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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I got out of the Marine Corps in 1992 and to this day the folks I served with still call me "Hack, Hack" because of my ridiculous laugh.
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A 2lt, was nicknamed Blitz because he jumped his TOC and platoon to new positions without authenticating said order over the radio. Needless to say our CO didn't order him to jump to a new position. He was in big doo doo, when our CO found out he jumped his unit without permission, the CO started cursing him out on the radio!
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One of my favorite quotes comes from General Patton when he was commenting on the difference between officers from West Point and those who received their commission after graduating from Texas A&M. He said, “Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war". I think that speaks to the quality of officers that come out of A&M.
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After graduating from ASTAC (ASW/ASUW Tactical Air Controller), the instructors gave me the call sign Mr. Vernon from the movie, 'The Breakfast Club'.
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For many years my nickname was "OD" because of my last name. But after my promotion to Gunnery Sergeant my XO of the unit made the t-shirt, and an new nickname "GYOD" stuck, which ended up become my call sign for all future missions.
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Back in the 80's I was in the VF-101 IWT shop. We had a tall, stout, black avionics tech named Damon Knaff. A big, friendly, good humored sort whom we nicknamed "Grape Ape"
As for my own nickname, in "A" School, one of my instructors, SSG Snyder, liked to refer to me as "Staypuft". I miss those days. Marines and sailors in the same class and we were family. We had a high and tight day once, and those who didn't show up with one, allowed the marines to give them one. It was awesome!
As for my own nickname, in "A" School, one of my instructors, SSG Snyder, liked to refer to me as "Staypuft". I miss those days. Marines and sailors in the same class and we were family. We had a high and tight day once, and those who didn't show up with one, allowed the marines to give them one. It was awesome!
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I was happily called Ben Franklin, apparently for the last name and giving a guy a lesson in history. Thankfully I was not given the fond nickname of pukey. Poor bastard.
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I was called Army Guy!
Might not sound exciting, but when you get stationed aboard camp Lejeune for 4 years. There wasn't many of us so it worked for me
Might not sound exciting, but when you get stationed aboard camp Lejeune for 4 years. There wasn't many of us so it worked for me
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