(See material condition) (2) (see "Fan room") A room where contraband may be hidden or for sexual relations while at-sea (3) Historically, where a chief petty officer would take subordinates to "make" them comply (using several punches to the face). (especially Marines) generally called sailors. Wizzard: Topsider insult for a nuc. See also Bonnie Dick., Bonnie Dick: USS BONHOMME RICHARD * (CV/CVA 31, LHD 6), Boomer: Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN), Boomer Fag: Crewmember of a Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN). Incorrectly, but nearly universally, applied to turning anything on. Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, etc. Mt. Blue Shirt: Aviation Boatswain's mate, usually seen chocking and chaining birds to the deck. Can also refer to the air wing itself, as in CAG-1, CAG-5 or CAG-14. ZUG: Negative. Titivate: To spruce up or clean up the ship and its company. Origins in the P-3 Orion Sub Hunter/Killer community. C.L.I.P. Sailor 1: "What are you having for chow?" "Here comes the khaki brigade.". Three steel balls: Meant to be humorous but oddly accurate reference to a sailor or situation acting like a sailor: "Put a sailor in a room with three steel balls. Generally not considered to be a good situation. (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery). "How much more till the pipe is in place?" Often fatal for the aircrew if they do not eject in time. IA: ("One Alpha") Modified GQ to conduct amphibious operations. BMOS: Big Man On Ship: Often refers to the ship's Captain. Can also have a second F added to the end, when used in this context it means ", Dimed/Diming out/Dropping dimes: Comes from dropping a dime in a pay phone to make a call. Mystery Shitter: An intoxicated sailor who returns from the beach and is unable to safely reach the head, defecates in random locations prior to climbing into his or her rack to sleep it off. also,"Forever Fucking Gone", A frigate which spends more time underway than in port. This was normally either 5 or 10 minutes in duration (never long enough). Crow happy: Newly appointed petty officers that are drunk with rank, think they are in charge, and can order subordinates around. It is sometimes cured by a "Channel Fever Shot," a slap or kick to the backside. Cal PO: Calibration Petty Officer: Collateral duty position, typically filled by the most junior and inept sailor in a division, responsible for ensuring a division's test equipment is delivered to the cal lab on time. General term for anyone whose likelihood of involvement in a firefight increases the odds of getting shot, and/or shot at. 4MC: Emergency communications circuit that overrides sound powered phone communications to alert controlling stations to a casualty. The connection appears to from back in the 60s, when sailors on the West Coast would buy fresh-off-the-boat Japanese motorcycles without any real riding experience, and ride around while schnockered. WebNavy personnel are Sailors Marines are Marines Army personnel are Soldiers And Air Force personnel are Airmen. Box of Rocks: Derogatory term for more than one sailor that has performed their work in an unsatisfactory manner. See "Rumor Control" or "Scuttlebutt.". Term used by Nukes to describe a method of estimation to arrive at an answer. USS Forestfire: The USS Forrestal (CV-59). Also known as a "shit bag.". Barney Clark: A slider topped with a fried egg. Secure: To turn off, end, or make tighter, e.g. Also possibly named to represent a generator that is providing no power to the system and therefore not taking on its share of the load. Often concern radical changes to the ship's schedule. Zero: Officer. Yes, you know the kind, 100 sailors go out, 50 couples come back, or it aint gay if its under way, and many, See also "Love Boat." Color Company: The recruit company in boot camp that maintains the highest score through the entire eight week evolution; they are given three days special liberty unmonitored. Small ships only have one division, while larger ships like carriers or amphibs can have 5 or more. (2) Civilian Under Naval Training. Whitney(LCC-20), as it rarely goes to sea. There are generally four runs that must be successfully completed. Cruise widow: A sailor's wife. Example: "The fuckin' aux drain pump is fuckin' broke-dick.". PPC: Patrol Plane Commander. Whidbey Whale: A dependent wife that is Orca fat even though her husband has maintained the same basic size during their marriage. This is used in boot camp to refer to those boots who have received their dungaree uniforms so recently that they haven't been ironed, just washed, they are therefore wrinkled, like a raisin. Also "The Pit. The hostess will expect some entertainment (dancing, dinner, etc.). See CAPTAIN'S MAST. PQS: Personnel Qualification Standards, a card carrying various qualifications for a warfare badge or similar. Other terms include: Peter clamps, Meat hooks, Dick beaters. Numb Nuts (Derogatory) Nick Name for the USS Nimitz (CVN68), Nut to butt: Standing in line, close quarters, body to body, each man's chest pressed to the back of the man ahead, or "nut to butt.". Trap: A fixed-wing arrested landing on an aircraft carrier. Widely known workups involving the carrier and the airwing are TSTA, COMPTUEX, and RIMPAC. 