Posted on Dec 3, 2013
What's your favorite military "nickname" or "call sign"?
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It's no secret, we're big on nicknames in the military, and there's some really great ones out there... so, what's your favorite? It could be a nickname that you had, or someone you know, from a move or tv show; it could be a nickname for a rank, base/location, career field, position/title, weapon system, piece of gear, personnel, or just about anything else under the sun. Perhaps it was a nickname for a mascot, civilian personnel, military family member, or something altogether different that has to do w/ the military, military life, or life from the military perspective. Well, this should be an absolute blast folks; so, feel free to share any related info, facts, photos, links, historical context, or just plain entertaining sea stories. The idea here is simple, to share fun and interesting info and to learn a thing or two in the process; now let's get this thing started, so pull up a keyboard, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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We called my Platoon Sergeant "Uncle Salty" when I was deployed to Iraq. We even painted it on the blast shield of his vehicle as a joke and it turned out that he liked the name so it stuck.
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My personal favorite was the our company commander at 546th Maintenance Company. Her call sign was "Goodwrench". Not hilarious by any means...but for some reason it always stood out to me.
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At my last two commands I've been nicknamed "Swaggy B" and "Swagzilla." Pretty much anything with the word swag in it. I guess it's because of my cool and calm demeanor.
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The most popular one for me was "Oz" taken from my last name. A group of my closest friends gave me "Wizard" playing off of "Oz" to be different.
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During my Air Force years at Mather AFB, 320th Bomb Wing I was the third shift supervisor. We launched on average 25 30 B52-G's and KC135's a day. I was a SSgt. at the time and my call sign was (TD). My crew never missed a launch and we always launched all our aircraft every morning for 2 years. They use to call me TD because I was a SSgt but did the job of a Tech Sgt or higher the TD stood for Tech Sgt Daniell 9some day). Got out of the Air Force before I ever made Tech, one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. President Reagan gave the military a 13.8% pay raise right after I got out ..............damn it.
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Maverick, Goose, and Iceman.......
"Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full"
"Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full"
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Guys in the Navy called me, "Little Debbie" because I was always eating and snacking on food. I still do. Hey, I love food!
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MSgt Charles Osbourn
Good one. Had a lady in my unit we nicknamed "Twinkie" for the same reason. Just happened when she was caught, she had broken into the mees tent and was munching on a box of Twinkies.
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When I finished Lance Missile training at Ft. Sill, OK, most other artillery personnel referred to us as "MCMF"S (Missile-Cranking Mother F***ers!) We took it in stride and did our job! Lance has been since 1992, but it was another link in the ever-evolving system that is the Field Artillery, which will always be "KING OF BATTLE!" Proud to have been Lance!
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Dr. Death described the triage officer on a nuclear submarine after a nuclear weapons issue.
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