Also referred to "Monkey Rapers". Material condition: Status open or closed, of various fittings, hatches, etc, which are denoted by a letter. Water Wings: Derogatory term used (usually by Naval Aviators), for the Surface Warfare Officer qualification badge. "There are two kinds of people on a ship: Engineers and Riders. Apocryphally, a show in which women have sex with dogs and ponies: Sailors may claim to have witnessed such shows in. Generally a lazy navy cook phones it in by opening an industrial size can of ravioli and dumps out a couple loaves of white bread and calls it good. Lifer: A name given to both officers and enlisted men who love the Navy and make it clear they want to be in for 20 or more years; lifers will try to convince others to re-enlist. Term referred to newly reported sailors with no qualifications or experience. All rights reserved. CIWS: Close In Weapon System. Cruise widow: A sailor's wife. Bag of Dicks: An unwanted or extremely tedious task, e.g. Bilge Juice: Non-sanctioned alcoholic beverage created while on long deployments by mixing yeast, water and sugar. Usually the senior NFO on a patrol aircraft. The series of books; 43P-1, 43P-2, 43P-3 & 43P-4 were separate books covering all aspects of maintenance. ": What Company Commanders in boot camp would scream at the RPOC when he/unit screwed up. O-N-O-F-F actuator (or switch): The on/off button or switch on any device, usually used in the context of a subordinate not grasping how to power a device up or down. Drop your cocks and grab your socks: A saying that the petty officer of the watch yells in the sleeping quarters when it's time for everyone to get up. Some of the most entertaining offerings are the propaganda commercials it frequently airs since regular advertising is not permitted. S.N.A.F.U. See also "Swab. The term is used in boot camp to refer to female masturbation. See also "Black box" and "Transistor Theory". (Also known as CGL's Can't Get Laids.). It is sometimes used by seniors praising subordinates in one form or another. Seabee: A member of the Construction Battalions. HR Puff and Stuff: A nickname given to Hospital Corpsmen who regularly appear for duty in a disheveled manner with their uniform in disarray. Crowd Killer: An aircraft which holds 14+ crew (typicaly no passengers). Today, Salt and Peppers are worn by cooks that work in a ship's wardroom. 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. Ricky Dive: Fast, effective method of cleaning in boot camp, consisting of wearing smurf suits inside-out and sliding, or being dragged, on the floor to pick up dust. Kiss the Camel: To fall between ship and pier onto the, Knee-deep navy: Epithet (usually friendly) for the Coast Guard or coastal patrol vessels . Hot Racking or Hot Bunking: Submariners share racks. Or, the ship's navigator. FOD: Foreign Object Damage. Comes from the Powertrol valve used in AFFF firefighting systems. Bully Big Dick: The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). B.O.H.I.C.A Key Naval Air Station Key West was located on Boca Chica Key, Florida. Also called the Possibilities of the Day or Plan of Deception because the plan can change without notice. (2) A type of putty used to seal the large steel access panels to the air casing on a steam boiler. Specifically anyone in an Admin Field. See "Raisin. Bar Stool Technician: A term labeled to the former AQ rating, Aviation Fire Control Technician. Best used with higher voltage drills. Therefore, his left sleeve is "slick", or has no rate or rating insignia at all. LST: Tank landing ship, or Large Slow Target, a now disused type of. Power School: Naval Nuclear Power School (NNPS), a key part of the training pipeline for Submarine and CVN nuclear power plant operators. Often used sarcastically in reference to Naval lifestyle. CVN 7 on 2: The USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72. Quarters is used to present awards, pass information, and make every sailor squeeze into their ill-fitting, rarely-worn uniforms at least once a year. PQS: Personnel Qualification Standards, a card carrying various qualifications for a warfare badge or similar. ), but does not have the skills to compete successfully. Nuke Striker: Perjorative term used by nukes to describe a coner that asks endless questions about the operations of the nuclear power plant. Gig line: The visual line formed by uniform zipper, belt buckle, and buttoned shirt seam. 4JG: Communications circuit used by V4 Fuels Division to coordinate flight deck fueling operations between the flight deck and below decks pump and filter rooms. JO-JO: Pronounced "joe-joe." 