Roach Coach: A snack or lunch truck that stops at each pier where the ships are berthed. Phantom Shitter: A freaking weirdo that thinks it's funny to shit in the shower, or to take a shit in the shitter and not flush. Frocked: Advanced in rank or rate with no pay increase. B.O.S.N.I.A. If the first partial day is counted, its referred to as the 8 Day Skate, or 8 days without standing watch or duty. Term referred to newly reported sailors with no qualifications or experience. Nairobi trail markers. Permanent Help: Slang for a PH (Photographer's Mate) in a fighter squadron. Marines - Leathernecks or Jar Heads. See also TSC. Example: "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU LET THEM MARCH BACK FROM CHOW?!?" Coffin Locker: A personal storage area located underneath a sailor's rack. Swims: Aviation water survival training. Players bid on the number of tricks to be taken, trump is determined by draw. ", Black Pants: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer). Non-Useful Dody) A sailor who has not completed any qualifications and is therefore of no use to their division. See also A-Gang. Make a Hole: An informal way for an Enlisted person to get through a passage way that is blocked by other personnel. Follies are held about every 6 to 8 weeks while on deployment. Smooth Crotch/Smoothie: A term for Reactor Control division for their tendencies to find ways to never conduct manual labor. Peanut Butter Shot: A painful shot normally given in the back of the hip or gluteus maximus. Haji: Racial epithet for a Middle Eastern individual, or anything Middle Eastern. These personnel go on to become Plank Owners. O-Gang: The wardroom. Sailors must go to the Paint Locker with properly signed chits to receive paint and painting equipment. Brown bagger: Married sailor who brings his lunch from home in a paper bag. Battle Stations: A manning condition involving (usually) all hands. Refers to the shape of a gas turbine module. (2) On surface ships, any member of the ship's company who is not assigned to the Engineering Department. See "Brown Water.". Golden Screwjob: Used when a sailor has 12 years or more of honorable service, and, for reasons unknown, does not have his Gold rank device. producing adequate electricity, steam, etc. Marching Party: In boot camp, an after-hours regimen of intensive training exercises, supervised by the command's special warfare personnel. The act of solving a problem by applying numbers and units and various known and assumed quantities to calculate an approximate answer. Loop, Looper: An officer, usually a LT or LCDR, who is an admiral's aide. Blue Water: Deep water far from land. Liberty Boat: Boat assigned to transfer sailors to and from their ship when in a port that requires the ship to drop anchor instead of pulling pierside. Divisions are sometimes divided into branches or work centers. OPS: Operations Officer: Head of the Operations Department on board a ship or shore command. Ramp Strike: When an aircraft gets drastically low while attempting to land on a carrier and strikes the "round down," or stern of the ship, with devastating results. Also known as a "shit bag.". Sometimes used especially of the sailors from the USS Mathers. Signs the card of slimy pollywogs after crossing the line, making them Trusted Shellbacks. They include: beagle a steward; boy scouts leave a brief shore-leave; dimple a hole in a ships hull caused by a torpedo; drain the bilge to be extremely seasick; macaroon a new rating; molly a malingerer; squid female trainee. Generally found in the Western Pacific. So called due to time spent in port after running aground near entrance to Pearl Harbor. Today's modern electronic video game fighters like the F/A-18 will never be in the same ballpark. By definition a technical manager. Beans, bullets, and black oil: Supplies of all sorts needed by a warship. Building 1: USS Brooke (FFG-1), so called because she had so many problems with her P-fired boilers that she was regularly unable to get underway from her long-occupied berth at NAVSTA San Diego. Zone inspection: A formal inspection of spaces conducted by a team headed by the XO. Reefer: (1) A refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods. Grip and grin: A public affairs or awards event in which some member of the command must shake hands, smile, and have their photo taken. Flying the Bravo: Menstruating; from