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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Many of the guys in my unit call me SPC River because when they first heard my first name one of my SGTs thought there was a river by that name and it just stuck.
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I know a guy that goes by "Meat-Whistle". He obviously got the name from his buddies, as that is how call signs are done. It always gets a lot of laughs, especially when we go TDY and introductions are made. He is one of the few guys that doesn't get asked how he got the name!
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Back when the army was aligned by unit specialty, FA Bde's, Eng Bde's, the Division Artillery Bde at the 101st were the "Balls of the Eagle" and when you saluted a DIVARTY officer they responded with "BALLS". It always made me smile, better than Voice of the Eagle.(signal). And I just saw the chaplains post from that unit! Still called balls.
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During my last deployment to Afghanistan in 10-11, my flight platoon was detached from our parent battalion and attached to a cav squadron. We fell right into the whole cav mentality and they loved us for it. We called our Chinook detachment "Big Sneaky" to feel more air cav and thought it was pretty funny because there is really nothing sneaky about a Chinook. Right before we left, we had to choose a callsign for our operations and tried to make Big Sneaky work, but it was shot down at higher levels and one was chosen for us that aligned with the fact that we were from Ft. Drum, NY. Won't say what it was, but it worked I guess. Great group that I would gladly deploy with again and again.
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when I was in Basic and Tech school they called me "Joker"......but when I was recently deployed the name they we're calling me was Sgt T as in Harda** Mr T.......what a transition.....I still respond to both:-)
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My Soldiers in Germany gave me the nickname "Big Flem" and it stuck with me.
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Call sign in Iraq: Gunslinger 39. Memories...some good, some not so good.
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Durring the tactical phase of WLC my instructor came up with some good ones including "I'm bringing sexy back" (my call sign) and "fairies wear boots" (my higher's call sign). So during the whole scenario while running around if I need to call higher I had to get on the radio and say "fairies wear boots, fairies wear boots, this is I'm bringing sexy back over". It was funny the first couple of times, but it got old as things started popping off.
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I've had a few, one of which is Jonesy (the main one people call me), another is snack bandit (Im always eating)....lol
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