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CAVU: Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited - perfect flying weather. Pronounced as "Ka-Voo", it is commonly used in sentences such as "CAVU to the Moon".
CB - Construction Battalion (pronounced Seabees)
CBC: Clean Bitches Clean. A term used to order junior sailors to clean so they can to secure for the day, or to commence field day.
Cellblock 10: Crew-coined term for the USS Juneau. Term could come from the feeling that the Juneau has the homely warmth of a prison cellblock. 10 is the vessel's hull number.
Cellblock 65: Same as above only referring to the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN-65).
CC: Company Commander in bootcamp - the place where new boots start learn all these new 'hosed up' terms
CF: (pronounced Charlie Foxtrot) Cluster ****, meaning completely screwed up.
CFIT (pron. see-fit): Controlled Flight into Terrain - When a pilot flies a perfectly good airplane into the ground or the water. Often fatal if unanticipated.
C-GU11: Seagull. Pronounced "See-Gee-Yuu-Eleven." Similar to "bulkhead remover," an inexpensive way to derive enjoyment from inexperienced personnel on watch. "Forward lookout, keep an eye out for signs of C-GU11s in the area, over." Also sometimes spelled C-6U11, Z-6UL1 or various L33T-like combinations.
Channel Fever: Said if a sailor is anxious when approaching port to get leave. Sometimes cured by the "Channel Fever Shot", a slap or kick to the backside.
Charles County Crab: Throughout the years the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal has moved several times. It is currently located at Eglin AFB, Florida. The term "Charles County Crab" refers to the "crab" insignia worn by graduates of Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal, who attended training during the period of time when NAVSCHOLEOD was based at Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Charles County Maryland (old school).
Charlie Foxtrot: See "clusterfuck"
Charlie Noble: The stove pipe from the mess deck, the cleaning of which is a major chore.
Charlie Oscar: Phonetic letters C and O. Refers to the Commanding Officer of a unit.
Chart: What landlubbers call a "map".
Charting: A practice peculiar to Operations Specialists in which they take any personal gear left unstowed by the previous watch section (usually personal coffee cups) and fling them overboard, marking the location on the chart and subsequently inform the unfortunate owner of the location, remarking that he is free to return to retrieve it at his leisure.
Check Valve (primarily used by Engineering/Reactor departments): A shipmate who is willing to acdddcept (and may even ask for) gedunk or help, but isn't willing to give. He is being "one way"...(a check valve only allows flow in one direction).
Cheez Whiz: Derogatory term for Chief Warrant Officers, former enlisted personnel who have received a commission for specialized skills. Most Warrant Officers (aka "Warrants") are former Chiefs but have "moved up" to the officers' mess (Wardroom), hence there is often a degree of resentment and animosity between the two groups.
CHENG: Chief Engineer
Chicken Suit: A yellow cloth suit that is worn from head-to-toe by navy "Nukes" (see below) when cleaning up radioactive spills or are otherwise in areas that may lead to skin contamination by radioactive material. To complete the ensemble, bright orange rubber gloves are worn as well.
Chit: Name given to the document a sailor fills out to make various types of special request (i.e. emergency leave, move off base to civilian housing, etc.)
My Wife Chit: A special request that uses the wife as the excuse/justification for needing to be absent.
Chop, The: Supply Officer. Taken from the Supply Corps' porkchop-shaped insignia.
Chow: Food.
Chow Boss: Food Service Officer.
Chow down: Eat.
Chow Hall: Dining room.
Chow Hound: Someone who never misses a meal. A proficient chow hound generally gains membership in the Chub Club.
Chrome Dome: Bright silver helmet worn by officer candidates as part of the "poopie suit" during the first week of OCS.
Chub Club: Sailors assigned mandatory physical training due to being overweight.
Chuckie V: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Also Chuckwagon, Chuck Bucket.
Chula-juana: Derisive term for the city of Chula Vista, CA, a city where many sailors assigned to NAVSTA San Diego live for its proximity to the base and perceived similarity to Tijuana, Mexico.
CIC: Combat Information Center - see "Combat" below
Cinderella Liberty: Liberty that expires at midnight.
CIVLANT: Form DD-214 transfers you from COMSUBLANT to CIVLANT.
CIWS (pron. sea whiz): Close in Weapon System, or Phalanx gun, also "Captain, it won't shoot!", is intended to shoot down incoming missiles, but is frequently under repair.
CLA: A career-limiting action. A truly bad whatever that spells the end. Leads to questions about the location of the truck-driver school phone number. aka CLE event.
Cleaning Stations: Hour-long field day evolution where everyone drops what they're doing and cleans their spaces. See "XO's Happy Hour"
Clinometer: 1. (Also known as an inclinometer) An instrument for measuring angles of slope (or tilt), elevation or inclination of an object with respect to gravity. 2. An instrument used on shipboard to indicate the approximate amount of vomit being produced by the ship's crew.
Clobbered: When the landing pattern or the comms frequency at a field or ship is filled to capacity and you can't get an aircraft or a word in.
Clusterfuck: Term used to describe an evolution that has gone awry.
Coastie: A Coast Guardsman.
COB: (Submarine Service) Chief of the Boat; a chief (generally a Master or Senior Chief) specifically assigned to the submarine to liaise between the CO and the crew of the boat. Such a good idea, that the surface fleet borrowed it, mucked it up, and created the CMC (Command Master Chief) program.
COD: Carrier Onboard Delivery - the mighty C-2 Greyhound, which ferries people and supplies to and from the carrier on a regular basis. The C-2 Greyhound COD was preceded in service by the smaller C-1 Trader (photo) COD aircraft.
Coffin Locker: A personal storage area located underneath a sailor's rack (see below).
Cold Shot: A catapult launch from a carrier in which insufficient speed is attained to generate lift. Often fatal for the aircrew if they do not eject in time.
Connex Box Talk: A shipping container used when a Junior "dirt Sailor" is in need of a Physical attitude re-alignment. Although officially illegal under the U.C.M.J. It is rumored to be an effective tool but generally only allowed in the most severe cases.
Combat: Short for Combat Information Center (CIC). This space is a nexus where all of the ship's sensors and weapons systems come together. The room is filled with various screens and displays, and the Tactical Action Officer (TAO) "fights the ship" from there.
Combat Dump: Evacuating the bowels right before a flight or a mission. Also called "putting the marines ashore" or "drowning an O-4."
Combo Cover: Short for Combination Cover, which is a type of hat worn by chiefs and officers. It is circular on top and covered with white or khaki fabric. On the front you'll find the officer's crest or the (senior or master) chief's insignia. Below that there is a chin strap and a black brim. AKA visor cap.
Commodore: Title of the Captain (O-6) in charge of a squadron of ships or submarines or a wing of the same type of aircraft. Prior to 1984 this was the designation given to the lowest rank of flag officer (O-7 or one-star); however, there was occasional confusion with the other military branches over whether a Commodore was a flag officer. To be more inline with the other services, the US Navy changed the one-star title to Rear Admiral, Lower Half.
