Equipment

For a .pdf file about OCR, click here!
 

OCS  Officer Candidate School

Today's Field Trip:   Ft. Knox
 

 

 

 

 

[beachn4fun]

Well, fingers crossed that we have a dry Thanksgiving. That's the current prediction. But this time of year you never know. But, we are suppose to have a little dip in the temps later this week!

[Radix]

A U.S. Marine checks seized weapons on the roof-top of a school in the war-torn western city of Falluja, November 22, 2004. U.S. Marines were conducting painstaking weapons searches in Falluja on Monday when they spotted a man with an AK-47 rifle on a nearby rooftop. Armed only with a light weapon, he could never stand up to what they were about to unleash. But he was enough to distract Marines from a task that is key to stabilizing Falluja after a U.S.-led offensive crushed rebels controlling the Sunni Muslim city.

 Fallujah is the only city in Iraq where the public schools each have their very own Armory.

US President George W. Bush waves as he is greeted by Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, 21 November 2004.

The President was happy to demonstrate his White House death grip which he had to almost use during a recent altercation between USSS and Chilean Security operatives.

 

U.S. Marines watch a street from a roof-top of a building in the war-torn western city of Falluja, November 22, 2004.

Some of the exhibits in the Fallujah Zoo held some very exotic critters which most Americans have not been witness to in the past.

 

An Iraqi Army soldier takes a taste of snuff from a soldier with the U.S. Army's Stryker Brigade at a military base in Mosul, November 22, 2004.

Snuff said!

U.S. Marines sit behind school desks at a primary school in the war-torn western city of Falluja, November 21, 2004. U.S. forces have found nearly 20 houses in the Iraqi city of Falluja where they believe people were tortured and where foreign hostages may have been killed, officers said late on Sunday. On Monday, a CNN correspondent attached to one unit in central Falluja said those troops believed they may have found the wire cage where British hostage Kenneth Bigley was shown on video pleading for his life.

Public School Administrators in Fallujah are considering changing the academic schedule so that in the future recess periods (which are generally raucous affairs) will come after the lunch period.

 

A student from St Andrews University take part in a foam fight as part of the traditional Raisin Monday celebrations in Scotland, November 22, 2004. The tradition dates back to the early days of the university where new students would give senior students a pound of raisins in gratitude for their help in adapting to university life, in exchange for a receipt written in Latin. Failure to produce such a receipt could result in a dousing in the local fountain. Nowadays the raisins have been replaced with a bottle of wine and the dousing with foam.

TomKow6, the water for your bath has been drawn, and it is time.

[Fawnn]

You should know better than to leave your diary out in the open ... where others *might* be tempted to read it.

TOMKOW'S LIST OF THINGS COPS HAVE TOLD HIM LATELY

"Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch out after you wear them awhile."

"Take your hands off the car, and I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."

"If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

"Can you run faster than 1,200 feet per second? In case you didn't know, that is the average speed of a 9 mm bullet fired from my gun."

"So you don't know how fast you were going. I guess that means I can write anything I want on the ticket, huh?"

"Yes, Sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh ... did I mention that I am the shift supervisor?"

"Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."

"The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

"Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy, and step in monkey poop."

"Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."

"In God we trust, all others we run through National Criminal Information Center."

"Just how big were those two beers?"

"No sir we don't have quotas anymore. We used to have quotas but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we want."

"I'm glad to hear the Chief of Police is a good personal friend of yours. At least you know someone who can post your bail."

So much for women's liberation! Female police officers don't appreciate the glamour of a man in a burka.
"You didn't think we female cops give handsome men tickets? You're right, we don't....... Sign here."

[beachn4fun]

Nuttin'

Whatz ya doin?

he...he...he....Like I don't know.

[Fawnn]

Happy Birthday, USAF_TSgt!!!

[Fawnn]

beachn4fun!!! #100!!!
tomkow6!!! #150!!!
tomkow6!!! #200!!!

[Soaring Feather]

WRONG!!!!

A Hoagy, but not A Hoagy Carmichael.

Then there are Poor Boys in New Orleans.

[tomkow6]

Thank you, Fawnn!

Hi, Fawnn's SIS!

 

Hi, Fawnn's MOM!

[USAF_TSgt]

Thanks Fawnn

[StarCMC]

:o)

[StarCMC]

Hey there beachie!!!

A GIRL!! Woohoo!!! :o)

We are spending Thanksgiving at my parents with both of my brothers and their families AND my grandma who is flying in from Pennsylvania!! Yippee!!

What about you?

[darkwing104]

Good Afternoon Canteen FReepers! 108 days left on AD...

[StarCMC]

ROFLOL!!!!

[StarCMC]

Woman's intuition.

[StarCMC]

HEY!! Good to see ya!!!

[StarCMC]

Whirlwing catching up - done!! Gotta go pick up kiddos -- see ya'll later on!! HUGS!

[beachn4fun]

Going to my parent's house. My mom cooks every year. I'll cook turkey and other stuff on Friday while I am off from work. We can have leftovers all weekend. My son is coming up from Florida for a week of deer hunting. He's a big guy so I have to have plenty of snacks.

[Darksheare]

*sneak sneak sneak*
I'm here..
*sneak sneak sneak*

[tomkow6]

Hey, everybody!

Darksheare is here!

[Darksheare]

Oop, there ya go, rattin' me out!
*chuckle*