Gaff Off: To ignore or purposely fail to show proper respect to someone more senior, such as by blowing off an assigned task, by not saluting, or by using improper forms of address. 21: And you fellows, if you find some cake-eaters trying to take advantage of your sister, what are you going to do? Used primarily at the former Subic Bay and Clark bases in the Philippines. Generally not considered to be a good situation. Burn Run: An organized evolution to dispose of the material stored in burn bags. Green Side: The figurative side one is stationed at if one is stationed at a Marine Corps Command; contrasted with the "Blue Side" (Naval Command). crud: An upper respiratory infection usually caught in boot camp by new recruits bringing viruses from all over the country. See also "SOS," "Shit on a Shingle.". Chit Chipper: Paper Shredder. Like a Big Dog: Doing something in a big way; Something larger than life that is happening; Being aggressive, mean with a loud growl. Lucky Bag: Collected unclaimed personal items, or such things confiscated as. These words represent the letters "A," "B," and "C" in the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, more commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet. DDG: Destroyer, Guided Missile, class of ship. AX: The enlisted rating Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician; since merged into AT rating. It seems that the passageways are purposely chosen to maximize delay and frustration when a pilot has to do an. As opposed to other. "Oh, he's just flying the Bravo". Mid-Watch: Watch from 0000-0400 (2345-0345), usually results in no sleep before or after this watch. Derives from Bremerton, Washington, where there is a base at and around which such females are common. A-Farts is received via satellite all over the world and offers a variety of shows. sign. JORP: Junior Officer Rest Period. Named for the maintenance catapult shots where only the shuttle is moved down the track with no aircraft attached. 5MC: A circuit similar to the 1MC, except that it is only heard on the flight deck of an air-capable ship and in engineering spaces. Boat School: Nickname for the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, MD. Both types of LSO are referred to as "Paddles.". I had to attend stupid-shoot and stupid-swim after the other trainees were at the club drinking 15-cent beers. Lady Lex: Either of the two aircraft carriers named "Lexington.". Similar to a real check valve which only allows fluid to go one way. AMAN Nobody: "AM3 Schmuckatelli said to, Chief.". Seven to forever: the 0700-1200 watch, which is longer than the normal four hour watch. Sea and Anchor Detail: Every sailor has an assigned duty station to be manned when the ship is either pulling into or out of port. Deckplate: Derogatory term for the lowest worker. One who wears his mop up his sleeve, opposite to a he-man. Seabag locker: A room, usually on board ship, where extra uniforms, or item materials are placed until needed. Back Alley: Card game of trump played by 2 to 4 players (mostly "snipes"). Sierra Hotel: Phonetic letters for SH, which stands for "Shit Hot." (2) (Derogatory) Nickname for the USS Forrestal (CV 59) after the fire on 29 July 1967 that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 on the aircraft carrier. Butt Kit: Ash tray. Stepping in the shit: Refers to a sailor that has made a mistake so large, that it comes to the attention of the Commanding Officer, who instantly begins chewing him out on the spot, Usually remarked on before the Commanding Officer appears, e.g. 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. Frequently the Enlistee also has an opportunity to extend to 8 years, and immediately gain E-5 rank within 2-3 years total service, like "pushing a magic button to gain rank.". 7MC: On submarines this is generally the Ship's Control Comms Circuit (between the OOD on the bridge and Helmsman below in Control. Follies are held about every 6 to 8 weeks while on deployment. When applied to an aviator, it means not allowed to fly. Mostly issued in boot camp to set a recruit back in training due to poor performance. River Rat: Crew member of a brown water boat or patrol craft. The difference between the two is that significant others may attend dining-outs. CPO: Chief Petty Officer. Origins in the P-3 Orion Sub Hunter/Killer community. Good Humor Man: Reference to the Summer White uniform. Big Chicken Dinner: Slang for a Bad Conduct Discharge, a punishment awarded to a sailor who has committed a serious infraction of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Only the information one needs to know in a given situation, with nothing else to waste one's time. Usually headed by a junior officer (JO). Weight gain apparent in senior enlisted men and women who have taken desk jobs. M.A.S.H. B.O.S.N.I.A. On other surface ships. Gunwale: (pronounced "gunnel") The top of the hull portion of a ship that runs down the port and starboard sides. Booty Cigar: A bowel movement, particularly a very long one. ", CAG: Title used when addressing the carrier air wing commander. 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.". When the wardroom is short on baby Ensigns and/or in shipyard overhaul periods the 1st Lt may be a Chief Petty Officer. Circa 1981. INTerrogative What The Fuck. Royal Baby: Originally the fattest man on the ship, chosen as part of Neptune's court during Shellback initiation, which includes kissing his belly. Workups: 1- to 6-week periods preceding a deployment during which the ship and/or its airwing practice and prepare. Sometimes spelled C-6U11, Z-6UL1 or various. 