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 has been Van Halen, hence my last name start's with Van. I have been called that since basic training in 1979.
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Charles, after Charles Xavier of X-men fame. Solely because I happen to shave my head once a week. I also earned Bean Sprout and Mighty Mouse, for reasons that have never been explained to me.
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In the first Company I was in after Basic, there's a guy whose nickname was "Tampon" because he couldn't hold his alcohol... This wasn't just an inside joke either. Pretty much everybody in the company called him that...
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While stationed in Kunsan S.Korea all the flight members had call signs based on something we said, did, or our past. There was Preacher (both of his granddad a were ministers), Wednesday (from Adams Family and only female), Lyrch (really tall guy), etc. I got the name Hannibal for scaring the hell out of one of our guys, my partner on patrol. It was late at night on post, I was bored, and thought it was a good idea to sharpen my pocket knife. But for the most part my nickname has been "Wes"
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My nickname at my first duty station was Pepsi. I got it because I was a self-avowed Straight Edge adherent (despite being Scottish) in a unit where acts of drunkenness were common at 1701-local on a Monday. Pepsi was my beverage of choice.
My nickname at subsequent units after I reclassified into the intel field, where people tend to follow each other to assignments after training, was Freaky. I don't want to go into details why I got that nickname, either.
My nickname at subsequent units after I reclassified into the intel field, where people tend to follow each other to assignments after training, was Freaky. I don't want to go into details why I got that nickname, either.
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