FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ October 17, 2005

Deputy Dawg

[StarCMC]

 

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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!!!
 

 

 

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hi you two and thanks!
Hugs!
LOL
I'll be needing that Clorox!
;0)
Ms.B

[luvie]

Poor sis! Hope you've had a chance to calm your heart down.

Where'd ya go today?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my gosh, ms b......I'm glad you and Moxie drive so well together. ((HUGS)) You can have one to settle your nerves. BTW...good job.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, acad, for today's daily dose o' da blues. I've missed the WHOLE day! How's the new computer?

[HiJinx]

Besides, MoJo has a lot of stuff in her house she needs to get rid of. LOL! (Just kidding! Really! I am merely teasing!)

What a neat idea! Nana and I are gonna have lots of junktreasures to spread around after we move...FReepmail enroute!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hiya Ma!
Hugs!
Gee, thanks!
But only one..
I have to be up at 5 am again tomorrow..
I had a nap so am feeling better..
When I finally got home, after that near crash..
I was exhausted!
Jinxie, how's the house sale going?
Nana okay?
Princess okay?
Ms.B

[fatima]

Moving?

[fatima]

Ok OK OK I got it Rum and Coke:) I am so good.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

What a nice post!
Welcome!
My brother was in the Air Force!
Ms.B

[Lady Jag]

Hey GeeBee! How is everything?

It's been beautiful here the last couple days. We paid, though, with about 9 days of continuous rain. Dams are still holding but barely and, with some dry weather, they might have a chance.

[HiJinx]

Moving, as soon as we find a new place. We're officially homeless on 11/15. We may have found the right house, we'll look at it tomorrow.

It looks good online, and the outside looks good, but my Realtor is concerned about the inside....we'll see tomorrow!

If we don't find a place before the 15th, we have friends with an RV!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Bet that made your heart fly that she asked for her Poppa!
;0)
Ms.B

[Lady Jag]

You pass quickly like the wind!

[HiJinx]

Nana just found out she has asthma...mild attack over the weekend, but better now.

The Princess is just fine. We did a birthday barbecue over the weekend, and she is just sooooo cute. I forgot the camera - again - but we bought throw-aways and took pictures.

Came home and unpacked the car and guess what? No cameras. They must still be in Mesa...

[luvie]

I'm sure glad you got rested up after your close call! An angel must have been watching over you today!

[HiJinx]

It sure did.

If I didn't know it already, I now know that I have a very special place in her heart. Well, I knew it, but this was nice.

[GummyIII]

Howdy folks...thought I'd check in for a few minutes.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I hear you about the cameras..
The band played in a gorgeous town the other night..
Very old..
South Paris Maine..
I forgot the camera!
They still have the old "gaol" (jail)
Maybe I can do a mini tour..
Luv, I went to Gorham, Maine today..
It's a repeat..
Ms.B

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi, NRA......I'm too late for coffee and snacks. Maybe I'll be earlier tomorrow. ((HUGS))

[luvie]

((((((Gummy Bear)))))) How are you this fine evening? What'cha been doing? Did ya have a good day today?