That hurts when it comes out of the nose, doesn’t it? [BH]
Sure does. Like the nostrils are on fire…[yuck]
That excellent “coversion chart” reminds me of a sad, but all-too-accurate, illustration I heard somewhere or other regarding the armed services’ problems in communicating with each other.
Tell personnel of the U.S. Navy to secure a building. They’ll turn out the lights and lock the door as they leave.
Tell personnel of the U.S. Army to secure a building. They’ll put up a chain-link fence around it and not let anybody in without a pass.
Tell personnel of the U.S. Marine Corps to secure a building. They’ll launch an infantry assault with artillery and air support.
Tell personnel of the U.S. Air Force to secure a building. They’ll go see a real estate agent and take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.
A group of senior NCO’s are reaching retirement, so they have to go through a course to learn how to adapt to civilian life. The instructor asks the class “How do you enter a room?”
The Navy man said, “Duck so you won’t hit the bulkhead when you enter”.
The Army man said, “Enter and go straight to the bar”.
The Air Force man said, “Enter and go straight to the women”.
The Marine wasn’t paying attention as he considered the class a waste of time. The instructor called his name as said, “How do you enter a room”? The Marine jumped to his feet and said, “Sir. Roll in a couple of grenades and come in firing”.
The list has been up dated to make it easier to read. Every thing is now in alphabetical order. I got the idea from Phil_H.
What separates the AF from the rest of the services? Well, in the others, officers and enlisted serve together in a tight unit (ship, tank, foxhole, etc). In the AF (with some exceptions) an enlisted person (high school grad, maybe) helps the officer (college degreed) into the weapon delivery system (aircraft) and bids the officer farwell and points to the direction of the delivery point. Then heads to the local watering hole to wait. So, clearly the AF is the best choice.
This was a favorite story told by an AF Chief Master Sergeant I once attended a seminar with, who entered the Army at the end of WWII, served in the Navy in during the Korean War, a Marine in Vietnam ending his career in the AF. He used his brother’s birth certificate to enlist at just shy of age 16! There were breaks in his career, but he retired with one of the highest time in service of any enlisted man.
When asked what he did between hitches…went to school and partied! From what I remember, this is twenty years ago already he was going to accept a civil service position so that he could retire from it at age 65.
Berny,
You left out the Air Force definition of “roughing it” - Having to stay in a Motel 6!
And as a retired “Field Rat”, I’ve always felt the Air Force had the right idea - Send the officers out to do the fighting"
Hey, I`m retired Air Farce, I mean FORCE. And i resemble that remark!! I think your a little heavy on the AF.
Fox 1. & 2. indicate long or medium range AAM’s, fox 3. is Sidewinders, fox 4. (not an official term), used faciesously means guns, close combat or to put it colorfully a “knife fight”. Another slang term is Whiskey Delta, “weak d*#@” a troublesome system, a tedious opperation, an unfair command or anything deemed poor or unreasonable by the airman in question.
Fox 5: Ramming…[;)]
Fox 6. Point your finger and say bang bang.
Hey Bernie
Being an F-4 guy I’m surprised you left out Bucket and Peso.
Wayne
Look at the list again. You will see PSOB listed. We called it peso and some times peso bucket.
VFR: Visually Follow Roads
IFR: I Follow Roads
Bump 2
List has been updated to include the two items below. It is in response to some questions I have seen asked
Over the wing
SPR
I also expanded a little on MER, TER, amd BRU as from some of the posts I have seen there was some confusion on each.
Berny -
Don’t forget:
BOHICA: Bend Over Here It Comes Again
Alpha Mike Foxtrot (Adios, M***** F*****)
Speed Jeans: Pilots G-Suit
CGAS: Coast Guard Air Station
PIC: Pilot In Command (same as AC or A/C).
Pecker Checker: Medic
JITA: Jab In The A - s
Tits Up: Fouled up - other acronyms available, too
Head Up and Locked - Someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing
I had a list of others, but I think I accidentally shredded it.
One interesting story - I was fortunate enough to fly Aeromedical Evacuation in the C-9, C-130, C-131, C-141 and UH-1. On one of our C-9 trips, we landed at Ft Benning. While we were witing for the patients from the hospital, this “Grunt” come up and boastfully says "They pay me $ 55.00 a month to jump out of that pig of yours (pointing to a C-130). I replied, "No sh - t, they pay me $ 85.00 a month to STAY in this one (pointing to the C-9). Well, he stormed off really p * ssed. The other medical crew members who were around just laughed.
John - former Medic
Just to add a couple I didn’t see in the lists:
FMC = Fully Mission Capable (ready to fly mission)
NMC = Not Mission Capable (It’s broke and not ready for mission
IFE = In-Flight Emergency
SWAT Team = S@#t, Water and Trash / Turd Herders ie = Fleet Services (Service the toilets, water and trash on the aircraft.)
Mike
Piecrust Colonel = Lieutenant Colonel
Self-eating Watermelon = a self-reinforcing bad situation feeding upon itself
Most of us guys and gals who wore green, khaki and various shades of blue are well experienced with BOHICA. [blkeye]