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 . Fleet Tug-Nuclear, Fire Technician-Nuclear). Where deep-water sailors ply their craft, "The Pond" may be Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, or Other. Usually this form of Extra Military Instruction is reserved for the most severe dirtbags who are either consistently failing uniform inspection or look like crap on a daily basis. 2. The act of solving a problem by applying numbers and units and various known and assumed quantities to calculate an approximate answer. Monkey and a football: Short for "A monkey trying to fuck a football, and the football is winning." Naval Academy. 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. Wolf Ticket: Highly suspect information. Sticks: The levers in the Maneuvering Room of a diesel submarine that are used to change the settings for the main propuslion motors. Freeboard: On a ship or boat, this is the vertical distance between the waterline and the "gunwale" (see below). Also known as pounded the pooch or popped the puppie. Single, for all intents and purposes, until the day their spouse returns from deployment. Smoke Test: Turn on recently repaired electronic gear; worst case scenario it smokes, indicating a catastrophic failure. USS Lastship: The ship a sailor was on previously. Fat Enlisted People / Forced Exercise Program. Just press the I Believe button. See "Dome. The morale boost comes from watching a fresh sailor running back and forth across a flight deck with a 10 foot pole, while crew members call out monkey sightings. Fleet equivalent is "Nub," "Newbie," or "Hey Shitbird.". Usually introduced by XO on the 1MC. Porcupine Balls: Beef Porcupines. 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.". Used to be called "Company Commander.". Meatball: (1) Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, a visual landing aid used by naval aviators landing on a carrier. Ring Knocker: A graduate of the U.S. Shit Storm: Severely unpleasant aftermath. XO's Happy Hour: A daily, hour-long mandatory cleaning evolution. An obsolete / unofficial procedure signal. Every sailor has an assigned duty station to be manned; the ship is set for maximum water tight integrity. To ELTs, it's "Superior Mechanic, Almost God.". "Being a Monkey Mate is a lot easier than being a BT.". Shower: In boot camp the recruits are inspected frequently. Head: Bathroom (the term comes from the days of sail, because wind would blow from the rear of the ship forward the bathroom would be located at the front head of the ship to carry the foul smell of excrement away from the crew). Rack Oyster: when you bust in your hand and slurp your own semen for a late night snack primarily used on frigates you want to go to MidRats? Im good bro, I had a Rack Oyster before watch. F.R.E.D. Geedunk: (1) Candy, or a place that sells candy (namely. Can also be used to refer to any sailor not expected to be very bright, who is young and naive, or one who has screwed up in some way: "And you've got Seaman Timmy on the .50 cal.". Jocularly re-interpreted as "Christ It Won't Shoot" or "Captain I Was Sure." Ricky Boxing: Masturbation. Mess Deck Intelligence: Rumors (mostly false) that spread throughout the ship like wildfire. Bully Big Dick: The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Canary: Woman singer. The Goo: Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Sandblower: A person of very short stature. Ricky Forklift: A boot camp term for a dust pan. 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. Cautious Compassion. This follows from a three-section watch rotation, and results in the sailor standing watch at a different time every day and night, repeating every three days. Brown Nose: Sailor trying a "little too hard" to make rate by sucking up to superiors. Motrin: A magical pill dispensed by hospital corpsmen capable for minor owies or to hypochondriacs; "take two aspirin and call me in the morning." Midnight Ops: The best time to get something done when there are not as many witnesses around. Not to be confused with "screwing the pooch" which refers to royally messing up a task. Squat to Pee: An ELT (Engineering Laboratory Technician, a water chemistry and radiation monitor on a nuclear powered vessel) or (. Aviators "call the ball" as a reference guide to their positioning in the landing sequence. See "XO's Happy Hour.". Originally a Torpedo Boat Destroyer, then later, just Destroyer. Flux capacitor: New members of a CVN's MMR will be sent to retrieve the "flux capacitor" from the OOW in the reactor control room. "All hands heave out and trice up." Haole: Pronounced "How-Lee" Hawaiian term for non-native. "We're going to have great liberty this port: A tuna boat just pulled in!". "Whatever happens on WESTPAC stays on WESTPAC.". Dock jumpers: The unfortunates who would have to leap ashore to tie up when no "line handlers" are available. "Alfa, Bravo, Charlie." is an alphabet that you may already know and understand. Lather up and wash. Crack House: A designated smoking area aboard ship that is not a. Crapper: A toilet, see also shitter and pisser. (example: 2MC, 5MC, 23MC, 26MC). Nuke Milk: A disgusting powdered milk used when the fresh milk runs out. A cheeseburger is sometimes called a "slider with slabs.". There are generally four runs that must be successfully completed. Usually tasked with dirty and nasty jobs often referred to as "Shit Work.". See also "Blue Shirt. Also called drift-pack, or in the very extreme case "COMNAVDRIFTLANT/PAC", a parody of COMNAVSURFLANT/PAC. Hall of Fame Company: A recruit company during boot camp that maintains perfect marks through the entire eight-week evolution; harder to get than Color Company, the company that rates Hall of Fame Status is given three days special liberty, as well as the week prior to shipping out to the fleet as downtime. VASTARD: Sailors that