the signal flag, which is all-red, one meaning of which is "I am discharging dangerous goods." Veal Wheels: Veal Parmesan. "I understand and I will comply.". Desert Duck: Helo that delivered mail in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Meatball: (1) Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, a visual landing aid used by naval aviators landing on a carrier. BINGO: Minimum fuel needed to return to base (RTB). Field Survey: The nominal survey taken before discarding a worn-out item "in the field" (often off the end of the pier) instead of submitting it for a proper, formal "survey" to determine if it should be redistributed or disposed of. Apocryphally, a show in which women have sex with dogs and ponies: Sailors may claim to have witnessed such shows in. Also known as a "Splash guard.". Rotor Head: Sailor who flies or maintains rotary-winged aircraft (helicopters). As opposed to other. See "R2D2." (See "Brown Water Navy."). Hot box: Ship's engines are lit off, but ship is not underway. HACQ: (pronounced "hack") House Arrest, Confinement to Quarters: Unofficial punishment where an officer is confined to his stateroom, usually during a port call. Usually announced over the 1MC "Navy Exchange Mobile Canteen is on the pier" or at great risk to the announcer: "The Roach Coach is making its approach.". Haole: Pronounced "How-Lee" Hawaiian term for non-native. (3) A task that has to be done yesterday. Khakis: Term used to describe senior enlisted members (E-7 and above) or officers, due to the khaki-colored working uniform typically worn by them. Quarterdeck: Ceremonial area of the ship used while in port for either boarding, or disembarking the ship, usually found at the main deck level, mid-ship. Also "Neurotic" for a midshipman in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC). : Broke Dick No Worky-worky. "Carry on" allows personnel to continue whatever they were doing. So the shark says: "fine, I won't eat you. River Rat: Crew member of a brown water boat or patrol craft. Aviators "call the ball" as a reference guide to their positioning in the landing sequence. Walking, Talking Road Mark: Used during boot camp to refer to a recruit that is a complete loss at military bearing, appearence, and formalities, a recruit that causes his company to constantly lose points at inspections, drills, etc. "Grab the donkey and fuel the bird." ". Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC): The Marines. Related to the Whidbey Whale. (Refers to improperly securing the "dogs" on a watertight hatch when passing through. Also known as a sailor, gob, or swab. LST: Tank landing ship, or Large Slow Target, a now disused type of. Squids, Jarheads, Grunts, and Other Military Colloquialisms. S.N.O.B. A play on words that hints at the escapades her crew may have been involved in. Compare to "A.J. Jack-o'-the-Dust: A ship's cook in charge of keeping track of the ship's food stores. This is accomplished by spending all day meat gazing, or looking at dicks while guys are pissing. "How are you doing today PO Jones" "Living the dream Captain". SWEATEX: (1) Any evolution or situation, to be performed by an individual, a ship, or even larger unit, subject to scrutiny by a superior, such as a major inspection; (2) An evolution that involves one sailor working while his/her superiors are watching and waiting impatiently. Brown Water Puddle Pirate: Affectionate name given to the US Coast Guard by their brethren blue water sailors. Term used to refer to the lucky nuke who gets out of the Navy next. AFRTB: (Airframes runs this bitch) Term commonly used among AM's. Example: Watch Officer-"What is pH?" SSN: Submarine, Nuclear, class of ship. Therefore, his left sleeve is "slick", or has no rate or rating insignia at all. ", Hooligan Navy: WWII Navy pejorative for the Coast Guard, from its flexibility in enlisting men discharged from other services to rapidly expand for Prohibition. Hoover: The S-3B Viking, mostly due to its unique engine noises. G.I. Rickety Rocket: USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20) Commissioned 1963, decommissioned 1995, sunk as a target 1998 by USS Enterprise Battle Group. Killer Tomato: A large reddish-orange inflated ball used in gunnery practice at sea. PD-8 is actually a chemical additive used in the evaporator to aid distillation of fresh water. Snot Locker: The storage area for snot a