Posted on Jul 24, 2018
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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SGT Michael Hearn
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Hello, fellow veterans, My nickname was Speedy,
Because when they all burned out I wanted to
keep going.
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LtCol Robert Quinter
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Bada. I was the ExecO of a cobra squadron that went to 29 Palms for a field exercise. My wife and daughter had gone to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and to see their family and I was left at home with our irish setter. Came time for us to leave for the high desert and I couldn't find anyone to keep the dog, so I took her along. The Lieutenants saw me arrive at the airfield with the dog and they christened me Bada ( Bring A Dog Along). Fortunately, many who were ignorant of the real story always interpreted it as Bad A**.
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SFC Patricia Tucker
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"Mother". Just look at the last name.
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Lt Col Al Brown
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Brownie
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Sgt Steve Taccogna
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taco
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SSG(P) Dock Manager
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One of the less dirty names I got was Boss. Simple right? But it's from Metal Gear Solid 5, protagonist nickname. I explained how I loved the game and someone called me it, then it stuff in my squad.
Another is Admin. I'm a prior 42A so I'm totally fine handling a printer and computer....or a type writer (no joke I used them when I got in).
Two of my less family friendly names I won't explain those unless its ok. No vulgar words within them! Just not something I would openly share with, but they are clever and weird.
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CPL Daniel Driscoll
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Got the nickname 'Brain'. I was in D-10-E in Germany and we were doing in platoon schooling about engineer items like demolition, laying mine fields, map reading, etc, etc. Once a week we had a test and I was a quiet little E2, but I was getting 100 every time. The best score accumulated for a month each month got a free USO(?) 3 day pass and trip. I got to go to Copenhagen twice and Amsterdam once. That was a good Summer. But this got my platoon Lieutenant and Sergeant curious about who I was so they went to Battalion HQ and checked my records. They learned my GT score was 141. That changed my life. Then I had the nickname 'Brain'. Sarge made me his Jeep driver and I became his personal calculator. We were doing NATO target sites and he had me designing them and figuring materials needed.
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PO2 Paul Daigle
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Diego
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PO3 Larry Viegas
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RED
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SPC Vic Capolunghi
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CAP
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SPC Vic Capolunghi
SPC Vic Capolunghi
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First Horn player in the U.S. Army Band, Vicenza, Italy 1965-66
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SPC Vic Capolunghi
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We travelled widely in Italy by playing concerts to the Italian crowds. They loved the American music, especially the JAZZ !!
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