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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Nickname? With a last name like mine?
I had a gym teacher call me "Tank" in school.
My DS somehow found out that I was an ROTC/SMP...I didn't get a nickname, but "anyone who was going to be HER officer" did EVERYTHING the hardest way possible...OVER the sawdust mountain when everyone else lowcrawled around it, shot Expert or else, etc.
When I was a truck company Commander, my vehicle was a HMMWV. My platoons were in M915A2s, which was just a military version of the Freightliner C6...they still had the "Freightliner" badge on the front. Needless to say, their trucks ran much faster on the highway than my HMMWV, and more so if their governors inexplicably "malfunctioned". The only time I saw them was at morning SPs, rest stops, and at the evening RON site. My callsign was "Coyote" on the rare occasions I was actually in radio range of "Roadrunner1/2/3"...always chasing, never catching!
I had a gym teacher call me "Tank" in school.
My DS somehow found out that I was an ROTC/SMP...I didn't get a nickname, but "anyone who was going to be HER officer" did EVERYTHING the hardest way possible...OVER the sawdust mountain when everyone else lowcrawled around it, shot Expert or else, etc.
When I was a truck company Commander, my vehicle was a HMMWV. My platoons were in M915A2s, which was just a military version of the Freightliner C6...they still had the "Freightliner" badge on the front. Needless to say, their trucks ran much faster on the highway than my HMMWV, and more so if their governors inexplicably "malfunctioned". The only time I saw them was at morning SPs, rest stops, and at the evening RON site. My callsign was "Coyote" on the rare occasions I was actually in radio range of "Roadrunner1/2/3"...always chasing, never catching!
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LTC Charles Sherman
Nope. We laid waste to the midwest...Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas. Although to be fair, it was hard to tell if we did any actual (new) damage in Illinois.
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I forgot to list my nickname......my call sign was Harbringer but my nickname was Bilbo as in Bilbo Baggins since my last name is Bibbo.....and I didn't mind he is one of my favorite fictional characters
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Harbringer not to be confused with Harbinger.....Harbringer is a Welsh word meaning ...One who goes before the Army...it is a supply term from the revolution General George Washington himself used it when communicating with the Army Quartermaster General....so I was Harbringer 6 and Godfather of the E4 mafia..lol
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SIDEWINDER 2-6... That was my Call Sign when competing in the Iowa National Guard Sidewinder Challenge as the Team Captain and received the Outstanding Leadership Award.
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In Iraq our company call sign was Patriot. There was a team that operated in our AO who used Carebear as their call sign.
In Afghanistan we were BoSox.
After my first aerial gunnery I was affectionately called T-Rex for a time because I could nail the moving targets but could hit the stationary ones to save my life. Then i picked up B.O.D. ( Bag of D's) because someone thought it would be funny to put a sticker on my face shield that said that.. and I didn't realize it was there and gave everyone I interacted with that day a good laugh.. That one lasted for the rest of the deployment.
In Afghanistan we were BoSox.
After my first aerial gunnery I was affectionately called T-Rex for a time because I could nail the moving targets but could hit the stationary ones to save my life. Then i picked up B.O.D. ( Bag of D's) because someone thought it would be funny to put a sticker on my face shield that said that.. and I didn't realize it was there and gave everyone I interacted with that day a good laugh.. That one lasted for the rest of the deployment.
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Mine is Loctitie (lock tight). I was called that for several weeks and never really thought about. I came later to find out that I had that name because I had a few screws loose and need some Loctite to make sure they didn't come out.
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SFC James Barnes
mine is crazyeyes sir. mainly because I have a lazy eyes and would freak out my soldiers when I'd get pissed off and look at them with both eyes.
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I was pretty partial to "Senior" (Senior Chief). The pattern didn't translate to Master Chief but that was pretty good too...
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My nickname was Freeze, because no one in my OTS flight could pronounce my last name (DeVries) correctly. So I told them it rhymed with Freeze. Guess that was easier to say than my last name, cause it stuck. It's ok. I preferred that over them mispronouncing my name.
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There was one guy in our squadron called "NASA." Situational awareness was not applicable to this guy.
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I have read a lot of these. Some are pretty cool, some are kinda dorky. I have to admit to being a little jealous. I never had a nickname, cool or dorky. We had this one guy in my div on the Kitty Hawk. His name was Williams. He was about 6' 5", skinny as a rail and had kind of a high voice. We called him Big Bird. I was never really sure if he minded but he didn't kill us in our sleep so I guess it's all good.
And speaking of the Kitty Hawk we lovingly called her the Shitty Kitty.
And speaking of the Kitty Hawk we lovingly called her the Shitty Kitty.
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