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Well I am jealous
I should have started one on CALL long ago:wry:
Or maybe me and Stan in Goma :cool:
Hmmm, there's nothing sexier than call signs 501 and 506 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tom Odom
Well, there used to be 13 call signs before Tom arrived ;)
I was Tango 5 and there were all the little Tangos, according to Tango 2!
Where was Doctrine Man when we needed him?! :wry:
when we were known as Cedar Radio on the HF managing MAC flights (for those younger than 40, it's or was AMC).
The remainder of the USMM were eloquently known as Cedars One thru 15 (being me, the most junior even as an E-7). Girlfriends came and went, but we adjusted to Cedar One Point Five for my standbys and tried to recognize accents. My latest catch was MS B from the Swedish Embassy :p
Only later did I concern myself with our call signs "Cedar" when having the HF repaired, I noticed "made in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA."
With that John, I can only imagine how you acquired Tango 5 :cool:
I was Five Three Bravo Tango. Five Three was 3rd platoon. Bravo was the Platoon leader and Bravo Tango meant I was his RTO. :wry:
The Collins radio story is pretty cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan
I've been Blue 6, Bushmaster 6 and Hellraiser 6.
Sapper 16, Sapper 5, Heavy Red 1, Fox Blue 1, Rifles 35A, Quickstrike 6, Iron 6, and (currently) Lightning 6.
Dummy: freshmen year, Airborne School, RANGER School, language school (especially from my French instructor who was a retired Jesuit priest)
A$$h0le: too many times to count (my wife likes this one)
Colonel, comrade, and friend: Stan (he likes dummy, too, for good reason)
Tom
Bulldog 95, Coldsteel 10 & 26, Hammer 5, Mongoose 95, Balls 2, Warrior 1 and currently Warrior 3.
Still lacking a 6. Hope to get it soon.
Typically "hey, you", although there have been variations on same from time to time.
Usually Mad Dog.
The rest (far more common) are NSFW.
:D
Wildcat 6 Romeo, head shrink, and by one clueless squad leader "that by the book soldier" (I tried to explain why crossing lanes of fire during a room entry was a BBAAADDDD idea and dug out my ranger handbook to help illustrate)
meh.
Reed
Apache White 1, Stetson 5, War Eagle 5, Ready 3A, Duke 1, Duke 4, Battle 6, Ready Main.Quote:
Originally Posted by jkm_101_fso
Currently no callsign. :(
Army of One? :wry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cavguy
The one I hear the most these days, and like the best: Dad:) Best, Rob
Birthday/Halloween party. Took 14 kids through the pastures at night - Shiloh's Pastures of Peril (Shiloh is her horse and a real spook). 2 other Dad's and I were the live spooks - they were Vampires; I was a Ninja monster. As they were coming around my hide sites I heard my daughter calling, "Daddy, don't scare us!":)
Cheers
JohnT
"Tomcat 6," "Avenger 2," and my favorite, "Nightmare 1." Compared to these, "Editor" and "Director" are depressing, but not as depressing as "Mister."
Long ago--when I was a captain--in a galaxy far away--known as Leavenworth--a friend of mine who was a Major would do a Schtick in the hall way of CSI about "rat faced civilians". I was doing it with him one time when a good friend and Deputy Director and chair of my project on the 64 Congo crisis, Dr. Roger Spiller called me in and politely but effectively chewed my ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hownowcow
Some 15 years later when I first went up to Leavenworth as a civilian military analyst I was running around Bell Hall and I hear "So, Odom, who is a rat-faced civilian, now?" Of course it was Spiller...
You know, RFC does sound kinda catchy part of a signature block :cool:
Tom
I tend to prefer PFC...as in Private F*$&!n' Civilian. Best uttered when inspection teams or the like are due in shortly and you're the only one who doesn't have to freak out about them....:D
I've been Armor 31, Hotel 5, Dragon 31, Alpha 16-Tango, Steel 2, then (different "Dragon unit) Dragon 1, Dragon Wrench, Dragon 6, and Dragon Camera (don't ask) and then in yet another "Dragon" unit, was Dragon 3A and Dragon 2A.
Just can't escape the "Dragon" call sign...
I got the call sign Uboat several years ago when I was in the 509th. I nearly drowned in a rain swollen creek. My call sign was latter changed to Titanic but I prefer Uboat.
SFC W
Bravo Tango
Copperhead 4-1
A$$HOLE
Hey you
PEGLEG
$hit on a stick
Sidewinder 39 (I think I got the expander right)
Gator 37
Roughrider 6
Rocket 1, 2 and 4
Gun Devil 4
2Panther 40
Red Devil 40
Gun Devil 3A
WarEagle 6
Devil 40, 40A
PVT-LCPL the moniker "Crack Baby" seemed to follow me from unit to unit.
Also been:
Hey you
k-ville
SGT. Incredible
Ship-pal-seki Mi-goon... something something (I love working with KATUSA's ;) )
My favorite was a wrecker called "Camel Tow." One day I heard the following transmission over the radio:
Guy #1: Hey were still waiting on wrecker support here what's going on?
Guy #2: Camel Tow is stuck!
Guy #1: Say again?
Guy #2: Roger, the Camel Tow is stuck, we're trying to pull it out!
(proper radio etiquette omitted for clarity)
I was "Strike 2" for a while in Korea...better than "Strike 3"...