FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ October 17, 2005

Deputy Dawg

[StarCMC]

 

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.
 

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~ 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 6

Rate  Any of the ranks within the Navy or Coast Guard enlisted structure.

RATE  remote automatic telemetry equipment

RATEL  radio telephone

Rate of Fire  The number of rounds fired per weapon per minute

Rat F***ed  To be seriously torn apart or rifled through.  Originating in Vietnam when cases of C-Rations (Rats) would be gone through in the process of transporting them to the front.

 

Ratline  An organized effort for moving personnel and/or material by clandestine means across a denied area or border.

 

RATO  rocket assisted take off

On Aug. 12, 1941, the first Air Corps rocket-assist takeoff was made by a Wright Field test pilot, Capt. Homer Boushey, using a small civilian-type Ercoupe airplane. Subsequent refinements of this technique were made for assisting heavily-loaded airplanes in taking off from limited space. This technique is still used whenever needed.  More here!

 

RATSCAT  radar target scatter

RAVIR  radar video recording

 

RAWARC  radar report and warning coordination system

 

RAWS  radar attack and warning system

 

Razor Wire  Similar to barbed wire or concertina with a sharp edge on one side and spikes every inch or so.

RB  radar beacon

 

RB std  rubidium standard

 

RBAAP  Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant

 

RBCS  remote bar code system

RBEC  realistic battlefield environmental condition

 

RBN  radio beacon

 

RBOC  rapid blooming offboard chaff

 

RBP  radio breakdown point

RBV  rapid battlefield visualization

 

RC   Take your pick:

 

¹Reserve Component, ²radio control, ³ray control electrode [vacuum tube], ⁴remote control, ⁵research center, ⁶resistance-capacitance, ⁷resistor-capacitor circuit (as in filters), ⁸resource center (SPACECMD), ⁹response cell, ¹⁰range commander, ¹¹reimbursable code, ¹²review cycle, ¹³[JP 1-02] river current, ¹⁴[JP 1-02] receive clock, ¹⁵[JP 1-02] regional coordinator. ¹⁶[AR 310-50] Radio Code Aptitude Area

 

RC-NCOES  Reserve Component Noncommissioned Officer Education System

 

RC³  Reserve component course configuration

Today's Field Trip: Holloman AFB, New Mexico 

 

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!!!
 

 

 

[Colonel_Flagg]

I aim to please.

[StarCMC]

Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

[TASMANIANRED]

I got there by myself, thank you.

[luvie]

Great song, Colonel! Thanks for all the songs you entertain the troops--and us--with!

[Soaring Feather]

LOL, yes dear I did know that. :)

[Colonel_Flagg]

My pleasure, Luv. And how are you tonight?

[TASMANIANRED]

MSM isn't letting many out. Have to go to specialized sites to get them.

Been trying to find them all day.

[luvie]

Well, here you are again! LOL! Had to find this one by accident, though!

Thanks for your lesson in God's Word! (((hugs))) Have a great week!

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You, I have not heard this song in ages.

[TASMANIANRED]

My MIL thinks we keep a stash of XXXX in the office.

Any day I will be a widow..

She doesn't get the concept of avoiding,correcting, or fixing.

[GoldStarBrother]

That sounds wonderful Tas..Glad you like the Tunes my My sister Robin turned me on to all of the Except the Cowboy Junkies.. My Sister Star gave me That one.. They All grabbed me the First time I heard them..

[luvie]

I am really good! Had a great weekend and the weather here is cool and beautiful...as is that beautiful full moon! And you?

[StarCMC]

You're welcome! {{{{HUGS!}}}}

[Smartass]

Thanks Potlatch...

Democracy in action. The Iraqis were so suppressed, it's hard to imagine them not wanting a better life and nation.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Warren Hill - Jazz at Midnight

Can I interest you in a dance? :)

[EsmeraldaA]

I'm serious, I don't know how to incorporate that into my iTunes, so I'll get that and more to have it for me.

[TASMANIANRED]

You've been doing a fabulous job..

[Colonel_Flagg]

I love the full moon. I find it comforting for some reason. I'm not doing too badly, just playing some soft stuff before going back to work tomorrow.

[potlatch]

tomkow6, don't mean to be unkind but that is not pleasing to we Catholics, OK?

[Soaring Feather]

She doesn't get the concept of avoiding,correcting, or fixing.

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So very important to keep things as poisons out of the reach of children.