Commodore: The title given for any Captain embarked upon a naval vessel that he is not the CO of the unit, even if the CO of the unit is a Commander, he is the "Captain". There can be only one Captain. This most commonly occurs on submarines and destroyers.
COMNAVFUDGEPAC: Pejorative for any suspected homosexual sailor onboard a ship or station. Derives from the acronym "COMNAVSURFPAC" (Commander, Naval Surface Forces, Pacific), with the humorous reference to "fudge-pack[ing]."
Comp Time: Compensation Time, time/days off during week for shore-based sailors who had weekend assignments, above and beyond mere watch-standing.
Conar Tech: Slang for Sonar Tech, Coner+Sonar= Conar.
Coner: (Submarine Service) A submarine crewman who is not part of the engineering department (synonymous with retard), especially Torpedomen. Also known as "Forward Pukes" and "Fags" (see below)
Constantly Gone: Guided missile cruiser (CG), especially during the Gulf War due to their lengthly underway time and extended deployments

Cool Breeze: Laid back individual that can be found randomly in fields watching sunsets. Also may or may not be collecting butterflies and placing them in jars. Cool Breezes can be found normally on Whidbey Island.
Corpsman Candy: Sore-throat lozenges handed out at sick bay in lieu of any substantive treatment. Sometimes accompanied by two aspirin.
Corp Whore: A degrading term for a female corpsman.
Countersunk Sailor: Female sailor.
Cover: HEADGEAR - includes the dixie cup (white hat (go figure)), cloth cap (cracker jack cover), watch cap, snoopy headgear, fatigue cap; garrison cap: see "piss cutter", "**** cap" and "combo cover"; NOW HEAR THIS: These are NOT hats. Ladies wear hats, sailors and Marines wear "covers". That is all.
The COW: The Commanding Officer's Wife
Crab: affectionate slang term for the warefare insignia/ badge worn by special operations personnel qualified in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (BOMB SQUAD).
Cracker Jacks: Slang for the dress blue uniforms worn by sailors E-6 and below. (see Marine Corps Table Cloth)
Crack House: Designated smoking area aboard ship that is not a weatherdeck space. Quickly fills with a haze of smoke. Also called "Crack shack".
Crank: See "Mess Crank"
Crash & Smash: Permanently assigned flight deck firefighting personnel. Also, a game played by aviation personnel involving several long tables and a great deal of beer, wherein the aviators attempt to replicate with their bodies the arrested landings their aircraft make.
Crazy Ivan: (Submarine Service), demonstrated in the movie The Hunt for Red October. Russian submarines would quickly turn 180 degrees while underway to see whether any American submarines were following. Collisions occasionally resulted during the Cold War.
Creamed foreskins: creamed chipped beef.
Cripler: Tripler Army Medical Center, Oahu, scourge of sailors at Pearl Harbor.
Crotch Crickets: Pubic lice, a/k/a Crabs.
Crow: Black eagle for petty officer rank used on a white uniform
Crow Fever: A term when a sailor reaches E-4 and lets the limited authority of the rank go to his head, causing him to go mad with petty power.
Cruise: A 6-month (or longer) deployment on a ship. Work-ups precede cruise.
Cruise sock: A sock that is sacrificed early in a deployment and used to clean up after masturbating. It is usually kept under the mattress and can stand up on its own by the end of cruise.
Crunch: Aircraft handling mishap that results in structural damage to one or more aircraft.
Crunchies: Marines or soldiers. Derived from the sound they make when tanks roll over them.
Crusty: A term applied to an old, seasoned sailor when he is beyond salty. It's time for him to retire, but he can't seem to let go, and the Navy forgot he was still around (frequently the case with geriatric Senior Chiefs). Can also describe a sailor's underwear, when that sailor has bowel control problems and personal hygiene problems.
Cryppy/Cryppy Critter: Cryptographer, also seen on a highway near the Cryptography School in San Angelo, Texas without vowels, as CRYPPY CRTTR.
*** Dumpster: A derogatory term for a woman, used by sailors who are looking for a quick sexual release after an extended period of celibacy.
Cumshaw: Other than ethical means of procurement ;^) aka midnight marine supply, etc.
****: Civilian Under Naval Training
**** Cap: Garrison Cap (fore-and-aft cover worn by CPO, WO, and commissioned officers. Oh, yes, Marines wear them, too). See "Piss Cutter"
Cut orders (for transfer, travel): Before photocopiers were common, such were prepared by typing a mimeo or ditto master, due to the number pF copies required. (Term may be obsolete today. As with most obsolete Naval terms, still in wide use.)
CVIC: (pron. "civic") Carrier Intelligence Center - centrally located space on an aircraft carrier occupied by intelligence officers and IS's. Flight crews often go there to debrief after a flight. The most useful thing in CVIC is usually the high-speed industrial strength paper shredder.
CVE: (pron. cee-vee-ee) Normally it means escort aircraft carrier but it also means "Combustible, Vulnerable, and Expendable" by their crews due to lack of armor.

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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 HP Air hose, 125-700 psi. The washer or nut spins wildly due to the high pressure air venting. Once it reaches a high enough speed, the rod is turned so that the air blows the object completely off the rod and around the machinery room. At which point A-Gangers giggle and try to hide behind the EOG. Thus the beloved name, "DANGER NUT".
DCA: Damage Control Assistant, usually is a junior officer.
D.C. Dink: A sailor who has failed to qualify in Damage Control in the stipulated time period and has become "Damage Control Delinquent".
D.B.F.: (Diesel Boats Forever) Unauthorized pin showing a non-nuclear submarine. Originally intended by the makers to be awarded whenever a nuke boat went brokedick and a diesel boat had to fill its role. Later co-opted by the diesel fleet at large and sailors began wearing the pin with stars for each diesel boat they served on, rather than each emergency deployment due to nuclear boat breakdowns.
DDA: Day Dick-Around: In naval aviation, a DDA is a very enjoyable flight during the day when there is no real mission or training to accomplish. The purpose of the flight is to burn gas or hours, often before the end of a quarter or fiscal year.
Death Pillows: Ravioli
Death Pucks: Hamburger Patty
Deck: Floor.
Deck Ape: Non-designated enlisted person serving on the deck force, often as result of washing out of "A" school or being stripped of another rating.
Deep Six: Obsolete term for throwing something overboard; refers to the "deep six", the lowest fathom (six feet) before the ocean floor. Has been mostly replaced by Float Checking (see below). Is now generally used to refer to getting rid of something in any manner, including Personnel, for example - "Deep six your porn, Inspection at 0630" See also: Float Test
Deep/Black Water OPs: Throwing things over the side when not authorized, such as trash or broken furniture
Department: Highest organizational level in most naval commands. Common departments are admin, deck, engineering, operations, and maintenance. Broken up into divisions.
