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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While serving on a MiTT Team in Al Anbar we had a combat camera team attached to us for a short period of time. To keep track of them with higher they were given their own call sign. We came up with the call sign "Moneyshot" for them and it stuck. It wasn't too long before most of the Marines in the TOC were calling them by their call sign rather than their last names.
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I'll never forget it. We were down range in Iraq and my NCOIC went by the call sign "blue water"
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I am currently deployed to Afghanistan as a Route Clearance company, RCP-27, and our platoon nickname is the "Creepers", due mainly to the fact that we creep along the roadways at an incredibly slow and boring rate of speed.
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SPC(P) Delcina Myers
My old platoon got the nickname "nomads" during Operation Waterfall in Northern Missouri in 2008 because we never stayed in one spot more than 2 days. Ive never felt more "fostered" in my life, lol. But we went where they needed us, so dont feel bad about your platoons nickname, i would rather be called a creeper than a nomad...
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People at work always said I looked intimidating, that I didnt smile often, always serious looking and pretty much a no nonsense straight to business kind of guy. I overheard a conversation one day and someone asked why did I always look grumpy, a SFC in my section(later became WO) stated "Garza is a real 'huggy bear' once you get to know him." Ever since then, Huggy Bear has been my nickname, and that former SFC, still calls me Huggy Bear. For the record, not really a hugging type person, you have to be like in the inner most circle of friends for me to reciprocate with a friendly hug if the occasion warranted it :)
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When we deployed to Bosnia, I was the mortar platoon leader for 3-5 CAV, and my call sign was Mohawk 6. Though I wasn't technically a "6" as a platoon leader, I was overstrength for the deployment, had a medic slice and a mechanic slice (M-106s from Vietnam will garner you a mechanic slice...), so I had enough soldiers to equate to a company minus and the "6" stuck...
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well, being that my name is bubba, I always go by bubba or bubba_biscuits. Anyone I meet names Jones I call them J-ones (Jay-1's), I used to call my BCT PVT's Privits, someone said earlier they liked Special K , I used to call one of my buddies that or Circle K since his name also started with a "K". I caught a Privit dancin around in front of the CQ door one time and she was really short so I called her "tiny dancer" for the rest of the cycle. smh,, lots n lots of em... lol
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Let's see, in OSUT I ended up being called Sensimilla due to my last name and the Drill Instructor figured I must have been a pothead. The only other nickname I received was "Papa Smurf" because within the platoon the only one older than myself was the platoon Sergeant. That stuck for a while. The irony is that my wife was called "Smurfette" while she was in the Navy.
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During basic my DS referred to me as "Opie", as my aunt has for my whole life....at my old unit a few of us has a little too much liquid influence and a took a dive across the hallway, earing the name "Soulja Boy" (referring to the rapper and his dance) I've also been referred to as Red, for obvious reasons. My call signs have been T-Bone and Rage.
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