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]

remember I told you?
Your name is written on her heart...
It's true!
(smiling)
ms.B

[Kathy in Alaska]

I'm finally getting here. Hectic day to say the least. How are you?

[fatima]

Went though this.Figure out 15 minutes drive time to love ones.St Joseph thank you-prayer said friend.

[luvie]

Aw, man! Nana has asthma? Bummer...when did she find that out?

Will that affect her having her knee surgery?

You FORGOT the cameras? What are we gonna do with you! :o)

[GummyIII]

Hi, Luv! It's been a busy one! After work, I got my nails done (my one vice...well, ok, that and gourmet coffee...) then went to water aerobics, then went to a baby shower (and almost hit 4 deer on the way...Ms. B), then came home and put in a load of wash (wet bathing suit and towel plus other things), finally ate some dinner, and sat down here! I talked to Gun Dr. and Gumdrop I in between. How's that? I'm sure I left out something.... (Too much information???? Huh???? grin...)

[luvie]

South Paris.....that sounds so romantic! Hope you can find a mini-tour of that one.

[fatima]

Hi Beautiful,how are you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, darkwing retired. Does mrs darkwing get to visit you? No snow in town, but it is marching down the mountains.

[GummyIII]

Hee hee! See post 805...I just told Luv W all about it and I'm all "out of breath"........

[luvie]

Not too much information--ya did too much stuff! Now I am tired after just reading it! LOL!

4 deer--all at once or 4 different occurances? Sheesh!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry Nana was sick. Hope all is well now, and that it is easily handled.

[GummyIII]

Just saw the asthma post....thanks to Luv. Does Nana have allergies? Of course, you live where they aren't supposed to be bad, right? Bless her! HOpe she's doing ok!

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks for SRV, Star!
Bottom of the third; Cards 2, 'stros 1. Saw the Chin Music Strike to Edmunds......You waz robbed!
Tagline applies to umpires too!

[GummyIII]

4 all at once on a very lonely country road (only 2 miles from my house, though). They were gorgeous. We have them all over the place around here, and I have them in my yard sometimes. YOu know the "deer in the headlights" saying? Well, that's exactly what I had. They looked like nice, fat does, but one may have been a spike buck. It was hard to tell. I saw their eyes gleaming in time to stop. They were frozen there for a very long moment. I had to honk the horn to get them to move. They I sat still until they were gone because they kept going in circles at first. They were so confused!

[luvie]

Yark! Sure glad you had seen their eyes gleaming in time to miss hitting them. Sounds like you live in a beautiful place.....but just a teensy bit dangerous, deer-wise! Silly things!

[GummyIII]

OH, it's hunting season, plus mating season, so they are on the move at night. The acorns are plentiful and they are fattening up for winter. We are used to watching for deer around here, and bear, too. I haven't seen a bear since I've lived here, but my neighbors up the road about 1/4 mile have oodles of pictures of them in their yard. I know one got in my outdoor (huge) trash can one night because I heard it and it had to be really big to swipe it like it did.

[Kathy in Alaska]

fatima....((HUGS))

[luvie]

We never have bear, but the people who live south of here around San Angelo have to watch for deer all the time. All I see around my county are cotton-tails, jack rabbits, and coyotes. Some say they see bob-cats, but I never have.

[luvie]

(((hugs))) Good evening, fatima! You having a good evening?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL!!
You bartending tonite Ma!?
Ms.B