Deployment: When your unit travels "over the horizon" and operates at the "pointy end of the spear" in support of national security. Most naval deployments last a minimum of six months (if you're lucky!). Work-ups precede deployment. See "cruise."
Det: Short for detachment. When part of a unit leaves and operates at another ship or base. Also used in reference to some "workups" that involve the entire unit. Ex. NAS Fallon det.
Devil Doc: Term used by Marines to describe Corpsmen that they like within Fleet Marine Force Units.
Devil Dolphins: Navy Personel serving with Marines in ground or combat operations or those wishing to do so. A relative new term with regards to the IRAQ and AFGANISTAN conflicts. Specifically Naval Corpsman or Seabee's.
Dick Skinners: Hands, i.e. "get your dick skinners off my white hat"
Dicking the dog: putting "half-assed" effort into a task (refers to improperly securing the "dogs" on a watertight hatch when passing through. Such a lax procedure could spell doom for a sinking ship if hatches were not absolutely watertight). Also said as "poking the poodle" or "fornicating the canine". Not to be confused with "screwing the pooch" which refers to royally (often fatally) messing up a task.
Dicksmith: Derogatory term for hospital corpsmen.
Dig-it: Someone who loves the Navy ("digs it"). Also a shortened form of "dig-it tool," a device such as a Leatherman or Gerber multi-tool often carried by those who love the Navy.
Dilbert: Fictional and clueless cartoon character used in WWII era training material to demonstrate what NOT to do in naval aviation. Dilbert often paid dearly for his ignorance, lack of attention to detail, or carelessness.
Dilbert Dunker: Device used in water survival training ("swims") to teach aviators how to get out of the cockpit of a fixed-wing aircraft that has crashed or ditched at sea. Much easier than the dreaded "helo dunker."
DILDO: Direct Input Limited Duty Officer - A civilian teacher hired to train nuclear-field candidates in theoretical math, physics, chemistry, materials, and thermodynamics. The commission was given specifically to these teachers in order for them to have some disciplinary tools and rank above their students. Commissions were for a set amount of time and these teachers did not have normal line officer duties.
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F: (Do I Look Like I Give A ****?), A term indicating supreme indifference; "Gaffer".
Ding: Similar to "hit" (see below). Also, to cause minor damage to something (Ex. He dinged his aileron when he had a birdstrike on final to the boat.)
Dining-in/Dining-out: Social functions, usually for officers and chiefs, where dinner dress is worn and certain "rules of the mess" are followed. Generally presided over by the Executive Officer (XO) and run by a Chief of Junior Officer (JO) called "Mr. Vice," these events can become quite rowdy and raucous. The difference between the two is that significant others may attend dining-outs. Dining-ins are for the servicemembers only.
DINK: Acronym for married servicemembers with no children - Dual Income No Kids.
DINQ: (pronounced "Dink") Acronym for Delinquent IN Qualifications. Ex: "That shitbird is dinq on ship's quals!" Also Delinquent In Nuclear Quals.
Dipper: An anti-submarine helo with a variable depth dipping SONAR. See "Dome."
Dirka: Any term referring to the language, money, or products of the Middle East.
Dirtbag: A lazy and almost useless sailor. Produces substandard work-usually creating extra work for his shipmates. Accompanied by a bad attitude and desire to leave service ASAP.
Dirty-dicking: Wiping one's genital organ around the inside of a senior enlisted or officer's coffee cup. Laughter ensues when the junior crewmen watch the senior victim "enjoying" their beverage.
Dirty-shirt wardroom: (Aircraft Carrier): Forward wardroom for pilots wearing (sweaty) flight gear. As opposed to formal ship's wardroom.
Dirt Sailor: Nickname for Seabees who spend most of their time in a fox hole and never set foot on a ship.
Disbo: DISBursing Officer.
DISCO: DISCiplinary Officer. Usually works with Ship's JAG Officer
Ditch: To intentionally crash land an aircraft as "gently" as possible - usually into the water. This is generally done when fuel is almost all used up with no hope of making it to a safe landing area, or when a slowly developing but potentially fatal emergency is going on.
Dit Dot Bomb: a form of hazing by taking the round paper cutouts left from a hole punch and putting them in a box or other container rigged to open and rain down on another. Mixing with shredded paper will give a greater effect.
DITE (prounuced Dite) acronym for "Dick in the eye" Usually reserved for undesirable tasks forced on one by superiors, "The weps is throwing some major league DITE our way, but we'll take care of it."
Ditty Bag: The term is at least 207 years old and originates with our seafarers, and not, as is supposed by some, with our 20th century armies. Ditty bag was originally called `ditto bag' because it contained at least two of everything: two needles, two spools of thread, two buttons, etc. With the passing of years, the `ditto' was dropped in favor of `ditty' and remains so today. Before World War I, the Navy issued ditty boxes made of wood and styled after foot lockers. These carried the personal gear and some clothes of the sailor. Today, the ditty bag is still issued to recruits and contains a sewing kit, toiletry articles, and personal items such as writing paper and pens.
Ditty bag (usage varied): An issued sewing kit, kit of toiletries, or some combination. Occasionally: Any mesh bag, from the use of such to contain soiled laundry. (In days of yore before ample fresh water, such bags were pulled alongside for seawater rinsing.)
Divers: Word passed every 15-minutes when divers are working over the side of a ship. "Divers. There are divers working aboard USS <ship's name>. Do not rotate screws, cycle rudders, take suction from or discharge to the sea or throw anything over the side while diver's are working aboard USS <ship's name>".
Division: Middle organizational level in most naval commands, below department and above branch. Usually headed by a junior officer (JO). Common divisions are powerplants, airframes, 1st Lieutenant, etc... Divisions are sometimes divided into branches. A ship may have 1st and 2nd Divisions on the deck, M(Machinery) division and E(electrical) division, and Auxiliaries Division in engineering, Combat Systems division, and Weapons division as examples.
DIVO: DIVision Officer. See above.
Dixie Cup: The canvas white hat Sailors wear with their dress uniforms.
DFOB: (pronounced "dee fob") Dumbest **** On Board.
Dock jumpers: The unfortunates who would have to leap ashore to tie up when no "line handlers" are available.
Dog: A Soft Serve Ice Cream machine. Named from the appearance of the Chocolate flavor in relation to a product of man's best friend. Also referred to as auto dog.
Dog: To close or "dog down" a water tight hatch.
Dog: When one is overworked by a pissed off superior ("The chief completely dogged us."), screwed over by a peer ("That brown-nosing little prick found my apple jack, so he went to the MAA and dogged me.") , or, conversely, as a promise of impending doom ("Just wait until I get you in my galley, you little shitbird... I will dog you out".)
