Posted on Jan 7, 2014
What are some of the best name combinations you came across while serving?
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What are some of the best name combinations you came across while serving?
I knew a Soldier with the last name Major and he was a sergeant, so when someone would call his name SGT Major, Soldiers would go to parade rest or the Sergeant Major (E-9) would turn around.
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I don't remember all of them but I have seen so many funny names. A couple I do remember was a SGT Lechuga, which translated from Spanish is "Lettuce" in English. Have an NCO in my unit here named SGT Organ. The very first one I ever saw was a SFC Self, who worked in the Self Help Store.
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PVT Huter (pronounced Hooter)
Major Payne (right around when the movie came out too)
PVT Parts
Major Payne (right around when the movie came out too)
PVT Parts
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All throughout Basic the DS would call you Private or they would just say You. We had a PVT Yu in my class. Poor guy must have gone crazy hearing his name all the time.
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I worked with an NCO, last name Halleman who's wife was from the Philippines. I asked him if they did have kids, would they be considered, "Halle-ppinos" Last time I told that "joke" Bad LT, bad :-)
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In Vilseck, Germany, I took a class where one of the instructors was named: General Marshall. I though we had a GO teaching and that would be weird but cool. Come to find out, General was the retired NCO's first name. I wonder if his parents had other aspirations for him in the beginning?
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