See "Mustang". Haze Grey: The color painted on Navy ships. 8 (or) 6 boat. Limp Dick: A sailor who can't do the simplest job. Chop: Supply Officer. On a "small boy," the LSO sits under a bubble on the flight deck and talks to helo pilots as they attempt to land in the Rapid Securing Device, or "trap." Mamasan: Proprietor of a bar or other such establishment where sex may be procured or negotiated. Cow: A refrigerated fixture in the galley that dispenses something like milk. The Clap Line consists primarily of men who are waiting to get treated for venereal disease. 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. Nuke Milk: A disgusting powdered milk used when the fresh milk runs out. R2D2: Dome-shaped Phalanx CIWS system, after the visually similar. Sometimes spelled C-6U11, Z-6UL1 or various. Also said as "poking the poodle" or "screwin' the pooch." Usually new sailors are given a mail buoy watch for the entertainment of the more seasoned sailors. Building 5: nickname for the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), for the amount of time she spent in port at while in Long Beach, CA. September 03, 2009, 07:32 PM #7. Pollywog: An individual who has not crossed the, Poopsick: Anything undesirable, specifically feeling seasick. (3) to John Wayne (a helmet): To leave one's helmet's chin strap undone, the way John Wayne often did in movies. Bluenose: An individual who has crossed the, Blue Dick: The Navy, AKA (I've been f-ed by the Blue Dick again), Blue on Blue: (1) Fratricide, friendly fire, so called because blue is the color associated with friendly forces during "workups" and exercises, while the fictional enemy country is usually orange. Air Wing: The aviation element on board an aircraft carrier consisting of various squadrons. Without a change of course, this will ultimately end in a collision. So called because of the rubber seals at the neck and wrists which keep water out in the event of water entry. Used in slang expressions such as "Talk to me when you've got some Time On The Pond.". : (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again). 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. Like many such measures, this fooled absolutely nobody. Shower Tech: Sonar Technician (Submariner). Gator-Freighter: A ship used in amphibious warfare, or generally the transportation of Marines and their equipment, especially, a carrier-like vessel (. A hinge is then inserted that allows for reattachment of the removed gray matter later. Derragoratory term for a JO. WebNicknames for a British sailor, applied by others, include Matelot (pronounced "matlow"), and derived from mid 19th century (nautical slang): from French, variant of matenot which was also taken from the Middle Dutch mattenoot bed companion, because sailors had to share hammocks in twos, and Limey, from the lime juice given to British sailors Daddy Rickover: A nuke referring to the late Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear navy. These words create a new identity for someone and can be used as playful. Reefer: (1) A refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods. Knuckle Dragger: A member of the engineering department or a mechanic on a nuclear powered vessel. When applied to an aviator, it means not allowed to fly. Generally X(X-ray): always closed, Y(Yoke): closed while underway, Z(Zebra): closed while at GQ. Sailors must go to the Paint Locker with properly signed chits to receive paint and painting equipment. SERP: Senior Enlisted Rest Period. Sometimes accompanied by two aspirin. Chicken of the Sea, play on official slogon: Eagle of the Sea for, Crazy Pollack: Crew nickname for USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633), CellBlock 68: Crew nickname for USS Nimitz (CVN 68), FID: First In Defense: Nickname for the USS, Fighting Cock: Nickname for USS Saratoga CV-60, John Sore Penis: Nickname given to the aircraft carrier USS, Jolly Rogers: Crews nickname given to the. "I work in The Hole." Family Gram: A 40-word personal communication from the family members of an Officer or Sailor on a Strategic Deterrent Patrol assigned to a Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine. Sailor 1: "What are you having for chow?" "Take that and give it the float test". CHENG: Chief Engineer. War Chicken: A derogatory term for the Special Warfare Insignia earned by Navy SEALS. Render honors to port/starboard: A custom in the Navy to honor a ship passing with a salute, it is also used when passing by the Arizona Memorial, an announcement is made ". MAD Boom surfing: Struggling to complete or barely passing required evolutions in training on the P-3 Orion Patrol Aircraft. An obsolete / unofficial procedure signal. Also called Fast Attack boats, also Saturdays, Sundays, and Nights, for their operating schedule. Mid-Rats: Short for midnight rations. ", Piece: Rifle, as used in manual-of-arms (rifle drill). Mags: Place to store ammunition and weapons in warships and fortifications. Monkey Mate: Derogatory term used by Boiler Technicians to describe their brethren in the much cooler Engineroom on the other side of bulkhead from their Fireroom. Reveille: An announcement over the 1MC at 0600 local time, bugle call, trumpet call or pipes call, most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise. Colours which is an allusion to either the former requirement to tar long hair NAVCOMM: Navigator/Communicator. These personnel go on to become Plank Owners. Turd Chasers: Nickname for individuals assigned to the Hull Maintenance Technician (HT) and Seabees