Dog Log: An "unofficial" log which is kept by watch standers to record the important social events on the ship, such as: "STG3 Dirty Douche was caught with a fellow shipmate in coitus." It is vital entertainment for shipmates stuck on duty in exotic ports while the rest of the ship gets ****-faced. It can also contain humorous drawings of the LPO, CPO, or DIVO. It is therefore an unauthorized piece of "gear adrift" that is usually hidden in various stations so as not to be found by the meddling higher ups.
Dog Vomit: A breakfast item in the same category as **** on A Shingle. A mealy paste of tomato juice and hamburger, with bits of leftovers from the previous day's evening meal. Usually served on toast.
Dog watch: Split of evening watch into two 2 hour watches - 1600-1800 and 1800 - 2000. Done to allow the watchstanders to eat the evening meal.
Dolphins: (Submarine Service) Submarine Qualification Device, called dolphins because of the dolphin fish used in the design.
Dome: A SONAR transmitter/receiver. It may be fixed, as in those mounted on the bow of a ship below the waterline, or mobile like those "dipped" by anti-submarine helos.
Donkey-Dick: Term used for many nozzle shaped implements. Also a large pipe cleaner used in the galley to unclog sink drains and steam jacketed kettles.
Dopey: Green log book hidden somewhere in an engineering space that sailors often write in to vent frustration in the form of prose, poetry or even drawings and cartoons. The information in the dopey could often lead to charges of mutiny and sedition if found. The location is usually well guarded against discovery by senior personnel.
Double-Digit Midget: Less than 100 days to EAOS. Also known as a "Two-Digit Midget"; pick your own favorite alliteration.
Double Nuts: Name given to the (usually brightly painted) CAG bird in each squadron in the airwing - so called because the side number ends with double zeros.
Double Ugly: Nickname for the F-4 Phantom back in the day
Douche Kit: Container (usually zipper closed) for toilet articles such as shaving cream, deoderant, after shave lotion, etc.
Down: Not working, out of commission, broken, "broke-dick." In aviation, non-flyable, usually for maintenance reasons. When applied to an aviator, it means not allowed to fly. This can be for a variety of reasons: medical, personal, disciplinary, etc... In flight training, a down is a failed flight.
DRB: Disciplinary Review Board. Composed of Chief Petty Officers, a sailor who has committed some infraction usually stands before this board to have his case heard. The board will either dismiss the case (with or without informal punishment) or recommend further review by the XO or the CO.
Drift Count: Monitoring the movement of the ship while at anchor.
Drifty: Sailor lacking the ability to stay focused while attempting to perform a given task. (Petty Officer to sailor: "Is there something the matter with you? You are acting drifty today!")
Drifter: Sailor who at all times lacks the ability to stay focused. Also called drift-pack, or in the very extreme case "COMNAVDRIFTPAC", a parody of COMNAVSURFPAC.
Drop a Chit: The act of filling out a chit.
Drop your cocks and grab your socks: A saying that the petty officer of the watch yells in the sleeping quarters when it's time for everyone to get up. Often done in boot camp.
Drug Deal: A mutually beneficial agreement or compromise worked out between peers, conducted outside of normal channels and without approval from higher authority.
Duck Dinner: Slang for Dishonorable Discharge.
Dynamited Chicken: Chicken a la King or Chicken Cacciatore.

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EAOS: End of Active Obligated Service. This is the normal end of enlistment unless the person reenlists. At this point the sailor is transferred into a non-active reserve status if they have spent less the eight years active duty for a length of time to result in eight years total active service or reserves and non-active reserves.
Earth Sack: Pile of **** or turd.
EAWS: Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist. Often pronounced "A-wis".
Ed's Motel: Navy Filmmakers' acronym for Editorials, Motion Picture, and Television Department.
Emergency Blow (Submarine Service); Also known as "Hittin' the Chicken Switches": When a submarine is made to rapidly blow all the seawater out of her main ballast tanks; this results in a rapid (and uncontrolled) ascent to the surface. This makes an impressive display as the sub breaks the surface, as seen on TV: few submariners have ever seen this big splash, except on TV. The only thing submarine crewmen get to see during an emergency blow is: (1) the depth gauge moving counter-clockwise towards surface depth, and (2) all the unsecured gear hitting the overhead when surface depth is achieved. Performing this maneuver beneath other ships is not a good idea (see USS Greenville for details).
End-of-the-World Party: A party for a sailor who is about to leave on a cruise, often much like a bachelor party. It is said that this tradition originates with Vikings, who believed that they might sail off the end of world.
Ensign Upper Half: Alternative designation for those who fail to live up to the standards of O-2.
E-Nothin: Used to describe a junior Seaman. Usually reserved for someone right out of bootcamp or A School.
Enswine: Derogatory term for an ensign.
EMI: Extra Military Instruction. Extra work, usually as dirty as possible, assigned as punishment for minor infractions.
EOOW: Engineering Officer Of the Watch.
ESFOAD: Eat ****, **** Off, And Die
ESWS: Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist. Often pronounced "E-swas".
E-ticket: When an officer has sex with an enlisted sailor it is referred to as the officer "getting his/her e-ticket punched."
Even Numbered Chief: Pejorative for an E-8 who, through his own ineptitude, is unable to advance to E-9 and who refuses to let E-7's be. Lonestar.
Evolution: Navy preferred term for exercise.
Expire Before Your ID Card: To die before being discharged.

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FAB: Feet, ***, and Balls. Smells occasionally encountered by the XO during his or her daily messing and berthing inspection.
***: Fighter Attack Guy - an F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet pilot or naval flight officer ("NFO"). Also a "Fine Academy Graduate" used as a derogatory term to refer to graduates of the Naval Academy. Also "Forward Area Guy" used as derogatory term for submarine personnel other than engineering department, brought upon due to a COB's ban of the term "Coner" (see above).
F.A.T.A.F.U (pronounced fatafoo) Someone who serves on fast attack submarines (stands for Fast Attack Tough All Fucked Up)
F.A.W.C.U. (pronounced **** you) (Submarine Service): Focused After Watch Clean Up: usually between 1 to 2 hours of "Field Day" after every watch rotation.
Fart sack: Canvas mattress cover. (In cold conditions sailors would sleep inside them for extra warmth.)
Fart Suit: Dry suit worn by aviators when flying over extremely cold water. Keeps out the cold water and keeps everything else in.
Fashion Show: Form of remedial instruction usually used to correct deficiencies in uniform appearance. The sailor is required to dress in each service uniform, and stand a uniform inspection in each one, with the sailor's supervisor or Chief as inspector.
Father: The navigational aid (TACAN) on the Aircraft Carrier (a.k.a. Mother).
Father's Day: The most confusing day in any wardroom. There is a reason you call them 'sir'.