work with the AN/USM247(V) Versatile Avionics Shop Test (VAST) operational from 1972-2006. Also "ditty chaser.". B.O.H.I.C.A. A backpack filled with water. A dangerous thing for a sailor to be around Pearl Harbor, as some of the natives see them as easy targets for crime, especially when local law-enforcement doesn't seem to care. It has a hand cranked dynamo which will produce a whirring sound on the other station, hence the "growl.". Sliders: Mess deck/chow hall hamburgers/cheeseburgers, so named for their high grease content and purported ability to 'slide' through the alimentary canal. Carl Prison: "America's Favorite Carrier," the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). Cadillac: A mop bucket, usually with wheels and a wringer. Training Aids: Logically, these are items used to assist by demonstration some point in a training lecture. Maverick Can: The perfect place to sleep in a weapons magazine. On ships equipped with small boats, the First Lieutenant or "First" (First Division Officer or Deck Department Head) is in charge of these boats and the sailors who maintain and run them. Named for the Magnetic Anomaly Detector that sticks out from the tail of the aircraft. Immediately followed by, "Push up, position, Shitbags!" "Take that and give it the float test". Bagger: A sailor who is chronically late for watch relief. The edge of passing or failing at something, or ". What does cake eater mean in military? Not a single aspect is successful. Officer: "Noted." 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. ", MARF: Acronym used by a superior to a roving watchstander, means Make Another Round, Fucker. Sometimes used to connect CIC to Engineering. Cock-ologist: Corpsman (derived from a 1980s Coca Cola commercial having a Coke-ologist). Passing through, especially by junior enlisted sailors, is highly discouraged. Golden rivet: The rivet, made of gold, which according to folklore every ship is built containing one of. HAC: (pronounced "hack") Helicopter Aircraft Commander: the pilot in command of a helo. Helo Dunker: Dreaded training device that all naval aircrew and pilots must endure every few years when they complete water survival training, or swims. Designed to simulate crashing a helo at sea, it is basically a huge metal drum with seats and windows that is lowered into a pool and then flipped upside down with the passengers strapped into it. And BTW- Mighty Ducks was filmed in Minnesota, so he's probably literally calling that kid a cake-eater from Edina. Mad-Money: Car fare home if she has a row with escort Meat-Ball . See "Mustang". So, really it can go both ways, but it definately means a man-whore. Ping Jockey: Term used to describe Sonar Techs. Mid: Midshipman at the US Naval Academy or Naval ROTC; "Middie" is considered derogatory. I dont want to die.. Joe Navy: Another term for a lifer with no life outside the Navy. Reefer: (1) A refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods. Sometimes referred to by specific ingredients, e.g. Liberty Risk: A sailor who loves liberty a little too much, so much so that he puts himself in danger by drinking too much, getting into fights, or pissing off the locals. (see EAOS above and Short timer below.). Buddy Fucker: Someone who fucks over their shipmates, and who is not to be trusted with any information or watch swap. TAPS: Announced over the 1MC at 2200 local time, "Taps, Tapslights out, all hands turn into your bunks, maintain silence about the decks." Veal Wheels. 1MC - The overhead public address system on US Navy ships. Skidmark: The shit stains that one gets in one's underwear (see Skivvies) that are the result of wiping with cheap government toilet paper. Also refers to sailors who have yet to attend any schools that assign NEC (Navy Enlisted Classification) codes upon graduation. Most schedule writers will have a "snivel log" for such requests, which may or may not be granted based on the needs of the unit and the sniveler's standing with the schedules officer (Skeds-O). These seals also keep all flatulence inside the suit, where it remains hot and mixes with ball sweat, pitstink, and various other foulness. Blowing Shitters: An act by which an HT uses straight firemain pressure on a clog in the sewage line (CHT/VCHT) that cannot be removed by ordinary means. Also, a traditional naval toast. PQS: Personnel Qualification Standards, a card carrying various qualifications for a warfare badge or similar. The following are some examples of the slang of the United States Navy, you will also see references to the United States Marine Corps as well because of their use of naval terminology sometimes also referred to as NAVSpeak. Bag it: Hit the bricks, take off. Pass in Review ceremonies are always held on a Friday, meaning that there is a Pass in Review held every week, except during federal holidays i.e. Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Those elements of the Pacific Fleet which operated in the referenced waters 1965-1975. Single-Digit Midget: Sailor with less that ten days left before their EAOS (end of active obligated service). (3) ("Submarine Service") Forward Area Gentleman: A crewman serving in the forward part of the submarine, a non-Nuke. Navy Shower: Not a form of punishment. Dining-ins are for the service-members only. Oil King - An enlisted engineer responsible for fuel, lube oil, boilerwater and feedwater testing and also their quality, quantity, and transfers around the ship. See BOHICA. During this time, the officer is not allowed to leave the ship (all officers must have permission from the Commanding Officer, or his appointed delegate before debarking the ship at any port call, including their home port). 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