FReeper Canteen ~ Military Short Speak ~ Feb. 6, 2006

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[StarCMC]

 

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

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That's right - the Canteen mission
Support the troops and all they do
They've given up so much
All for me and you

There are so many here
Who keep the aim sure and true
They support the troops
And have lots of fun too

We dance and play
And spin on our toes
A turn of phrase
A joke or some prose

All for the troops
Who visit and  bask
Looking for a friend
A break from their task

So thanks to my friends
You know who you are
This army sister's brother
Is home from the war

You made my life easy
You taught me some things
You brought me such peace
You gave me wings

I'll always hold dear
The ones who have cared
Who gave me their true friendship
Thank you FReeper Canteen.

StarCMC
1/18/06

 

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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 14
 

RESDAT  RESTRICTED DATA - Atomic Energy Act of 1954

RESHIP  report of shipment

RESOMS  Resource Scheduling and Operational Management System

RESPO  responsible property officer

RESS  radar echo simulation system

RESTA  reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition

RESTAT  Reserve Components status reporting

ret  retire

RET  resolution enhancement technology

RETAIN  Remote Technical Assistance and Information Network

RETC  regional emergency transportation center

RETCO  regional emergency transportation coordinator

RETO  review of education and training for officers

retrans  retransmission

Retread 

Has a number of uses in the military, usually referring to a person who makes a change. A person who gets out of the military and then comes back in would be referred to in this way as would someone who retrains from one MOS to another.

Retreat

A bugle call sounded when the U. S. flag is being lowered at the end of the day.

Retriever

A special tank designed as a sort of "wrecker" for tanks. What they are able to do is almost a miracle.

retro  retrofit

REU  remote emitter unit

Reveille

A signal to awaken, get out of bed and begin the day. Often a bugle call, in boot camp more often the yells and screams of Drill Instructors and the sounds of GI cans crashing to the deck.

Today's Field Trip: NAS Souda Bay 
 

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!

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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!!!

[tomkow6]

Morning, Sarge!

[MEG33]

May God go with you on your journey back..HUGS!

[MozartLover]

Good morning Sarge!

Don't forgive to give my boy a hug if you see him.;^)

[tomkow6]

Morning, ML!

[StarCMC]

WOOOHOOO!!! Lookit you! Glad to see ya hon -- take care and fly safe! *HUGS!*

[StarCMC]

LOL!!

[shezza]

Hi, beachn! Thanks for the par-tay. It's for my hubby, who is home from Afghanistan. We'll pick him up at the airport on Wednesday. Woo hoo!! You rock (n roll).

[MEG33]

Hugs. I thank your son for his service.

[tomkow6]

Morning, Shezza!

[vigilante2]

Thank you Kathy

[Old Sarge]

The Knight and the Archer pressed on in their venture
to rescue the dames in distress,
to bring foes to their knees, to save ladies like these,
who suffer in dread and duress.

The Knight’s heart was pounding with his feats so resounding
of his fight and his victory keen
the Archer also, with her magic and bow,
and her eyes of that bright eldritch sheen.

They soon reached a place, a deep forested space
from where the trolls they might see,
but from high and behind, and flying in blind,
came the minions of Queen Faerie.

Swift as a gale, they told them the tale
of the damsels and their terrible curse,
to leave them for a fate they dare not contemplate
or imprisonment, or even worse?

So, the Knight left the elf to take thought with himself
On the plight of the damsels so fair,
while the Archer went fetching more feathers for fletching
with her arrows and fine elfin hair.

The Knight pondered hard, and with frustrated regard,
the troubles of this bevy of girls,
Standing alone, he stared at the loam
and with point of his sword making swirls,

when like lightning flash, he tugged on his sash,
and sprinted back towards the elf,
a wolfish grin nearly split to the chin
and supremely proud of himself,

“I’ve solved the trolls’ riddle, working both ends to the middle
of the problem, and it’s simple, I think,
we can avoid the trolls, get around their patrols,
and have the damsels to safety in a wink!”

”We can’t make the raid, for the blood to be paid,
but taking a dance from the Elves,
because of this curse, our attempt makes it worse,
but what if they rescue themselves?!?”

The Archer said with a grin, “True, we can’t come get them,
but to guide them from here’s within rules,
now all we must do, is to give them the clue
and of the trolls we’ll make them the fools!”

So, the Archer and Knight crept just within sight
of the castle where the trolls did lurk,
and an arrow with a trawl sailed over the wall
and the Knight tugged it tight with a jerk,

and they scaled and climbed the stone walls be-rimed,
and set out to locate the places
where the lasses were held behind harsh iron weld
but they dared not reveal their faces,

for the slightest attempt to show scorn or contempt
for the old magic bound to the curse,
would bring death and sorrow by night on the morrow
and on that one could bet their whole purse.

So door upon door, they whispered at, before
they located the girls one and all,
and explained the plight of the Archer and Knight
who would wait for them outside the wall,

but the work of the main was the desperate refrain
from each of the lasses in turn,
”What manner of hope, with the trolls we must cope?
and what rescue is this of a kind?”

But the wait beyond the fence made quite perfect sense
in the mind of one of the twelve,
who with beauty was bold, and knew deep magic and old,
and her hubris could hide and could shelve…

MISS B, IT'S YOURS!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Old Sarge. How's it going?

[MozartLover]

Good morning!

Chilly here (16)....how's by you??

[MozartLover]

Just got an e-mail last night....he's coming home on leave April 6th or 7th.:-)

[Old Sarge]

STAR!!!

It FINALLY came up....

[shezza]

Mornin', tomkow6. It is a beee-yooo-tiful day.

[beachn4fun]

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Meg

[MEG33]

Wonderful news!

[StarCMC]

WOOOHOOOO!!!! I love it!

Yippee!!!