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. Round Turn: To put some elbow grease into it; to work hard at it and make a strong effort to finish the job. Asshole of the Navy: Norfolk, Virginia, home of the fabled "DOGS AND SAILORS KEEP OFF THE GRASS!" Seachest: Ballast intake/discharge portals below the waterline of a ship. PIERPAC: Pretending to be on deployment while moored to a pier. Iron Bottom Sound: A term used to this day to describe the waters between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island in the Solomon Island chain, because of the large number of ships sunk in that area during World War II. Often performed with a white glove and a black sock. By definition, a technical specialist. Things can also be repaired and gotten into proper working order and then referred to as "checks five-oh." All Family Grams were screened by the CO/XO upon receipt, prior to distribution to the individual. Mandatory physical training regimen designed to return sailors to within physical readiness standards. To ELTs, it's "Superior Mechanic, Almost God.". Binnacle List: The daily list of ship's crew who are sick in quarters (see below). Pronounced as "one dee ten tee", "one delta ten tango", "eye dee ten tee", or "idiot". 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. May also be used to describe a blowjob. Drift Count: Monitoring the movement of the ship while at anchor. Right side of an aircraft when facing the nose. Sea Stories almost always involve alcohol. Pucker Factor: Tension caused by high stress during a difficult or dangerous evolution. Sailors tend to call doors "hatches," but the term actually only refers to openings in the deck. Personally, Im more on board with the first. Everyone else working while you watch the clouds go by. 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). Compare "Ricky Boxing.". Pirate Navy: Small boy crafts generally referring to the smallest of the vessels, such as Minesweepers, Coastal Patrol boats, and sometimes Frigates. MR: Machinery Repairman rating. Also used as a prank on gullible new sailors, as in "Go get me 100 feet of flight line from the crash shack. Kid: in sailing times this referred to any bucket-like container used for a considerable variety of purposes - see 'Spit-kid'. Scorned upon if he/she was not supposed to be there. Often used when situations, as can be normal, repeat themselves but more often when you just know you are about to get it again from the Command. ", Tape Zebra: Maddening condition aboard ship, especially aircraft carriers, where passageways are "taped off" so that they may be waxed, dried, and buffed in the middle of the night. Someone who has been given a "Bag of Dicks" has been "bagged," which is quite similar to getting 'sand bagged'. Lady Lex: Either of the two aircraft carriers named "Lexington.". So named because of the black and khaki working uniform. Active duty obligation expires the day before the enlistee's 21st birthday. CNO: Chief of Naval Operations. Due to the [more] lax treatment of officers, termed a jungle because of their constant disarray. AW: The enlisted rating previously known as Aviation Anti-submarine Warfare Operator, now known as Aviation Warfare Operator; sometimes preceded by the adjective "fuckin'" by non-aircrew sailors. Baby Killer: An obscenely large wrench/screwdriver. In the helo world, the Rapid Securing and Transfer (RAST) on the deck of a "small boy.". The name derives from the sailor stating that ". Salty: Old and experienced (or simply old and sea-worn, as in "my salty hat"). Anchors and Spurs: The famous dance club at NAVSTA San Diego where many a lonely Navy wife has broken the seventh commandment. Skimmer, Skimmer Puke: Surface sailor (this term is also used in other English-speaking navies - the RN, RCN and RAN). This can be for a variety of reasons: Medical, personal, disciplinary, etc. Cover: Term for any sort of headgear worn with a uniform in USN, USMC and USCG. Also used for a potato (spud) storage room. V4 Division: Aviation Fuels. You are acting drifty today!"). Drill Rodeo: A game in which a screwdriver is inserted head first into drill where bit should go and battery is removed. It is EXTREMELY loud to overcome the jet noise on the flight deck. Refers to the brace cable used to hold the mainmast of a sailing ship upright. any of several ten-armed cephalopods, as of the genera Loligo and Ommastrephes, having a slender body and a pair of rounded or triangular caudal fins and varying in length from 46 inches (1015 centimeters) to 6080 feet (1824 meters). PCU: Pre Commissioning Unit: What a ships company is called before a ship is commissioned. Generally what members of the other branches call Navy sailors. Warrants are competitively selected from the senior (E7E9) enlisted ranks. 8 (or) 6 boat. Caused by Foreign Object Debris, such as nuts, bolts, or anything that could be sucked into a jet engine, damaging it. Butter Bar: The single gold bar on the khaki uniform of an Ensign (Navy) or 2nd Lieutenant (USMC) By extension, an Ensign, or any new officer fresh from OCS, the Naval Academy, or NROTC. FM: Frequency modulation, or Fucking Magic, sometimes referred to as the FM Principle. His assistant is the "Mini Boss.". The hinge also limits the LCDRs head movement to the foreaft axis. In the early 80s the termsquid was reserved for fleet sailors. As such, it was always considered a term of endearment as no sailor worth his sal With the retirement of the S-3B Viking all VS squadrons have been decommissioned. Freeboard: On a ship or boat, this is the vertical distance between the waterline and the "gunwale" (see below). "Boot ensign.". 