This is especially true if the paint being requested is classified as hazardous material, requiring special ventilation and lockouts. Gunner: Term applied to and used in addressing (informally) an Ordnance Technician Surface Warrant Officer. Punishment for being on the 0000-0400 watch. Delta Sierra: "Dumb Shit": A stupid mistake or poor performance, the opposite of "Bravo Zulu.". 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. Usually applied to a young junior officer, such as an O-1 (ENS / 2ndLt), and O-2 (LTJG / 1stLt) or an O-3 (LT / Capt). Tends to be obese with a strong body odor. Monkey and a football: Short for "A monkey trying to fuck a football, and the football is winning." squared away" above. Before OBAs the Navy developed and used RBAs--Rescue Breathing Apparatus. The Hole: Main machinery space where an engineer works. Often jocularly applied to broken minor items not requiring any report, or to personnel who are on the. Cu Shing: The sound of shit when it hits the fan. 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). Roach Coach: A snack or lunch truck that stops at each pier where the ships are berthed. 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. : Seen on a numerical list of epithet substitutions, especially transmitted over radio, which has to stay clean. It is sometimes used by seniors praising subordinates in one form or another. Derisively, Non-Flying Officer. Compare "Ricky Fishing. As opposed to formal ship's wardroom. As in "They were standing around playing grab-ass. Surge: A ship deployment from its home port usually lasting 3 to 6 months, as can occur outside of the normal cruise cycle due to operational commitments. Single-Digit Midget: Sailor with less that ten days left before their EAOS (end of active obligated service). Some of the most entertaining offerings are the propaganda commercials it frequently airs since regular advertising is not permitted. Squid bikes are usually decorated with EMO: Electronic Materiel Officer, line officer or electronics CWO or LDO responsible for maintenance of the unit's radar, radio, and command and control equipment. Elephant Scabs: Veal Parmesan. Two-Digit Midget: Sailor with 99 or less days until his/her "End of Active Obligated Service", or EAOS. IFNAG: (Derogatory) Ignorant Fucking Naval Academy Graduate. Sometimes accompanied by two aspirin. Generally pejorative. Brown bagger: Married sailor who brings his lunch from home in a paper bag. It is not fun and even scares the hell out of Marines. Pencil whip: (1) Filling out a form with mostly imaginary data or fluff. The rating badge icon looked like a bar stool. GCE: Gross Conceptual Error, an instructor's comment on student work wherein the student has clearly misunderstood a concept. In flight training, a down is a failed flight. 2-10-2: A female, perceived to be unattractive otherwise, out at sea on a ship which has many more males than females and who is consequently paid more attention than she would be paid on land. 1MC: The General Announcing system on a ship. General term for anyone whose likelihood of involvement in a firefight increases the odds of getting shot, and/or shot at. Joe Shit-in-the-rag Man / Joe Shit the Rag man / Joe Shit Charlie the Rag Man: An under-performing sailor. USS Neverdock: Any ship that seems to stay out at sea for unusually long periods of time. Mess Deck Intelligence: Rumors (mostly false) that spread throughout the ship like wildfire. The REAL combat engineers of the U.S. Military and what the regular Navy squid fucktard pussies wish they could be. Vulcan Death Watch: 12 hours of drills separated by 3 rotations of watches. 4MC: Emergency communications circuit that overrides sound powered phone communications to alert controlling stations to a casualty. 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. Used when a sailor has his hands in his pockets. Originally referred to the night baker who would often be seen by waking crew members covered in flour from his nightly duties. WebSquid definition: Any of various marine cephalopod mollusks of several families of the superorder Decapodiformes (or Decabrachia), having a usually elongated body, eight Oscar: The buoyant dummy used during man-overboard drills. Gator Navy: The part of the surface Navy that exclusively supports embarked Marines and amphibious operations. Veal Wheels: Veal Parmesan. Due to the [more] lax treatment of officers, termed a jungle because of their constant disarray. TWT: Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier: A component used in DECM/ECM equipment. Cruise: A ship deployment from her home port, usually lasting between 5 and 8 months. Someone who has been given a "Bag of Dicks" has been "bagged," which is quite similar to getting 'sand bagged'. Hollywood Shower: To take a long shower that wastes water (See Navy Shower). S.N.O.B. The "official" reason for this event is to hand out awards to the top aviators. Tuna Boat: A sub tender or other non-combat ship that is crewed primarily by female sailors. Sea Otter: SeaOpDet-er; a member of a Sea Operational Detachment (SEAOPDET). Cleaning Stations: An hour-long field day evolution in which everyone drops what they're doing and cleans their spaces. Roast Beast: Roast Beef, or any meat served aboard the ship that even the cooks who prepared it don't know what it is. These are broken up into divisions. Whistling Shit Can of Death: CH-46 Seaknight Helicopter, described as such because of the whistling sound the engines make, and because the CH-46 has been prone to failures, and has killed its share of air crews. May also refer to the anti-exposure suits used by aircrews in the case of a water landing in cold environments. Can also be used to describe the status of a person whose plan has gone awry. When JOPA is unified it can control some wardroom social functions, but little else. But I know just what to do with you" The shark takes the squid to his friend and says: "here's The OIC of this evolution is sometimes referred to as "the FOD-father.". Bilge Juice: Non-sanctioned alcoholic beverage created while on long deployments by mixing yeast, water and sugar. Shark bait: A package of bright green dye, attached to a life vest. 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. Joe Navy: Another term for a lifer with no life outside the Navy. "How are you doing today PO Jones" "Living the dream Captain". Screaming Alpha: A sailor who is on fire and is running around screaming. 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. All rights reserved. One bell corresponds to 30 minutes past the hour. So named due to the different colored jerseys they wear. More correctly, the "trice" is the bottom (third) rack, being built to fold up against the bulkhead/stanchion (see above), so when the command "Trice-up" was given, the rack would be folded up, allowing compartment cleaners to sweep and swab under that bottom rack. So called because most of the meat of a lobster is in its tail. Work for 1st division varies among ships depending on size. //
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