Posted on Jul 24, 2018

What nickname were you given when you served in the Military?

COL Mikel J. Burroughs

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RP Members, Connections, and Friends I believe there are some really outrageous nicknames that have been handed out to some of you when you served in the Military. Lets' get them out there and don't be embarrased. Please share! This is one of those Posts that just keep giving over time. RP Members keep adding your nicknames.

Don't leave us hanging - share the story behind the nickname too!!

One of my many was: "Burly" and when I was a PFC/E-3 it was "Horse Collar!" Others I can't repeat from Basic Training - use your imagination!

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Ironlady was my call sign. They also called me Major Mom for a while. And probably a few other things behind my back...

TSgt Joe C. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL LTC Jeff Shearer Sgt Kelli Mays Sgt Deborah Cornatzer SGT Jim Arnold Maj Kim Patterson Susan Foster Cynthia Croft SFC Dagmar Riley Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. MSgt Stephen Council LTC Stephen C. MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi
Sgt Randy Wilber SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Michael Thorin

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SGT Justin Singleton

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Lol, I’m rewatching Major Dad on Hulu. I’m trying to visualize Major Mom.

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SCPO Paul Ewing

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AWCS Paul t. Ewing crewmenber on P5M, P2V ans P3A always chief cook on all these aircraft. I loved every minute of my over 600 flight hours. I started as an AT, AX, then AW, left after 20 years, stations were VP-56 Norfolk, VP-16 Jacksonville, then VP-22
Barbers Point, Hawaii Always called Chief Cook P.T. and you can see why.

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SP5 Jeffery Hasbrouck

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SP5 Jeffery Hasbrouck

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Maj Marty Hogan

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Hojo. Weird seems like forever ago. Not even sure who gave it to me or when it started.

I worked in NDI and we did a lot of x-raying on F-15s. We had a cart that held all of our x-ray equipment. We made magnet signs to stick on it when we went out that had Coors Light X-Ray Team on them.

SFC Francisco Rosario CPL James S. 1SG Clifford Barnes LTC David Brown SPC Mara Manzer (Spurgin) LT Brad McInnis PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSgt Donald Libby CPT Enrique M. CPO Nate S. PO1 John Johnson Robert Collet SGT Elizabeth Scheck SGT Jim Arnold SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SFC Sczymanski James L. LTC Stephen B. SFC Dave Beran 1stSgt Glenn Brackin

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SFC Joseph Tidwell

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Way to go CPT Hogan! Sign me up!

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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Mine was simple - Kaz!

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CPT (Join to see)

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski - You're lucky you weren't called Unabomber or Ted like me.

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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CPT (Join to see) - At one time I ordered a pizza in Dearborn MI and when I got there the said is this a pizza for Ted!

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CWO3 Dennis M.

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I was called "MAC" until I made Chief Petty Officer (CPO E-7) and then they called me "Chief Mac". After I made Warrant they called me "Mr. Mac"

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MSgt John McGowan

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I think everyone that their last name was Mc was called Mac. On job #2 they never did call me that.

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CWO3 Dennis M.

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LCpl Shane Couch - pretty much!

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CWO3 Dennis M.

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PO3 Bob McCord - But now I suppose you are the Big Mac...unless your wife has something to say...Hahahahahaha

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SFC (Join to see)

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I was Smith-Mclauchlin, so I was always Mac or of course Smitty lol

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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The "Cowboy".

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Never would have guessed.

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MSgt John McGowan

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Surprise Cowboy. have a great night.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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MSgt John McGowan - you too John.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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SrA John Monette - Actually just "Cowboy".

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LTC Stephen F.

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My nickname was Roach COL Mikel J. Burroughs. I was given that before I enlisted and it stuck with me through West Point. It is engraved on my West Point class ring and is included in the entries min the yearbook known as the Howitzer.
At West Point I has subscriptions to High Times, Soldier of Fortune and Mother Jones. After I was sentenced by a Brigade board to the maximum punishment of 60 tours [as a plebe] I was respected by the upper class members. For one reason or another I ended up with over 100 hours of punishment tours.

Variations of Roach were used at times. I was Russian Exchange student Vladimir Rochevsky at times when we had road trips to the ladies colleges. Roach the Romeo was another epithet :-)

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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All those tours were to see what you were really made of.

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SSG William Wall

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Ahh, a "Century Man"! (y)

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SPC Sharra Schwartz

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Russian Exchange student for the ladies. Hahaha! Well played!

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1SG (Join to see)

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Slippery Chicken
Long story behind that one.

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SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez

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Do tell 1SG...hahahahaha!!!

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1SG (Join to see)

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SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez - See above.. it is in the thread

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Michelle Dickerson

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Lol! You must tell this story - please!

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SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez

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1SG (Join to see) - Hahahahaha!!!

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CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025

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COL Mikel J. Burroughs ‘Bigfoot’ due to my size 14 N boots! See photo 2, one of the gifts’ at my retirement function

I retired in 1981, the last time I heard ‘Bigfoot’ was at a luncheon in 2016.

Edited 06/20/2019 COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSG Donald H "Don" Bates CPT Jack Durish SFC William Farrell SSG(P) James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" LTC Stephen C. LTC Stephen C. LTC Stephen F. LTC Stephen Conway SGT Philip Roncari SSG Carlos Madden

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Have to try that on my grandson who has size 17.

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SSG William Wall

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Glad he's not the proctologist my PCP referred me to years ago.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Remember him well, great player.

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LTC Stephen F.

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Thank you, my friend CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 I am glad you did not name anybody Sasquatch :-)

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SSG Carlos Madden

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"Hollywood"

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SSG Carlos Madden

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MSgt Stephen Council - No offense taken.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Hmm, probably could be your father, but back in 70 we had a B52 copilot who we called Holywood because he wanted to be a writer and he wanted to go to Holywood and write screen plays when he got out.

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SSG Carlos Madden

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - If I had to pick between a B52 pilot or struggling screenwriter, I'm picking pilot 101 out of 100.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Me too, but he wasn't happy in the AF and got out as soon as his commitment was up.

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CPT Jack Durish

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Nicknames are terms of endearment, signs of affection. I never had one. I was simply Lieutenant or Captain. That's respect. And that's all I expected. I wasn't there to be liked or loved.

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