FEP: Fitness Enhancement Program. Mandatory physical training regimen designed to return sailors to within physical readiness standards. Also refers to sailors who are enrolled in the program... (derogatory acronym for: Fat Enlisted People / Forced Exercise Program". See "Chub Club".
Field Day: All hands clean-up. usually lasts on a good day about 3-4 hours. (30 min of cleaning and 2-4 hours of ******* off.)
Field Survey: To discard a worn-out item ("in the field," often off the end of the pier) instead of submitting for formal "survey" to determine redistribution or disposal. Sometimes items handed down to a needier local unit.
F.I.G.M.O.: (**** It, Got My Orders, pronounced fig-mo); refusal of a long or tough assignment near the end of a duty rotation. Also seen as a name badge at this time, so officers/petty officers will forget your real name.
Fighting gear: Eating utensils.
Filet of Mule Tool: the green mystery meat or bologna used frequently for MidRats.
Filipino Mafia: Any group of sailors of Filipino descent at a command, often accused of favoritism and shady practices. Term likely originated in the days when Filipino sailors comprised the majority of Supply Department personnel (cooks, stewards, laundry, barbershop, supply issue) and those with connections to the "mafia" got faster, better service than the common guy.
Filthy Fifteen: The fifteen recruits assigned to maintain cleanliness of the compartment head for the division in boot camp.
Five and Dimes: A watch rotation where the sailor or watch team stand five hours of watch, then have ten hours off (to clean, perform maintenance, train, get qualified, conduct drills, take care of divisional business or their collateral duty, eat, shower, and occasionally sleep). 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.
Fish: (Submarine Service) See Dolphins, above. Also "torpedo".
Flag Deck: command level on large ships for Admirals (flag rank, because they are entitled to show a flag with appropriate number of stars on a car, ship, etc. if they are present)
Flail: An action taken by leadership that is a major response to an extremely minor problem. The orders given usually do not address the original problem at all.
FlailEx: A pointless, flailing exercise. See "flail".
Flathatting: Flying in a dangerous manner and performing unsafe and unnecessary maneuvers for the purpose of thrillseeking or fun.
Flattop: Aircraft carrier. Also the haircut worn by truly motivated sailors.
Fleet Up: When a second in command takes his senior's place upon that senior's transfer, retirement, or other re-assignment.
Fleet Meat: Term used by male sailors to describe sexually active female sailors.
Fleet Tac: Fleet Tactical radio frequency. This frequency is supposed to be monitored by every US and NATO ship in the world at all times. In reality, this is rarely the case.
Flight Deck Buzzard: Chicken (food).
Flight Line: The area on a ship or station where aircraft are made ready for flight. Also used as a prank on gullible new sailors, as in "Go get me 100 feet of flight line from the crash shack."
Flip me for it: Pulling rank, with the senior sailor obscuring his crow/anchor (or with the submarine-qualified sailor obscuring his dolphins) as if revealing the side of a coin.
Float Check (also Flotation Testing): Throwing something overboard.
Float Test: (Submarine Service) A game usually played by the Topside and Pier Rover. In which items known not to float are thrown or pushed from topside or the pier. I.E. TDU Weights, Compressors, Valves, Level Parts with no tag, etc.
Float she may, shine she must: May be heard from grumbling enlisted when the command decides that ship cleanliness takes precedence over all else. "I have maintenance to do. Why are we out here field-daying the p-way?"
Floating Bellhop: Derisive Army term for sailor.
Float Coat: Jacket worn by almost all personnel on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier during flight operations. Should a sailor find himself blown overboard, the float coat will automatically inflate flotation bladders when it hits salt water. This garment also contains signalling devices and manual inflation tubes. The jackets come in different colors to identify the crewmember's job on the flight deck. See "skittles"
Flying Bravo: Menstruating; from the signal flag.
Fo'c's'le Follies: A gathering of all the aviators in the airwing in the carrier's fo'c's'le (forecastle). The CAG, ship's CO, and battle group admiral are also usually invited and present. The "official" reason for this event is to hand out awards to the top aviators. The most enjoyable parts are the "roll calls" from each squadron, and the skits that two or three of the squadrons perform. If the roll call or the skit fails to amuse the rest of the airwing, the offending squadron is booed and belittled mercilessly. Follies are held about every 6 to 8 weeks while on deployment.
FNG: Fuckin' New Guy - self-explanatory. Pronounced "effin-g".
Fobbit: ANY person who won't leave the security of a Forward Operating Base (FOB), except in an overly secure convoy to go to another FOB. Generally denotes someone who has "no clue" that there is a war going on and is viewed by troops in the field as incompetent. Associates itself with the term "Hobbit"- short, fat, scared guy who just wants to go home.
FOAD: **** Off And Die. Pronounced "fo-ad".
FOD: Foreign Object Damage. Caused by Foreign Object Debris, such as nuts, bolts, or anything that could be sucked into a jet engine, damaging it. At aviation commands, FOD can also describe a worthless individual, i.e. "If Airman Smith isn't in this shop in 5 minutes, write that piece of FOD up."
FOD Walk Down: A periodic, organized search on an aircraft carrier flight deck, hangar deck, or runway looking for debris that a jet engine might ingest.
Form: Short for formation. This is when two or more aircraft or ships maneuver in close proximity while maintaining constant relative positions to each other.
Foreskins on a raft: Chipped beef in cream sauce on toast.
Foot Soldier: A term used for a Navy female who has no car but will sleep with her male counterparts for a ride.
Forward: The direction towards the bow of the ship (if you are walking towards the bow, you are going forward). May also be used as a relative indicator (as in the "forward berthing areas" or the "forward mess decks").
"Forward Pals": Nickname given to Coners after you get in trouble for calling them Coners.
Four (4) by Eight (8) Watch: The worst watch section to be in because your first watch is 0400 to 0800, then you work your duty station until 1600, followed by your second watch 1600 to 2000, every day.
Four Fan Trashcan: P-3 Orion 4 propeller patrol aircraft
Foxtrot Uniform: The polite phonetic pronunciation of saying "**** You"
FRED: F*ckin' Retarded Enlisted Dude
FRED: Fuckin' Ridiculous Electronic Device, or the Computer guided self training system in B.E.E. (read "B Double E") Basic Electronics and Electricity School, the "Prep School" for most every Electrical or Electronics "A" School specialty.
Freeboard: On a ship or boat, this is the vertical distance between the waterline and the "gunwale" (see below).
Freq: (pron. freak) Short for frequency
Freidas Napsack: The testicles
Fried hamsters: Chicken or beef cordon bleu
Fried horsecock: Fried bologna
Frock: A procedure in the Navy allowing a recently advanced sailor to wear the insignia of the next higher pay grade (and enjoy the privileges thereto) before he has officially been advanced to that grade. Frocking is generally accompanied by the informal ceremony of "tacking on" your crow (q.v.).
