FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ October 17, 2005

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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

RC³Reserve 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!!!

To: tomkow6; jackv

Just ask him which voice is talking now -- he's definitely NOT sane!! :)

621 posted on 10/17/2005 12:33:44 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

To: MoJo2001; tomkow6

He's always saying *something*, it just isn't always what you'd expect.

Then again, coming from a Canteener...!!!

Gotta run...I miss you guys somethin' fierce.

622 posted on 10/17/2005 12:33:55 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Plug the Dike ~ Drain the Swamp ~)

623 posted on 10/17/2005 12:34:12 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

You don't know how good it feels to be back in Nashville.

Still busy but at least I can get on FR a little.

624 posted on 10/17/2005 12:34:21 PM PDT by cedarswingman (....and God made a REDNECK and said.......I done good)

I did my 9 weeks at Ft. Lost-in-the-Woods back in '76, Feb-April.

He'll do just fine as long as he does what he's told to do when he's told to do it!

625 posted on 10/17/2005 12:36:43 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Plug the Dike ~ Drain the Swamp ~)

To: cedarswingman

Well you're still looking good too! LOL

626 posted on 10/17/2005 12:37:25 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

627 posted on 10/17/2005 12:38:24 PM PDT by cedarswingman (....and God made a REDNECK and said.......I done good)

LOL!!! Ft. Lost-in-the-woods -- that's great!! It is out there a bit, but Rolla has grown quite a lot so it's not quite so far from civilization as it was in years past!!

628 posted on 10/17/2005 12:38:48 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

To: cedarswingman

LOL!!!! Better talk to Jessi about that!

629 posted on 10/17/2005 12:39:48 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

How have you been doing these days?

630 posted on 10/17/2005 12:42:18 PM PDT by cedarswingman (....and God made a REDNECK and said.......I done good)

To: cedarswingman

I'm great!! We're full swing into another year of homeschooling, I'm helping with Proud Patriots now, been crazy with the Canteen music dedication on the weekends, working in Children's choir at church, chasing the kids around -- it's all good. Jake will be a year old in about 2 weeks. How are you guys doing? Anything new - other than the move - to report?

631 posted on 10/17/2005 12:44:21 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

Took a little while to get settled in and get back in the "music thang" groove. Have a few good things happening. The wheels turn slow, you know.

I really feel like something bood and BIG is going to happen. PRAY.

632 posted on 10/17/2005 12:47:35 PM PDT by cedarswingman (....and God made a REDNECK and said.......I done good)

See what I mean?

They're all just jealous that the "voices" talk to me & not them!

633 posted on 10/17/2005 12:47:45 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)

To: tomkow6; All

634 posted on 10/17/2005 12:53:57 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

635 posted on 10/17/2005 1:00:01 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

To: cedarswingman

Prayers up for you Cedar!! Do you have a new CD??

636 posted on 10/17/2005 1:05:17 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

To: cedarswingman

Afternoon Cedar! Wouldn't ya know I np sooner jump into the Canteen than my office gets busy. The nerve of people expecting me to work! lol

637 posted on 10/17/2005 1:05:35 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

To: tomkow6; MoJo2001; Lady Jag

638 posted on 10/17/2005 1:06:43 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)

No, and I don't really have any plans to make another one. Just want to pitch my songs and get someone else to cut them.

639 posted on 10/17/2005 1:13:07 PM PDT by cedarswingman (....and God made a REDNECK and said.......I done good)

To: tomkow6; jackv; beachn4fun; Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; StarCMC; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman

Welcome to the canteen JackV!

I am the VOICE of SANITY !!!!

Which one?:)

640 posted on 10/17/2005 1:13:55 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

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