Utilities Man (UT) rating because their shipboard and base duties include plumbing. The hinge also limits the LCDRs head movement to the foreaft axis. The trigger is taped down and once someone holds the end of the screwdriver, the battery is slapped in and the player must attempt to hold on to the screwdriver for as long as possible. PD-8: Fictitious valve requested to be found by junior sailor in order for an engineering qualification to be signed off. Used to describe items of kit or clothing that are not issued (potentially against regulations) but function better than issued equipment, but also used as a word meaning a combination of cool/against the rules. MRC Card: literally Maintenance Requirement Card Card, LEO Ops: Law Enforcment Operations Ops; etc. Dick Skinners: Hands. Hummer: Slang for the E-2C Hawkeye, mostly for the sound of its props. Garden Party: A semi-formal social gathering requiring dress whites from the waist down and dress blues from the waist up. Blue Falcon: (Also known as a "Bravo Foxtrot") Slang term for "Buddy Fucker", also, "Noble Order of the Blue Falcon" for those who are true masters of Blue Falconry. See "Rumor Control" or "Scuttlebutt.". Usually it was gray, loud and smoking when it landed. 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. Anchors and Spurs: The famous dance club at NAVSTA San Diego where many a lonely Navy wife has broken the seventh commandment. (U.S. Army Papa Chuck: The P-3C Orion patrol aircraft. A "Royal Cunt Hair" is the finest unit of measure. Connie: Nickname for USS Constellation CV64. (3) Control Unit No-go Test. Dirty-shirt wardroom: (Aircraft Carrier): Forward wardroom immediately below the flight deck for pilots wearing (sweaty) flight gear and working ship's officers. Compare "Ricky Boxing.". Gouge: The inside scoop, the skinny, the low-down. Sweat the load: Personal stress about being able to perform some task; to feel stress about a situation. USS Slurpeefish: The USS SAN FRANCISCO. The F-14 Tomcat was also widely accepted. Term used to refer to the lucky nuke who gets out of the Navy next. sign. Slang for the Adjutant Generals Corps. Shit Suit: Aka "Poopy Suit" A white disposable set of coveralls used mainly for sewage use, painting, bilge diving, or void inspections. No longer in use, see VFA. Resembles a pile of dog poop. What are some best general nicknames for Sailor? Ricky Lawnmower: Nailclippers, used to trim stray threads from uniforms. They make replacement parts and repair or overhaul ship's engines and auxiliary systems. It has a hand cranked dynamo which will produce a whirring sound on the other station, hence the "growl.". Bells repeat themselves every 4 hours. Breakaway Music: Music played over the 1MC after "breaking" away from an oiler following UNREP. HT Punch: A mythical tool newbies are asked to fetch from the engineering spaces. Dilbert: Fictional and clueless cartoon character used in WWII era training material to demonstrate what NOT to do in naval aviation. ELT-"What do you want it to be?". So called because it is the 5th branch of the armed forces, yet falls under the control of the Department of Homeland Security. Tears & Rainbows: Army nickname after COVID-19 panic USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), Tip of the Sword: Nickname for USS Midway (homported in Yokosuka, Japan). Machinists Mates, Boilermen, Enginemen, Pipefitters, Damage Controlman, Hull Technicians, Electricians, Gas Turbine Technicians. In flight training, a down is a failed flight. "Nice shit locker!". Rot-Cee: Slang for ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corps. What about SECF, does anyone have a certain name for them? If they are found to have soiled clothing as a result of not showering, several of the company will take the recruit into the barracks shower and scrub the persons bare skin with floor broom heads. DD: Destroyer, class of ship. Strikers are sailors that enlist without a guaranteed rate (job), with the intention of floating around until they find a department where they fit in. Flavor Extractor: Standard equipment in all Navy galleys. Balls to Two: A short watch stood from 0000-0200. Reputation 13 19. Sterling Hayden, American actor and author, Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove. "That donkey dick is about as useful as tits on a boar hog.". Delta Sierra: "Dumb Shit": A stupid mistake or poor performance, the opposite of "Bravo Zulu.". POD (Plan of the Day): An official document issued by a command that states all activities occurring that day, from 0000 to 2359. 2.) OSs, STs and other Twidgets that don't, for example, stand any rate-related watches in port (in the days of steam ships especially) get even less respect. ADCAP Advanced Capability Torpedo that began life as the Mk 48 torpedo (21 inch diameter) launched primarily by submarine platforms. Service Dress Beer: With the pre-NWU utility uniforms, the act of removing the shirt and untucking the T-shirt to hide the name tape above the pants pocket, in order to purchase alcohol on an off-base establishment. SWCCs are more commonly referred to as Special Boat Teams or Boat Guys., Dirty-dick: To rub genitalia on someones cup or soda can as an act of retribution or to be funny; see also "cock swab.". (2) Editing a poorly worded memo or document for clarity. Compare "Corpsman Candy.". Presently, in the USN, it refers to the alcoholic brew offered at social events like "dining-ins" and "dining-outs." Chest Candy: Decorative military ribbons and medals worn on the chest. LSO: Landing Safety Officer or Landing Signals Officer. Joe Navy: Another term for a lifer with no life outside the Navy. Radioactive Rudolph: Reindeer meat brought onboard in Scandinavian Ports, especially soon after the Chernobyl meltdown. 