FRS: Fleet Replacement Squadron - see "RAG" below
FTN: **** the Navy (common epithet used when complaining about naval policies or regulations). Often scrawled on the walls of toilet stalls by sailors who have been assigned to clean it for a reason. Also can refer to "Free The Nukes," referring to sailors in the nuclear power field. Also refers to a mythical rate or ship type an "FTN Striker" says he/she is trying to get in (i.e. Fleet Tug-Nuclear, Fire Technician-Nuclear)
FTN Striker: Sailor whose stated goal/desire is get discharged
F.U.B.A.: Female of Unusually Broad ***. Navy female with said condition.
F.U.B.A.R.: Fouled up beyond all repair, Fucked up beyond all recognition. (Foobar){Fucked up beyond all recognition}
F.U.B.I.J.A.R.: **** U Buddy, I'm Just A Reservist ("backbone of the Navy")
F.U.B.Y.O.Y.O.: **** U Buddy, You're On You're Own (self explanatory)
F.U.P.A.: Fat Upper ***** Area, pronounced foopa. A pejorative term referring to an overweight female sailor and the bulge that protrudes from ill fitting pants.
**** the mission, clean the position: Break out the swabs.
**** You, strong message follows: Seen on a numerical list of epithet substitutions (the unauthorized "Falcon Code," derived from the "Charlie Echo" code), especially transmitted over radio, which has to stay clean
FuFu Juice: Perfume or cologne
Fun Boss: Morale, Welfare and Recreation Officer
Fun Meter: Fictitious gauge that shows the amount of mirth one is experiencing in any given situation. Most often used sarcastically to express extreme boredom or disinterest. "Please end this redass of an AOM. My fun meter is pegged!" See "suck meter"

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Gaff Off: When a junior person ignores or purposely fails to show proper respect to a senior person. Examples may include blowing off an assigned task, not saluting, or using improper forms of address. Also refers to signing undeserved signatures on a qualification card. Can also refer to blazing logs or maintenance. From Give A Flying F*ck. Person concerned is the Gaffer.
Gastro: General term for Gastroentritis, or food-poisoning underway.
Gator-Freighter: Ship used in amphibious warfare, or generally the transportation of marines and their equipment. Especially, a carrier-like vessel (amphibious assault ship) whose primary purpose is to put *** in the grass.
Galley: Crews' mess, or dining area. Place where food is prepared for consumption.
Gank: To steal something. Most often used to describe taking cleaning gear from other divisions or other "ganking" useless items. i.e. pens, random things from the galley or messdecks, cleaning gear and/or gear adrift
Garrison Cap: (fore-and-aft cover worn by CPO, WO, and commissioned officers. Oh, yes, Marines wear them, too). See "**** Cap" "Piss Cutter"
GCE: Gross Conceptual Error. This grading remark often appears on nuke-school exams. See also "ATFQ".
Gear adrift: Loose or unsecured gear or equipment. Also a less-than-flattering assessment of a sailor "Seaman Jones is gear adrift!"
Gear Adrift: Referring to equipment, items, objects, geegaws, or anything else that can be acquired through judicious use of the saying "Gear Adrift, Must be a gift"
Geedunk: Candy, or a place that sells candy in a short form of Gedunk bar. Also "ice cream".
General Quarters: (GQ) Every sailor has an assigned duty station to be manned during an emergency (AKA "Battlestations").
George: The juniormost officer onboard a surface ship. Also spelled "JORG", meaning Junior Officer Requiring Guidance.
Gerbil: Cordon Bleu. Named so since it looks like a deep fried gerbil. AKA "fried hamster."
Gerbil Alley: Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. The only guaranteed port visit during any Persian Gulf deployment.
Gerbil Gym: Exercise space on board ship with treadmills, stationary bikes, and elliptical trainers - all pieces of equipment on which you perform motions that should move you to another place, but you remain in the same position like a gerbil on its wheel.
Getting Slant-Eyed: Masturbating.
Get your khakis: A term used when enlisted personnel sleep with officers, generally happens between low ranking enlisted personnel and low ranking officers.
Ghetto: Open-bay barracks, usually reserved for single sailors who are in transit or otherwise temporarily assigned there.
Ghetto-prise: alternate name the sailors of U.S.S. Enterprise have for their ship.
Ghost turd: The sailor's term for a dust bunny.
Gig line: The visual line formed by uniform zipper, belt buckle, and buttoned shirt seam. Also used as another in-joke to send new sailors on a wild goose chase. See bulkhead remover.
GITMO: Guantanamo Bay Naval Station on Cuba, which had a shorthand designation of GTMO.
GITMO Cute: Females on Guantanamo Bay who wouldn't normally get your attention back in the states, also known as OFAFBU (One Flight Away From Being Ugly).
Glasses: Binoculars
GMT: General Military Training, often derisively referred to as "Gross Misuse of Time."
Goat Herder: Any man (or woman) aboard the ship that spends his or her free time "slinging game" on boat goats or boat ho's.
Goat locker: Lounge or galley for the exclusive use of Chiefs.
Goatrope or goatfuck: Any situation that is "FUBAR." An especially FUBARed situation is a Royal Mongolian Goatfuck.
Goes Away: What happens to an enemy aircraft when it is hit by a missile
Goggles: Short for Night Vision Goggles, which greatly amplify ambient light allowing the user to see in a green monochrome at night.
Golden Dragon: A sailor who has crossed the Prime Meridian or the International Date Line into the Eastern Hemisphere.
Golden rivet: Folklore that every ship is built containing a single, commemorative "golden rivet"
Golden Shellback: A sailor who has crossed the equator at the 180th Meridian twice or has gone through the ritual twice.
The Goo: Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). When an aviator flies an aircraft into the clouds, can no longer see the earth or the horizon, and is dependent on instruments for navigation, he is said to be "in the goo." This is usually done intentionally when flying with an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan, but can lead to high "pucker factor" when it is done accidentally.
Good Humor Man: Reference to the Summer White uniform. This is an all-white short sleeve cotton uniform that makes the wearer look suspiciously like the ice cream man.
Goon It Up or Gooned Up: To execute poorly a task that is generally routine or commonplace. (Ex. He really gooned up that landing.)
Gouge: The inside scoop, the skinny, the low-down. Only the information you need to know in a given situation, with nothing else to waste your time. Some black shoes say "Live by the gouge, die by the gouge." Aviators correctly say "Live by the gouge, EXCEL by the gouge."
Grape: (Submarine Service) Easy as pie, man. Examples: "This is grape duty" or "That was a grape sig, you jerk." Latter example can be translated as "Bravo Zulu, shipmate!!" (See Bravo Zulu, above). (Also see "sig" below).
Grape: (Aviation Service) A sailor in an aviation fuels rating. So named because of the purple flight deck jersey.