180 Amnesia: Occurs when a sailor has been deployed and selective memory is desired to deal with questions asked by his or her significant other. Also called "Fresh Air Snipe.". Shitter: (1) A toilet (not a urinal); also known as a crapper. In flight training, a down is a failed flight. A concrete vibrator used to remove air bubbles. Titless Wave: Male clerical personnel such as yeomen, storekeepers, personnelmen, and other desk jockeys, pencil pushers, etc. Today, Salt and Peppers are worn by cooks that work in a ship's wardroom. Also used for a potato (spud) storage room. Not normally pluralised, still expressed as squid, not squids, e.g., Fifty squid. Cover: Term for any sort of headgear worn with a uniform in USN, USMC and USCG. F.U.B.I.S. Sea Stories almost always involve alcohol. An obsolete / unofficial procedure signal. Or, the ship's navigator. Tweek and Peak: To fine tune something (uniform, rack, hair, etc); usually for inspection preparation. Reefer: (1) A refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods. Roger That: A term of understanding and acceptance when given an order or other information. Pineapple Fleet: The Pacific Fleet, usually refers to the Seventh Fleet (in the western Pacific) and specifically to ships stationed in. Shallow Water Surface Pukes: members of the Coast Guard, from the viewpoint of a bubblehead. Rating: Refers to an Enlisted man's job description, i.e. POG: (Person Other than Grunt) A term often used by Marine Infantry (Grunts) to refer to anyone who is not them. Phraseology: Instant Boatswain's Mate, just add water. Also used to pass information between a flight deck fuel station and flight deck control as to status of fueling operations for individual aircraft. Punishment for screwing up or being a Rock. Baboon Ass: Corned beef. Gator-Freighter: A ship used in amphibious warfare, or generally the transportation of Marines and their equipment, especially, a carrier-like vessel (. Frog Hog: A female who hangs around Navy SEALs. Glow worm: A surface fleet name for nuclear machinist's mates. Norfucked: What you are when you get orders to Norfolk, Virginia. Out of sight hi/lo: Steam boiler casualty in which the water level in the steam drum gauge glass goes out the top/bottom, requiring the boiler to be immediately shut down to prevent water hitting the turbine blades (hi) or melting boiler tubes (lo). ", Black Pants: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer). Usually takes the form of "Hey, did you hear (insert ship name here) had a fire in their main machinery room and can't get underway so our cruise got extended by a month?" As opposed to other. 43P-1: Work center Maintenance manual; prior to OPNAV numbering the current guidance 4790/4(series) it was 43P. Paddles: Code word for the LSO (see above). Sea Otter: SeaOpDet-er; a member of a Sea Operational Detachment (SEAOPDET). CHENG: Chief Engineer. Only the information one needs to know in a given situation, with nothing else to waste one's time. Jesus Nut: The assembly which keeps the rotary wing attached to a helicopter. Liberty: Free time away from work or the ship, usually after working hours or in port. "Go grease the donkey dick. (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); WebIn 1978, U.S. Navy ship (USS Stein) was apparently attacked by an unknown species of giant squid. "Carry on" allows personnel to continue whatever they were doing. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Also can refer to "Free The Nukes," referring to sailors in the nuclear power field. War Chicken: A derogatory term for the Special Warfare Insignia earned by Navy SEALS. SSBN: Submarine, Ballistic Missile, Nuclear, class of ship. order Teuthoidea) having eight arms and two long tentacles: small squid are used as food and for fish bait. CG: Cruiser, Guided Missile, class of ship. Single up: To remove one 'loop' line of a doubled-up line, so that only a single line remains. Workups: 1- to 6-week periods preceding a deployment during which the ship and/or its airwing practice and prepare. Johnny Cash's: The (defunct) Winter Working Blue uniform; so called due to the fact that they were all black (black being called navy blue) and Johnny Cash was the man in black. Power troll: A name for any officious person, usually used by engineers. (2) Business & Finance (1) Slang, Chat & Pop culture (4) Seaman gang, the 1st Lt's folks, are often non-quals who are E-4 and below with a first class or senior second class petty officer as leading petty officer. PFA: Physical Fitness Assessment: new name for PRT. Also called "Cankers and Sores.". Evidently, according to my big book of military derogatory term origins, the term grunt started in Vietnam with its first appearance in print in 1969 as an acronym to describe the guys who ended up on the front lines. During WW2 the name referred to an animated cartoon character in a number of situations which showed servicemen how NOT to perform. Bravo Zulu: Originally, "BZ" was a signal meaning "Well Done." Bounce Pattern: When several aircraft are practicing touch and go landings at the same airfield. Given for something done poorly. May also be burned into the skin. RPOC: Recruit Chief Petty Officer (RCPO or RPOC). TACCO: Tactical Coordinator. Papa Chuck: The P-3C Orion patrol aircraft. Noodle: Commonly referred to as a goofy, borderline retarded sailor with a big head (like a meatball) and a small body like a noodle. Let's get going!" Missile Sponge: Usually a frigate or destroyer with limited air defense capability stationed on the outer ring of a battlegroup, as they are the ships most likely to be hit in a convoy. Some "Nuke Waste" treat it as a sort of dubious badge of honor, others remain bitter about it for the rest of their Navy career. "You just blew the 7th Fleet.". 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