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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My nickname is Barnyard, a rough corruption of my surname. My dad had the same nickname during his time in the service, so I'm quite proud of it. In Basic Training I was Hoser, because the drill sergeants thought I sounded Canadian.
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While deployed to Iraq on my 3rd or 4th tour (can't remember which) we had set up a patrol of three to four vehicles and a wrecker. It was known as the Repo Patrol or QRF Recovery because we held ourselves to the same standards as the QRF in regards to how fast we could get spun up and out the gate. Well, I was in the second truck and my call sign was Repo Duece. I later found out (when my CSM pointed it out to me) that when I was dismounted my guys had their own callsigns and even had nametapes made. Of the ones I can remember there was Marlboro Man and I Need Money. After the CSM so kindly pointed out the name tapes I had to tell my guys that "nobody needed to see those anymore".
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Dont know if it was my FAVORITE... but I was called floppy chicken because when we did patrols in Korea I was always on point and would walk into huge spiderwebs ( yes Im arachnophobic, so a small webb seems HUGE to me) drop and flop on the ground like a chicken with its head cut off.....
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I was given the nickname "BFFI", pronounced "Biffy" by one of my LT's. Stands for "Brute force and f'ing ignorance." It stuck for the last 10 years of my career.
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My favorite was one of the Jolly Rogers F-14s. It was number 111 or "triple-sticks".
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My favorite was Loose Face Killah. Drill sergeant Davis called me it through basic training and AIT at Fort Benning. Reminded me of something from a Wu Tang album.
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I knew someone who petitioned the command to let him go out on his last mission as Tonka One, since he was typically the lead vic. They didn't let him do it, but I still think it was funny.
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Officially I was Charlie 2X actual. Unofficially I was "Paranoia". Taken from the Buffalo Springfield song "For what it's worth"..."Paranoia strikes a beat, into your life it will creep......". I was known in I Corps through the underground radio net that just about anyone with radio access knew about.
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Well, with this last name I am sure you can imagine, for awhile it was Papa (yeah, papa boner), but that changed to OT as I got saltier. OT= Old Testament.
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