Great Mistakes: common ephitet used when complaining about RTC/NTC Great Lakes Illinois
Green Scrubby: Mildly abrasive scouring pad. Also called a "Greeny Weeny," or just a "Greenie." It's green, of course.
Green Table Tea Party: Captain's Mast, Non Judicial Punishment (see "Mast" below)
Grinder: A place at boot camp, normally a parking lot, where the company commander makes you do pushups, other forms of exercise, etc. when you screw up.
Gripe: Slang for a MAF (Maintenance Action Form), which is written when something is wrong with an aircraft.
Grog: Initially, this referred to the watered down rum ration given daily to sailors in the Royal Navy. Presently in the USN, it refers to the alcoholic brew offered at social events like "dining-ins" and "dining-outs." Depending on the wardroom and in particular on the person preparing the grog, it may be pleasant and delicious or one of the most foul and disgusting beverages ever conceived.
Gronk: (Submarine Service) When a bolt or nut has been or is in process of being tightened so much that the operator of the wrench or ratchet sees stars when applying. "Who the **** gronked this nut on so tight?" See "Star tight"
Ground-Pounder: Navy term for the Army or Marines, specifically infantry. Generally pejorative.
G.U.A.M.: "Giving Up and Masturbating"--Common sailor's complaint about being stationed on the remote island of Guam.
G.U.A.M.: Give Us American Money
G.U.A.M.: Gooks Under American Management
Guard: Standardized emergency radio frequencies that are constantly monitored by ships and aircraft. High Frequency (HF) guard is 40.5 MHz, Very High Frequency (VHF) guard is 121.5 MHz, and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) guard is 243.0 MHz. See "Air Force Common"
GUCCI GEAR:Commonly refered to Sailors (SEABEE's, Individual Augmentee's) Who are stationed on the ground most commonly in IRAQ or AFGANISTAN who buy a large amount of commando gear for their rifle's or personal gear which will rarely get used but used to look as much like a commando IE:Navy SEAL as possible.

Gulfport Slam Hound: Derogatory term given to local women by Navy Seabees stationed in Gulfport, MS. See: Local talent.
Gumby Suit: Brightly colored, puffy anti-exposure survival suit somewhat resembling the claymation character with the same name.
Gundeck: To juryrig something; falsifying or misrepresenting records and reports. The term originates from the days of sail, when ships would sometimes paint black squares along the hull to represent more gun ports than they actually had. Also refers to reports of happenings on the weather decks that were documented on the gun deck without ever having gone to the weather decks.
Gun Boss: Weapons Department head.
Guns: A sailor in the Gunner's Mate rating.
Gunwale: (pronounced "gunnel") The top of the hull portion of a ship that runs down the port and starboard sides.
Gussy: USS Augusta
Gut Bomb: A Hamburger
Gyrene: Derogatory Navy term for a U.S. Marine. Also called "Jarheads"

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HAC: (pronounced "hack") Helicopter Aircraft Commander - the pilot in command of a helo.
Hack: Unofficial punishment confining an officer to his stateroom, usually during a port call.
Halfway-Night: (Submarine Service) Party night on pre-determined halfway point of boat's patrol. Tenderloin and lobster, frozen, but good.
Haji: Anything Middle Eastern in origin. See Abu Dhabi.
Hamster: Chicken cordon bleu that is shaped like a deep fried hamster served on board naval submarines.
Hangar Queen: An aircraft that is chronically down or "broke-dick." These aircraft are often used for parts to keep the rest of the aircraft flying. See "Cann"
Haole: Pronounced "How-Lee". Hawaiian term for non-native. 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.
Happy Sock: A soft sock brought for personal use (masturbating) by a sailor underway, or a Seabee in the field.
Hatch: A vertical access for traveling between decks. Also used to describe a door.
Hawser Tech: Any deck rating, especially Boatswain's Mates
Haze Gray and Underway: Surface ships in arduous duty at sea, in contrast to aircraft carriers or submarines, or naval units in ceremonial roles or in port. It is a term of tribal pride and identification, e.g. surface ship crew use it to distinguish themselves from submarine crew or aircraft carrier crew.
For more details on this topic, see Haze gray and underway.
HAZREP: HAZard REPort - A safety message generated after an unsafe incident that is released to the rest of the fleet so as to prevent the incident from happening again.
Head: Bathroom - The term comes from the days of sail, because wind would blow from the rear of the ship to the front. The bathroom would be located at the front, "Head", of the ship to carry the foul smell of excrement away from the crew.
Heat Shield: Anyone who is a complete and total ****-up, and is always in trouble with the LPO, Chief, CO, etc... So called because he keeps the heat off everyone else in the organization. It is good to have one or two of these individuals around.
Helm: Steering wheel of a ship
Heisman: A position assumed by many young women when approached by sailors on liberty; legs crossed, one arm covering the breasts and the other straight out for a block, just like the Heisman Trophy.
Helmet Fire: When a pilot becomes so task-saturated in the cockpit that he loses the big picture and situational awareness (SA). Often leads to mistakes that can produce lethal results.
Helo (pron. hee-low): Term applied to all naval helicopters (from the standard message abbreviation HELO). Calling a naval helicopter anything other than a helo, and especially a "chopper," is grounds for a serious beat-down.
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. There are generally four runs that must be successfully completed. Two of these are blindfolded. It is not fun.
Here today, GUAM tomorrow: Received orders from one island to another island, as in ADAK to GUAM.
Hinge: slang for an O-4, or Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). So called because of the lobotomy that is supposedly mandated as soon as a naval officer is promoted to this rank, in which half of his brain is removed. A hinge is then inserted that allows for reattachment of the removed gray matter later. The hinge also limits the LCDR's head movement to the fore-aft axis. This is clearly demonstrated as the O-4 is constantly nodding in the affirmative and saying "Yes sir, yes sir..." when in the presence of the CO.
Hit: A discrepancy or failing mark during an inspection. (Ex. He took a hit on his personnel inspection for his unshined shoes.) See "ding"
Hit The Beach: Go on liberty
HMFIC: Head Mother ****** In Charge, Slang for the sailor who is in charge of an evolution
Hockey pucks: Swedish meatballs (also, trail markers, porcupines, road apples).
The Hole: Area on the deck of an aircraft carrier directly inboard of the island. This is where the airwing's helos are usually "stuffed." Also: Slang for a ship's engineering spaces.
Holiday Routine: Ship's schedule on Sundays or other national holidays while underway when watches are minimally manned and most of the crew can sleep in (late or no reveille), however some personnel must still be on watch, "Holiday for some, routine for others"
Hollywood Shower (or Hotel Shower): A shower taken aboard a ship in a civilian manner, i.e. in which the water stays on throughout the shower, wasting much of it. (cf. Navy Shower) Definitely frowned upon.
Holy Helo: On Sundays, one of the helos from the carrier flies one or more of the chaplains around to the other ships in the battle group for services. This aircraft is dubbed the holy helo.
