Aircraft Carrier (less parking on base when they're in!), Authorization, ANAV (Assistant Navigator), Allotments, A-School, Amine, Anchors
Base, Berth, Base Pay, Boomer, BAH, Bridge, Ball (Navy, Sub)
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| At the Navy Birthday Ball 2009 |
Command, Commissary, CDC, Chit, Cover, CO, COB (Chief of the Boat), C-School, Colors, Career Pay, Constitution, Compass
Delta
Deployment, Dress Blues, Dive, Duty Day (who doesn't love working 24 hours a day?!), Duty Section, Dependent, Digit, Dry dock, Dolphins
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| Dress blues and Dolphins |
Electronic Technician (ET), Enlisted, Exams, Eye Candy, Eternal Patrol
Foxtrot
FRG, Friends (or lack of), FSA, Fleet & Family, Fundraising, Fish (short for Dolphins), Flexibility, Frustration, Fast Attack
Golf
Grumpy, Grumbling, Galley, Golf (The Man played a lot when he was at school), Global War on Terror
Hotel
Homecoming, Housing, Hatch, Haircuts (The Man gets more in one year than I've had in a lifetime!)
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| The Man cooking in Base Housing |
ITT, ID (Don't leave home without it!)
Juliet
JO
Kilo
Knots, Knowledge, Khakis
Lima
Long hours, Leave, Last 4, Loneliness, LPO (Leading Petty Officer), LES, Love (that's why we all live this crazy life, right?!)
Mike
Mail Drop, Moving, MWR (Morale, Welfare & Recreation), Mast, Murphy, Missiles, Milspouse
November
Navy, NEX, NWU's (New Working Uniforms), Nuclear Power, Nuke, Need To Know Basis, NMCRS (Navy Marine Core Relief Society), Navigation, NUB (New Useless Body)
Oscar
OSPEC, Ombudsman, Officer
Papa
PCS, Pier side, Periscope depth (they can transmit email!), Patrol, Port Call, Phone Tree, Petty Officer, Poopie Suit, PRT, Promotion, Prototype
Quebec
Quartermaster, Queen (as in drama...you run into these in some of the wives), Quals
Romeo
Rack, Roll with the changes (or you'll go crazy!), Random Changes, Rudder
Sierra
Submarine, SARP (Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program), Sailor Mail, School, Shipyard, Sponsor, Sail, Sonar Tech, Silent Service, Skype, Sea Tour, Shore Tour
Tango
TriCare, Three Section (for duty), TDY, Tags, Torpedo
Uniform
Undisclosed Location, USO, Uncertainty
Victor
Volunteer
Whiskey
Work Center Supervisor, Ward Room, Warrant Officer, Written in Warm Jello (anything schedule related!)
X-Ray
XO (Executive Officer)
Yankee
Yeoman
Zulu
Good list!! Haha that pretty much sums things up, doesn't it?
ReplyDeletePNEO- I have no idea what it stands for, but it was a school Hubby had to attend as a JO during sea duty. While the boat was out, I had my husband home, so I loved it! :)
ReplyDeleteI left you a bloggy award :-)
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I really enjoyed some of the military phrases you included (like written in warm jello, that's always fun). It's so much fun seeing what everyone has come up with!
ReplyDeleteahhh the joy of the military - semper gumbi! :)
ReplyDeleteI would add "wish list"....or "what the navy gives you so you think they are listening." :)
Wow, this is interesting! Haha, I would DEFINITELY have to have Dylan help me with this!
ReplyDeleteI love your list! I might have to look a few of these up, but I'm just thrilled to be seeing such a variety of answers. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for participating and linking up with me today! Now I need to get working on adding everyone's answers to my main list!
Wow!! You are amazing to have came up withsomethin for every letter!! Well done!!
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm visiting from the weekly roundup. Obviously I've already read this post, but I wanted to let you know that I finished the master list. It's huge! So thanks for your contribution. You can see it here: http://www.ridingtherollercoaster.com/p/alpha-to-zulu.html
ReplyDeleteGreat answers!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up and have a great weekend :)