2-6-10: Abbreviation of "It's gonna take 2 surgeons 6 hours to remove 10 inches of my boot from your ass." Very rarely occurs due to duty. 21MC: Ships command intercom circuit, mainly used between the bridge, combat, and flight decks. As you might expect, used by Navy personnel frequently in reference to ground based forces. Air Boss: Air Officer. Pushbutton: Term applied to a 6 year enlistee with advanced schooling. ADSEP: ADministrative SEParation: Release from Naval Service for administrative reasons. Storecritter: an old fashioned term for the storekeepler rating, now called logies. Or half a glass of coffee, half chocolate milk and a shit ton of sugar. WebLast and maybe my favourite slang word for 1 pound is a squid S-Q-U-I-D, yes as in the eight armed sea creature. CA: Cruiser, Attack, Class of ship, a heavy cruiser. Veal Wheels. These films may be found on YouTube. Mt. 4MC: Emergency communications circuit that overrides sound powered phone communications to alert controlling stations to a casualty. Hockey pucks: Swedish meatballs (also, trail markers, porcupines, road apples). Chub Club: The mandatory physical training to which sailors are assigned if they are overweight. Also called Boomers. Spook: Usually a IS, CT, or some other kind of intelligence type. Used to attract the attention of a rescue helicopter in the event of a man overboard by the victim in the water. Blue Roper (also: Blue Rope): A sailor that is in training to be a Recruit Division Commander, so called because of the blue rope they wear on the right sleeve. Plastic Fantastic: F/A-18 used in the 1980s. Desert Duck: Helo that delivered mail in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. As in "Shit can that chit, you're not getting any liberty.". Kamikaze: A hetero male Marine who is so gung-ho that he can only be sexually satisfied by another male Marine. Small Boy: Term referring to smaller class ships, such as destroyers and frigates. Big O boat, USS Oriskany CVA34, Also called the Mighty O boat, After the fire of 10/26,1966 she was called the USS Zippo by some. Elephant Scabs. Basically, they taught the PO2 exam for 6 months. Web1 meaning of SQUID abbreviation related to Military: Military Sort Suggest to this list Related acronyms and abbreviations Share SQUID Military Abbreviation page Filtered by Military Chemistry Medical Technology About Contact Us Link to Us iOS app Android Popular Abbreviations Popular Categories Medical Abbreviations Military Abbreviations See crossing the line, shellback, and pollywog. JORP: Junior Officer Rest Period. More Terms (without the wordy explanations), Coastie a member of the Coast Guard (which I dont write much about, because right now theyre part of the Department of Homeland Security, until we go back to war), Swabbie another term for a Navy sailor. DRB (Disciplinary Review Board): Step in the NJP process in which the accused attempts to prove his innocence by being screamed at for 2 hours. DD: Destroyer, class of ship. Radioactive Rudolph: Reindeer meat brought onboard in Scandinavian Ports, especially soon after the Chernobyl meltdown. Can also refer to the traditionally profanity-laced language patterns of sailors. Hot Footed: Carefully placing matches under the toenails of a sleeping shipmate and then lighting them all at the same time, after which the perpetrator(s) immediately hide or attempt to look innocent, leaving the victim to wonder what asshole did this to him. General term for anyone whose likelihood of involvement in a firefight increases the odds of getting shot, and/or shot at. Once it reaches a high enough speed, the rod is turned so that the steam blows the object completely off the rod and likely at another sailor, who then has to dodge the "danger nut.". TWT: Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier: A component used in DECM/ECM equipment. Chicken-catch-me-fuck-me: Chicken Cacciatore. I dont want to die.. Watch condition: Ship's readiness condition:(Denoted by Roman numerals) I: maximum readiness (GQ) all hands at their battle stations, material condition Zebra set (maximum damage control readiness.) Gator: Gator Navy vessel or sailor. Term used to refer to the lucky nuke who gets out of the Navy next. ", ESWS: Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist. See "Quadzip" below. Cell Block 70: The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), so called on account of her never ending berthings and overall resemblance to a prison. Webnoun, plural (especially