3
3
0
Posted in these groups: 
Acronyms
Acronyms
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 9
3
3
0
I'm aware of my situation, I want you to have information about it. Of course I'm an old fart so will stick with FYI.
(3)
(0)
3
3
0
When I was in, everything was FYI (for your information). That was up until 1999. When I went back to work as a contractor at SOCOM HQs in 2010, everyone was using FYSA (for your situational awareness). At first I thought it was a joke--if you are informed about something, doesn't that become part of your situational awareness? But it turned out that FYSA was used for everything, without an FYI to be found. So who came up with that idea, and I bet they got an MSM when they left the Pentagon for doing it. ;)
Although this whole thing made me think about my commo class in the basic course. We were learning the meaning of words like WILCO, ROGER, and the phonetic alphabet. I remember the comms NCO telling us to stop saying "be advised' at the start of a message and just tell them what you need to tell them. Because once you told them, then they ARE advised.
Although this whole thing made me think about my commo class in the basic course. We were learning the meaning of words like WILCO, ROGER, and the phonetic alphabet. I remember the comms NCO telling us to stop saying "be advised' at the start of a message and just tell them what you need to tell them. Because once you told them, then they ARE advised.
(3)
(0)
MSG (Join to see)
LTC (Join to see) , I guess I'm too much a fan of the classics because I NEVER use FYSA. I still prefer to use FYI. Other people just want to watch the world burn, I guess.
(0)
(0)
2
2
0
Suspended Profile
I think it's a post 9/11 change. I never heard it before but after IED and VBIED training and awareness got popular everyone wanted to be "situationally aware". I've also noticed "Stay Alert/Stay Alive" make a comeback.
1
1
0
LTC (Join to see), I'm old school and I've been retired since MAY98, so I didn't even know FYSA existed. FYI works for me.
(1)
(0)
LTC (Join to see)
That's the way I was. I actually had to ask someone what FYSA stood for. After they told me, I said "oh, it stands for FYI".
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
I actually use both, and use them for specific purposes.
FYI - This is some stuff you need to know that is relevant to something you may need to act on/Your job. (FYI - Senior rater has stated that he will do SR Option OERS prior to departing station.)
FYSA - This is some stuff that is probably good for you to know. But probably doesn't require any action on your part. Good background info.
FYI - This is some stuff you need to know that is relevant to something you may need to act on/Your job. (FYI - Senior rater has stated that he will do SR Option OERS prior to departing station.)
FYSA - This is some stuff that is probably good for you to know. But probably doesn't require any action on your part. Good background info.
(1)
(0)
LTC (Join to see)
That's interesting, because your definition of FYSA is more like what FYI used to stand for. In fact, people would often say "this is just FYI" implying you didn't have to act on it. Now that I think about it, that may have come from the way memos and staff papers were addressed. If you were expected to do something, you would be a primary addressee, or the staff paper would have "action" next to your name. But if it was just to keep you informed, you were an "info" addressee or the staff routing sheet would say "info" on it, meaning you weren't to take it for action.
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
LTC (Join to see) when someone realized they needed to change the military in order to get promoted or get an award. That was the best they came up with.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google