person's nose. When leaving base, only "essential" stops could be made in utilities, of which alcohol was not one of them. O I (wish I was asleep): Derogatory remark made by any non-OS rate whenever a OS complains about how bad they have it while underway, because OS's are almost always "Port & Starboard" when underway. See CAPTAIN'S MAST. Rick, Ricky: A "recruit" or sailor-to-be who is still in boot camp. Grotopotamus: The rather large ladies that graze around the Groton, CT area. Ricky Ninja: Within minutes of lights out, the entire division is asleep, except for the Ricky Ninjas, dressed in their ski masks and sweaters, sliding from rack to rack, Gullivering, dirty-dicking, and spitting in the RPOC's canteen. See BOHICA. If one person at the table is willing to eat all 12 apples and succeeds, that person is given the honor of "carry on" (lack of harassment by upper classmen) for the remainder of the semester. Bubba: Any shipyard worker. May be used simply as a description of the sailor's background or as a pejorative depending on context. Squid. A required exercise regimen. If it goes through a bulkhead, it's a door. A person with such a rank can also be referred to by number of stars they have; so a "three star" is a Vice Admiral, and so forth. These are broken up into divisions. WebMaritimeQuest - Military Abbreviations, Nicknames and Slang Terms Begriming with S S- 1. Port and Report: A watch stood without relief. Also referred to as the "Whistling Shitcan of Death" or a "Flying Anvil. )"Have a great day"! V0 Division: Admin offices. Blue Tile: An area of the aircraft carrier on the starboard main passageway, O-3 level, where the Battle Group (now called Carrier Strike Group) admiral and his staff live and work. Often still used by a "dirt sailor." Assholes and elbows: The only things which should be seen by a boatswains mate when deck hands are on their hands and knees holystoning a wooden deck. Sierra Hotel: Phonetic letters for SH, which stands for "Shit Hot." someone who sits at the back of the school bus; outcast. Fourballs: Midnight, entered as 0000 when writing logs; The "Fourballs watch" is midnight to 0600 when underway on a submarine, using a 3 person x 6 hour shift, 18 hour rotation "day" for each watchstation. Also called Boomers. Emerald Shellback: One who crossed the Equator at the Greenwich Meridian. WebIn 1978, U.S. Navy ship (USS Stein) was apparently attacked by an unknown species of giant squid. Some black shoes say "Live by the gouge, die by the gouge." COD: Carrier Onboard Delivery: The C-2 Greyhound, which ferries people and supplies to and from a carrier on a regular basis. AD: Aviation Machinist Mate, one who throws wrenches at aircraft and prays to mech gods for a favorable outcome. I always assumed that like most Navy terms it went back to the days of sail. Back in my day the squids used to say that Gyrene (a slang term for Ma The difference between the two is that significant others may attend dining-outs. Bulkhead remover: A fictional substance veteran sailors often task new sailors with getting, as a joke. Division: Middle organizational level in most naval commands, below department and above branch. Fat Boy: Derogatory term for Amphibious Ships used by bridge officers on cruisers and destroyers. Pucker Factor: Tension caused by high stress during a difficult or dangerous evolution. Pit: (1) A sailor's rack or bunk. Example: S-3 Viking. Polish a Turd: Make the most of a bad situation. Typically these shops are found on aircraft carriers just forward of hangar bay 1 on the 01 level. Round Turn: To put some elbow grease into it; to work hard at it and make a strong effort to finish the job. When one goes off, the other takes his place (three men share two racks). OBNOB: Only Black Nuke Onboard. Shit-on-a-shingle: Creamed chipped beef on toast. Passing through, especially by junior enlisted sailors, is highly discouraged. Place where food is prepared for consumption. Training Aids: Logically, these are items used to assist by demonstration some point in a training lecture. Shellback: An individual who has crossed the Line/, Shitbag (also Shitbird, Shitbrick, Shithead, Shitstain, Shitstick, Shitrat, Shitweed): (1) (. See "XO's Happy Hour.". Also sailor(s) who head for the quarterdeck immediately after "shift colors.". Khaki Brigade: chiefs who start taking over an engineering casualty or going over to see what