4. War Hawks (Henry Clay being the most well-known from Kentucky) What was the name for the members of Congress, most of whom were from the frontier states, that supported war with Great Britain in 1812? So called because in the old days of sailing, this list was posted on the binnacle, the casing that housed the ship's compass. Down: Not working, out of commission, broken, "broke-dick." From your Navy superiors. FOD: Foreign Object Damage. Usually the senior pilot on a patrol aircraft, having been previously designated a 2P (second pilot). Smoking Sponson: Designated smoking area aboard aircraft carriers, usually right below the flight deck on the exterior of the ship's hull. "Do we have any nighttime evolutions this underway?" Plank Owners are "Piped Aboard" when shown proper certification. Donut: A floating device used to store oily waste pumped out of the bilges in port. Shower Party: An involuntary scrub-down of a submarine crew member who hasn't been practicing good hygiene. Some people may draw inspiration from their favorite athlete or celebrity while others might choose a name reflecting an attribute, they are proud of. (2) A type of putty used to seal the large steel access panels to the air casing on a steam boiler. Stupid-: Adjective for remedial training. 1st Division: The division, in most aviation and afloat commands, which is responsible for the material condition and cleanliness of the ship. POG: (Person Other than Grunt) A term often used by Marine Infantry (Grunts) to refer to anyone who is not them. Chit: The document a sailor fills out to make various types of special request (i.e. Pass in Review: The ceremony of graduation from boot camp into Navy life. Single up: To remove one 'loop' line of a doubled-up line, so that only a single line remains. She is usually worried about unsafe flight conditions or an enemy threat (e.g. "You look like you just climbed out of the dipsy dumpster, Seaman Timmy!". Cock-ologist: Corpsman (derived from a 1980s Coca Cola commercial having a Coke-ologist). Bully Big Dick: The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Navy: Squids, Guppies (usually reserved for low ranking officers) Military Police: Mop Pushers, Multi-Purpose, Military Pricks, Mud Puppies, Assholes. The edge of passing or failing at something, or ". IFNAG: (Derogatory) Ignorant Fucking Naval Academy Graduate. Quarter Mile Island: CVN-65, USS Enterprise, and all eight of her reactors. Boat Boo: A sailors girlfriend or boyfriend aboard ship, usually during deployment, and often an arranged affair between two married sailors. Such a lax procedure could spell doom for a sinking ship if hatches were not absolutely watertight.) A-Gang: The Auxiliaries Division of the Engineering Department. 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. Hockey pucks: Swedish meatballs (also, trail markers, porcupines, road apples). "Oh, he's just flying the Bravo". Ricky Crud: (1) A one-night sickness which sailors acquire in bootcamp after receiving their smallpox vaccinations. See "titless wave." While not permitted to do the job, it gets the job done just the same. WebNavy nicknames and names. Port Orca: A husky (large) female. MAA: Master-at-Arms. 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. VS: Fixed Wing Anti Submarine Squadrons. The three Americans were aboard the 44-foot (13.5 meter) sailing vessel Ocean Bound. The U.S. Coast Guard gave their names as Kerry OBrien, Frank OBrien, and Wetting down: Party celebrating a promotion/advancement or warfare qualification. "No, just gator squares.". Marine Mattress: A female who likes to "socialize" with the Marines. A nickname for a person in the US Navy is squid. Also the name of the current submarine-launched nuclear missile and its systems. Department: Highest organizational level in most naval commands. Rocks and Shoals: is an informal reference to the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy, which was replaced in 1951 by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Rock: Term used to describe a sailor that acts as though he hasn't learned anything. Mid: Midshipman at the US Naval Academy or Naval ROTC; "Middie" is considered derogatory. Also used as another in-joke to send new sailors on a wild goose chase. Beans, bullets, and black oil: Supplies of all sorts needed by a warship. A similar system was used for surface ships. Ball Button: The fourth button down on the new Service Uniforms, so called because it has a tendency to come undone. 3. Port and Report: A watch stood without relief. ", Danger nut: A "fun" game in which one or more sailors place a washer or nut around a rod or similar metal device and then hold it to a steam vent. Score is kept by awarding 3 points for bids made and taken and 1 point for each additional trick. Dock jumpers: The unfortunates who would have to leap ashore to tie up when no "line handlers" are available. This can be for a variety of reasons: Medical, personal, disciplinary, etc. Currently, he is helping the NamesFrog team in producing good content for their audience. They are a permanent fixture. Presently, "Commodore" is the unofficial title of a Captain (O-6) in charge of a squadron of ships or submarines, a wing or group of the same type of aircraft, or a group of SEAL Teams. 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