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This is just for some laughs
What was your call sign or nickname while in and how did you get it...
Mine was Wreck It Ralph, due to I actually broke a GSA Safe that ended up needing to be drilled to get it open.
What was your call sign or nickname while in and how did you get it...
Mine was Wreck It Ralph, due to I actually broke a GSA Safe that ended up needing to be drilled to get it open.
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Elevator, from 1979 until 1982 I went up and down in rank so many times that it became a good fit.
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SSG Richard Reilly
I wrote a quote on my dry erase board in my legal office once that said; "SPC **** was promoted more times that a CSM." He made it to SPC 4 times. after Field Grade Article 15's reducing him to PVT E1.
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SGT Patrick Wells
I had a DS like that. Never really knew what rank he would be when we woke each morning Started as E7 and the platoons head DS.Two days later he was an E6 and the asst. DS, A week later he was an E5. A few days later he was an E6 again. The day prior to graduation he was wearing E7 stripes again. I still have no Idea how he got the stripes back so fast. I do know I was impressed that he could go from E7 down to E5 and back to E7 so fast.
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SPC Jeffrey Reese
SGT Patrick Wells - Back then you could contest the field grade by taking it up the chain and having it expunged. He got the rank back as he got the charges expunged from his record.
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While working in a Army Confinement Facility we were having forced cell movement training. I just so happen to hit one of the guards who was portraying the "inmate" just right in the jaw and broke it and he had to have it wired shut for a few months. After that I was "Jaw Breaker".
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Britannica. Apparently, my ability to pull out endless amounts of useless trivia was my most outstanding trait. haha
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LT Charles Baird
When I was enlisted in the Air Force back in the early 90s I was a Port Dawg; each year they had what was called a rodeo and part of the rodeo was a confidence course.
Well, one year during practice for the rodeo while at Little Rock AFB we were doing the confidence course and I got to the inverted wall and when I hit it to go over it and instead plowed right through it causing that part of the obstacle course to be closed down.
After this happened some of my coworkers gave me the nickname "Tank" because I plowed through the obstacle wall instead of going over it.
Well, one year during practice for the rodeo while at Little Rock AFB we were doing the confidence course and I got to the inverted wall and when I hit it to go over it and instead plowed right through it causing that part of the obstacle course to be closed down.
After this happened some of my coworkers gave me the nickname "Tank" because I plowed through the obstacle wall instead of going over it.
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CH (MAJ) William Beaver
Although in the field at NTC I was Blackhawk Shepherd. I really liked that. Because I was thrilled to be a Cavalryman in the Blackhawk Squadron.
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
hummm .. in my day a STUMP was a Stupid Trainee Under Military Protection.
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
Actually StumpGrinder has a bit of flair to it
Sort of like the Eisenhower / Stalin name play
Sort of like the Eisenhower / Stalin name play
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My last name was Vongtanaanek, considering that I even have a hard time pronouncing it, everyone calls me V12.
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SrA Edward Vong
SSgt (Join to see) - I was once called V-1000 because the TI was too lazy to count the letters of my last name. At one point they went as far as calling me Terminator.
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Because I was the company armorer in the Third Infantry Regiment (one of the few regiments allowed to perform pass and review with bayonets fixed) and I always ended up at the aid station after breaking something, I was called Bayonet by some of the medics because I was always getting fixed.
Because I joined at 36 years of age and went to Fort Benning's School for Wayward Boys at 37 , I always got Old Man, Grandpa, Dusty, and Pop. Pop wasn't for my age. It was the sound my bones made when I got out of bed in the morning. I snored so loud when it on training I got called raptor.
Now I'm out, I just get called DaDa. That one is my favorite.
Because I joined at 36 years of age and went to Fort Benning's School for Wayward Boys at 37 , I always got Old Man, Grandpa, Dusty, and Pop. Pop wasn't for my age. It was the sound my bones made when I got out of bed in the morning. I snored so loud when it on training I got called raptor.
Now I'm out, I just get called DaDa. That one is my favorite.
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First we in the Army don't get cool handles, like Goose, Maverick, Iceman, Viper... Our call signs are based on unit and position. 6 is a commander, 7 is a CSM/1SG, and 5 is an XO/Deputy. Mine were:
Gladiator 62
Attack 61
X-Ray 66
Mountain Guardian 6
Superstat 5
Provo 6
Guardian 6
Protector 5
Garrison 6
I also had a made up call sign of Goat Roper 6, as I had a bad habit of calling things a Goat $%^#....
Gladiator 62
Attack 61
X-Ray 66
Mountain Guardian 6
Superstat 5
Provo 6
Guardian 6
Protector 5
Garrison 6
I also had a made up call sign of Goat Roper 6, as I had a bad habit of calling things a Goat $%^#....
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Mine was Killer. Not in the sense you would think. Like the cartoon vulture named Killer.K the one that sang "Doe-Dee-Doe-Dee-Doe" while he was flflying it was given by the mech infantry guys in the unit, because I had a penchant for relocation of valuable military equipment. If nobody could order the part we needed, I would grab a case of AA batteries and come back am hour later with what we needed. I deployed with a connex full of batteries. It theatre you can get anything you need with batteries. Of course that was before everyone had smartphones and laptops. My portable DVD player was a hot commodity in certain circles as well.
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PO1 Sojourner "Chancy" Phillips
Bravo on your bartering abilities. I always deployed with tons of AA's. There never seemed to ever been enough batteries.
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