is going on. An ad-hoc organization of young division officers onboard some surface ships and in most aviation squadrons, assembled to provide a means of guidance and escape from overly-demanding Department Heads. Can also refer to the air wing itself, as in CAG-1, CAG-5 or CAG-14. Golden Shellback: A sailor who crossed the International Date Line and Equator at the same time. Crash & Smash (team): Permanently assigned flight deck firefighting personnel. "No, just gator squares.". (2) A reference to the restroom or locker room in general. P.C.O.D. (Usually six hours on duty, six hours off duty. Some times worn on T-Shirts by sailors who are on the last patrol and getting out or going to shore duty. Spudlocker: Area below the ramp of an aircraft carrier. Also lifers say things like "there is nothing a sailor needs that is not in his sea-bag"; this usually is a comment implying a sailor does not need to see his spouse or children, more rarely acronym associated with people coasting through their Navy career, stands for "Lazy Incompetent Fuck Expecting Retirement", or "Lowly Indignant Fuck Evading Reality" see also "The ROAD program.". Also used when a sailor gets a BZ from the command, shipmates will call it a Bravo Bozo award. Some Instructors at Naval Nuclear Power School are Limited Duty Officers, but are commissioned immediately upon completion of college, as opposed to LDOs that have spent time in the enlisted ranks. Crack House: A designated smoking area aboard ship that is not a. Crapper: A toilet, see also shitter and pisser. Battle Racks: (term for) when mission-exhausted Aviators are allowed to sleep through General Quarters. Motrin: A magical pill dispensed by hospital corpsmen capable for minor owies or to hypochondriacs; "take two aspirin and call me in the morning." Navy Shower: Not a form of punishment. Jughead: US Marine, so called because their "high and tight" haircuts make their heads look like inverted jugs in profile. Civie cut: A civilian haircut worn by males who live around military towns to distinguish themselves from military personnel. Watch: A period of duty, usually of four-hours duration, six-hours on submarines. Pencil whip: (1) Filling out a form with mostly imaginary data or fluff. becomes "You are a shitbag, dammit. Fuhgowee's: Code word for ditching work and going home at lunch time, so as not to be suspected by PO1, Chiefs, etc (used in Newport News Drydock). See also BROWN SHOE. Swabbie #1: "Bro, those Seabees are so fucking cool !" On submarines the bilge rat is usually the smallest non-qual in the division, although bilges are great places for a field day assignment (good for napping) so a senior second class petty officer might call dibs on a bilge. Masagi Girl: A prostitute (typically Chinese) found in the Honch. This term derives from the nickname "squid", meaning "sailor.". Bremerlo: A husky (large) female. Fashion Show: A series of individual personnel inspections conducted in each uniform the sailor owns. Flavor Extractor: Standard equipment in all Navy galleys. (as "burn a copy") To make a xerox copy of a document or sheet of paper. "Get your dick skinners off my white hat." Charlies are electrical fires, and Deltas burn exotic materials, often metals like magnesium. The Hole: Main machinery space where an engineer works. Usually used as part of a goose-chase. 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. Sick in Quarters (SIQ): When a sailor is too ill or incapacitated to perform his duties, he is thus required to report to his rack (quarters), where he will remain until healthy again. SERP: Senior Enlisted Rest Period. Happy Hour: The hour during which the ship is cleaned every day. COC: Chain of Command: The hierarchy of officers a sailor takes orders from, the order in which supervisors are in charge. The closest civilian equivalent is BMOC (Big Man On Campus). Used primarily at the former Subic Bay and Clark bases in the Philippines. "Here comes the khaki brigade.". (The Navy term for Air Force personnel is simply "Queer. S.N.A.F.U. Portable Pad Eye. L.T.D.B: "Living the Dream, Baby." At aviation commands, FOD can also describe a worthless individual, i.e. BMOS: Big Man On Ship: Often refers to the ship's Captain. Benny Suggs: The Navy's Beneficial Suggestions program, a method where DON employees, and Navy and Marine personnel can make suggestions to improve various programs and