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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mine would be F.I.D.O ( f#$* it drive on). liked it so much my riding group starting calling me it and now it is my road name.
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For myself:
I went back to Active duty after 12 years of reserve time. I was a 35 year old Navy E-3, and was given the nickname "Papa Smurf" for the blue uniform and the white in my hair.
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I do love my own Navys Terminology, The George (Most Jr 0-1 Ensign). As far as my Nickname I was a Naval Communicator we use a "Chop" your initials, Unfortunately in my case my Initials matched the highest precedence message trigger alert, so that wouldn't work. I used my Home Town of KC as my Chop, That Mutated to Casey and that was who I was known as in the Pacific Fleet CTO Community.
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Had a Squadron Commander that renamed each Lieutenant and Captain with a nickname. You were never referred to by your real name again. I was given the Packhorse name of McClintock ( ie the John Wayne movie). You knew he did not like you if he called you by your real name. He was actually a great SCO. The only time he referred to me by my name was my PCS award presentation.
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Drill Sergeant in basic found out I was from Alaska; that combined with the fact that I entered basic as a rather rotund young man. I became known as Pvt Nanook. I had buddies that went from basic to AIT and then on to my first unit, so it followed me. Pretty much stuck the whole time I was in.
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Back when I was assigned to the 423rd MP Co., our unit callsign was "Guardian" So, the commander was Guardian 6, 1st PLT was Guardian 1, etc. As the head of the medic section in HQ Platoon, I got the callsign Guardian Angel. I really did like that one.
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My Drill Sergeants did not put alot of thought into it, but from day 1 and for a long time I was called "Beetle" go figure.
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As a UH-60 Pilot in South Korea, I had the call sign "Dragon-00". I thought the "00" would be kinda cool, like 007...until the first time I was called "Dragonballz" by a fellow Pilot. The name stick. Still my favorite!
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My name lends itself well to a several nicknames, but the most common is Special K. I also worked with someone who called me Double L Double G, because otherwise he couldn't remember how to spell my name.
At OCS, there was a Clark and Clarke in my class (pronounced the same), so they became Clark-E and Clark-No E.
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