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!!!
 

 

 

[GummyIII]

The worst "bear tale" I've heard around here is of one breaking into a screened-in backporch to get food that was left there. I've never heard of anyone getting injured by one. I suspect they are more afraid of us than we are of them.

[Kathy in Alaska]

In Sarge’s absence……

Do You Realize What You've Done?

[GummyIII]

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

I suspect Ma needs one herself... SHe's had a hectic day! Not much longer 'til you go home, right, Kathy?

[tomkow6]

Hey, Gummy!

[tomkow6]

Hey, Luv!

[Lady Jag]

Hey Gums! Que pasa?

[luvie]

Hey, Tom!

[tomkow6]

Wanna buy a burka?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just about out the door. I never even had time to breath today. All I have to do now is schedule the prepayments and payroll reports to run tonight.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

You not home yet Ma?
Gummy, you had a busy day!
LuvW, I'm coming up with doodly for South Paris, Maine..
Jinxie..
I missed the part about Nanas asthma..
She okay?
Ms.B

[HiJinx]

She nearly died from asthma/bronchitis at age 2, her Dad packed up the family and moved from Brooklyn to Phoenix.

Not a sign of it for the next 48 years, then WHAM! No, it won't keep her from having her knee done.

Well, everything got packed up at the Barbecue, and it all went to the kids' apartment, and who knows where they went from there? All I have to do now is find 'em and have whoever has them take them to Wally-World for processing. No prob, Bob!

[luvie]

mmmmmmmmm.....no! :o)

[luvie]

LOL! You sound just a little hyper tonight! LOL!

[HiJinx]

Old problem, I think being near cats made it flare up...but who knows, really?

[fatima]

Never beautiful.Wine Mod here for the canteen as a special treat :We shall never serve no wine before your time.

[luvie]

Well....you're forgiven! Long as we get to see the pictures after you find the cameras! LOL!

Isn't it weird that it started up now? Has everyone's allergies been worse this year? Maybe there's something in the air.....like maybe residual smoke from the California fires or something like that.

Hope it's not gonna be a problem for her.

[HiJinx]

Her chest hurts, but she's coming around. Inhaler is helping lots.

Now she knows what the boys went through...heckuva way to find out, though.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Who?
Me?
No, I'm just terribly, terribly alert!
(Tryin' to catch up!)
Ms.B

[HiJinx]

We're really going to have to wait it out. Both of our boys had problems that they've since grown out of. This caught us both by surprise, but we knew something wasn't right with her cold by the end of last week. Neither of us expected the doc to say asthma...she was thinking pneumonia or something like that.

We're running on faith and meds!

[luvie]

LOL! You're talking to five people at the same time! We're going to be here for a while! Just try to relax a little!