operations. Fuckface: Any person or thing which has a face. Also the Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist breast insignia. Refers to sliminess.) Circa 1981. For the same reason, they are sometimes referred to as ", Skivvy waver: Signalman (because of signal flags), Skosh: Perilously close to minimum acceptable levels. Smoke Pit: Designated smoking area. Port: Left side of the boat or ship (when facing the bow). "Go grease the donkey dick. Also called. Load: (Always referred to as "the load.") Pineapple Fleet: The Pacific Fleet, usually refers to the Seventh Fleet (in the western Pacific) and specifically to ships stationed in. For better or worse, everyone is picked on in one way or another. Whitney(LCC-20), as it rarely goes to sea. Bubblegummer: A newbie or young sailor just out of boot camp or school. Can be bought in most Japanese convenience stores or at a ChuHai stand in the Honch. WebAnymouse: Slang for anonymous. squared away" above. In modern times it is an aluminum rubbish bowl. Pit Sword: A sword-shaped device that protrudes below the ship to measure its speed. Also permit everyone to get evening chow at a reasonable hour (although First Dog watchstanders usually find the better chow is all gone). Rider: (1) Most often associated with the submarine service; an individual aboard a submarine not a member of the crew who is assigned to the sub for a period of time to perform a specific mission; usually intelligence related. It is permissible to take one when a ship is pierside connected to pier water and sewer, if no one else is waiting for the shower. Garden Party: A semi-formal social gathering requiring dress whites from the waist down and dress blues from the waist up. But I know just what to do with you" The shark takes the squid to his friend and says: "here's Fat Enlisted People / Forced Exercise Program. "Bull nose," "Wildcat," "Pelican hook," "rat guard, rat lines," "deck Apes.". Warrants are competitively selected from the senior (E7E9) enlisted ranks. King Neptune: Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, Ancient Order of the Deep. Shit Storm: Severely unpleasant aftermath. Term used mostly by disgruntled personnel to refer to an "A.J. Love Cookie: A deposit of semen left on a sailor's pillow. So called because most of the meat of a lobster is in its tail. Also called "Cornbacked Gator" or "Brown Trout.". (like WESTPAC referring to a Western Pacific deployment. Kiddy cruise: officially a 'minority enlistment'. The usual cycle is: get up, eat, go on watch, get off watch, eat, go to bed. Daddy Rickover: A nuke referring to the late Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear navy. See "Budweiser". Limp Dick: A sailor who can't do the simplest job. "You just blew the 7th Fleet.". (2) A large freezer of the type found on most ships, usually in auxiliary spaces. (Pronounced much like Chang and used as the officer's name.). (2) (. Typically, as a hazing ritual, sailors fresh out of boot camp are sent out on a wild goose chase to retrieve a, "Portable", Pad Eye. Other terms include: Peter clamps, Meat hooks, Dick beaters. XO: Executive Officer: The second-in-Command of a ship, aviation squadron or shore command, second in authority to the Commanding Officer. ", CAG: Title used when addressing the carrier air wing commander. LHO: Large Heavy Object. Gunwale: (pronounced "gunnel") The top of the hull portion of a ship that runs down the port and starboard sides. Gator Navy: The part of the surface Navy that exclusively supports embarked Marines and amphibious operations. Hot Wash - An immediate after-action or exercise critique. As a noun the said card. Mess line: The straight line of the buttoned shirt over the fly of the trousers. Single, for all intents and purposes, until the day their spouse returns from deployment. (3) to John Wayne (a helmet): To leave one's helmet's chin strap undone, the way John Wayne often did in movies. Knuckle Box: A medium sized, usually red, rectangular metal box widely used in the navy to move supplies to/from the ship. Twig: Medical Service Corps officer. CPO: Chief Petty Officer. Wheel Book: Green covered pocket-sized government issue notebook carried by most Petty Officers and Chiefs. (3) Issued wool peacoat. Ricky Girlfriend: A male sailor's hand, used to masturbate. Also known as "Go-Go Juice." 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