collectively) squid, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) squids. George jobs: Nit-picking paperwork jobs given to George because no one else wants them. : Big Ol' Standard Navy-Issue Ass (from the apparent widening of the hips due in part to the cut of the working uniforms), Bosun's Punch: New sailors on ship are sometimes assigned to find this mythical tool in the office of one of the ship's Bosuns (. JORG: Junior Officer Requiring Guidance (see "George"). Boat School: Nickname for the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, MD. Blanket Party: A beating administered to someone whose head has been covered with a blanket (to prevent that person from identifying the attackers), in boot camp (and usually at night), because the individual is perceived to have harmed the group by not being squared away. MEDCRUISE: A float (operational cruise) in the Mediterranean Sea. Bluejacket: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer). See also "SOS," "Shit on a Shingle.". ", Dipsy Dumpster: what a shitbag sailor crawls out of, before going up to quarters, watch, liberty, etc. On submarines it's called the Maneuvering Watch. Box of Rocks: Derogatory term for more than one sailor that has performed their work in an unsatisfactory manner. USS Neversail: (1) Any mock-up ship found in boot camp. For more, see. (see EAOS above and Short timer below.). Lifer Stripe: The stripes located just above the cuff of the right sleeve on the service dress uniform that indicates four years of service per stripe. Sweat the load: Personal stress about being able to perform some task; to feel stress about a situation. Joe Navy: Another term for a lifer with no life outside the Navy. (Often pronounced "A-wis."). Generally not considered to be a good situation. The similar silver clouds and lightning bolts addition to an Air Force Major's/Colonel's hat is called Farts and Darts. WebNaval Slang The term Chock-A-Block, meaning full, is a naval expression. Training Aids: Logically, these are items used to assist by demonstration some point in a training lecture. Brown Trout: Occurs when some Hull Tech blasts the sewer lines, causing raw sewage to be disbursed onto the decks of lower level berthing areas. Wog Dog: Sailor acting as a vicious dog and part of the "Royal Party" during Shellback initiation. Usually speaks in unintelligible english with a heavy New England or southern accent. As opposed to formal ship's wardroom. Nairobi trail markers. Even (especially) the ones that pick on sailors. Trice Up a rack. Screaming Alpha: A sailor who is on fire and is running around screaming. Meat Identifier: A side dish during chow that helps in identifying usually nondescriptive looking main dishes. Similar to a real check valve which only allows fluid to go one way. ChuHai: A Japanese alcoholic beverage made by mixing sake and the equivalent of Kool-Aid. Cruise boo: A sailor's underway spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend. VAW: Fixed Wing Carrier Airborne Early Warning aircraft Squadrons. Never washed, except as a prank by disgruntled juniors. Ladderwell: Stairs. PFM: "Pure Fucking Magic", term applied to when things work, but one doesn't know how or why but they work. Dammit: Proper way to read an exclamation point quietly. Crash & Smash (team): Permanently assigned flight deck firefighting personnel. Usually used by seasoned boots to refer to sailors with one or more weeks less time in service. Fleet equivalent is "Nub," "Newbie," or "Hey Shitbird.". Shark shit: A sailor who has fallen overboard and is lost forever. (especially Marines) generally called sailors. Skylarking: Messing around or not doing assigned work. Named for the Magnetic Anomaly Detector that sticks out from the tail of the aircraft. Roll-em's: Movie night, usually shown in the ready room or the wardroom. Boot Chief: Nickname given to a Chief during their first year as a Chief. The term alludes to the practice of bombers over enemy territory turning after they have dropped their bombs and igniting their afterburners so as to exit hostile territory more quickly. Black box: Repair, in primarily for electronic equipment, where an entire card or subsystem is replaced, rather than individual components. CHENG: Chief Engineer. Bilge Water: Something spoken that is nonsense or ridiculous. Safety system where sailors can drop an anonymous recommendation into a locked box. NFG: Non-Functioning Gear: Used typically on Tags placed on electronics indicating malfunction description. Can also be said to an officer, but beware of over-usage. Generally, the ones that I did hear about were alcohol induced and largely in the name of fun, or what passes for fun in the military, which is frequent, though hardly serious engagements of violence. Also Modifications and Additions to Reactor Facility, an unusual and impractical research reactor in NY, later turned into a training platform (also phrased as My Ass is Royally Fucked.) //