Holy Crotch: Between 1960 and 1991, Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland was the site of a United States Navy base and home to the Polaris nuclear fleet. Site One, the most forward deployed Submarine Fleet. The weather was mostly horrible and cold but the Scottish girls were quite warm.
Holy stone: The stone or the act of using one. A pumice stone for cleaning a wooden deck, which is generally done while the sailor is on his knees. Sailors figured that anything that put them on their knees so often must be holy.
The Honch: A nickname for the Honcho bar district right outside the gate of the Yokosuka Naval Base, known to be a generally trashy place.
Honch Ho/ Honch Honey: A term used to describe female frequenters of the Honch.
Honch Rat: A sailor who frequents the Honcho bar district in Yokosuka on his/her free time. A Japanese girl who frequents the company of American sailors in Honcho is also called a "Honch Rat."
Hooligan Navy: WWII Navy pejorative for the Coast Guard, from its flexibility in enlisting men discharged from other services to rapidly expand for Prohibition. (Term endures within CG.)
Hook: Short for "tailhook'"
Hooker: or "Tail-hooker", One who lands aboard an Aircraft Carrier.
Hoover: Slang for the S-3B Viking, mostly due to its unique engine noises
Hop'n'pop: Dreaded 8-count, 3-part physical exercise that is often inflicted on officer candidates at OCS when they screw up. It is the combination of a jumping jack, squat thrust, and pushup, and the offenders often perform them to the point of physical exhaustion.
Horse ****: Large log of baloney or Polish Sausage usually put out for lunch or mid rats. Horse **** sandwich is one of the least favorite boxed lunches served to helo crews when visiting other ships.
Horse Shoe: (Submarine Service) Area aft of maneuvering on 688's often used for telling sea stories.
Hosed Up: Messed up
Hot Racking or Hot Bunking: Submariners share racks. When one goes off, the other takes his place. (Three men share two racks) The Name is taken from the fact that the bunk more often than not still warm from its last occupant.
"Hot Racking": Also a term for a sailor climbing into his rack to sleep, without showering.
However,: (spoken "however comma") An over-the-top method of expressing additional items. Often used by people who have been in the Navy too long (see "dig-it").
HR Puff and Stuff: A nickname given to sailors who regularly appear for duty in a disheveled manner with their uniform in disarray. It is a combination of a rank (Hospitalman Recruit, the most junior Hospital Corpsman rank) and a name that connotates the obesity and stresses placed on the uniform of just such an overweight and careless sailor. Also used as an admonishment to junior corpsmen and dental techs in order to motivate them to perform regular uniform maintenance.
HSC: (Heavy **** Carrier) Rate most commonly given to junior sailors, mostly comprised of firemen
Hummer: Slang for the E-2C Hawkeye, mostly for the sound of its props
Hummer Hole: Tight space aft of the island on the flight deck where they parked the E-2C Hawkeye. Since the E-2 could reverse prop and back up, the Yellow Shirts took perverse pleasure in trying to back the Hummer into this tight space, usually as the boat was heeling hard to port, requiring a serious uphill climb.

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IA: "Individual Augmentation/Augmentee." Program currently in use by the U.S. Navy to deploy sailors on an individual basis to the Middle East for 6-14 months in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM. Personnel who complete IAs are (supposedly) given preferential treatment with regards to follow-on orders and promotion boards. IAs are often referred to as "Sand Sailors", "Dirt Sailors" or "being in the Narmy." [Navy+Army=Narmy]
I and I: Intercourse and Intoxication. An alternative acronym to R and R
IFBM: Instant ******* Boatswains Mate. "A" school washout assigned to deck force.
ID10T: Pronounced "Eye-Dee-Ten-Tango." Similar to "bulkhead remover," an inexpensive way to derive enjoyment from inexperienced personnel. "Recruit, go get me an ID10T form, and step on it!"
IHTFP: I Hate This ******* Place. A common expression uttered by midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. Found carved into most bathroom doors and above most bunks. Originally a term used by MIT students for the identical sentiment. Other meanings: I Have Truly Found Paradise, I Hope There's a Friday Parade, etc
In-chop: To enter an area of responsibility. "We in-chop to 5th Fleet when we pass through the Straits of Malacca." From "Change of Operational Control" (CHOP<-OPCON). See "out-chop"
INT WTF: Letters Pronounced Individually. INTerrogative What The ****. See WTFO below. Usually used in a text/teletype medium where WTFO is over voice communications.
Irish Pennant: Loose thread on uniform. Originally a Royal Navy term used to describe the bits of line or cordage that would hang off the rigging on a sloppy ship - the frayed line would flutter in the wind like a pennant.
Island: The superstructure of an aircraft carrier, which is on the starboard side of the landing area.
IYAOYAS: Unofficial acronym commonly found on the uniforms of airedales who specialize in ordnance handling, such as the Aviation Ordnance of the United States Military. Read as "If you ain't ordnance, you ain't ****".
IYARGOL: Term coined by the nukes in response to Ordnance's navy pride. "If you ain't Reactor, go on liberty." Unlike the majority of junior enlisted personnel, nukes are trained with "questioning attitude" and have a much harder time living in ignorance so to speak.

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Jack-o'-the-Dust: a ship cook in charge of keeping track of the ship's food stores.
Jack Off Curtain: The small privacy curtain hanging on the outside of a rack. Usually the only small bit of privacy found on a ship.
JAG: Judge Advocate General's Corps - Navy lawyers
Jarhead: U. S. Marine.
JARTGO: Just Another Reason To Get Out. "A grain of sand on the beach of reasons to get out of the Navy."
Jerkin' the Gherkin: Masturbating.
Jesus Ring: The tiny spring-washer installed on flange fittings which, if removed carelessly, will fly off the bolt - eliciting a loud "Jesus!" from many maintenance people.
JG: Short for Lieutenant Junior Grade, which is abbreviated LT (j.g.)
Jody: Fictitious person referred to in marching/running cadences who steals your wife/girlfriend while you're on deployment.
JO: Junior Officer - Technically O-1 (Ensign), O-2 (Lieutenant Junior Grade), O-3 (Lieutenant), and O-4 (Lieutenant Commander). O-4's do not consider themselves to be JO's, even though they do not wear "scrambled eggs" on the brim of their combination covers. Conversely, O-1's through O-3's don't consider O-4's to be JO's either.
JO Jungle: Stateroom, usually on a larger ship, where six to eight lower ranking JO's are billeted. Noted for its lack of comfort and privacy. Part of the harassment package and rite of passage for low-end JO's.
JOOD: Junior Officer of the Deck.
Joe Navy: A lifer with no life outside the Navy.
Johnny Cash's: Winter Working Blue uniform. So designated because they are all black, (though called Navy blue) and Johnny Cash was the man in black. Occasionally also referred to as the "Gestapo" uniform.
John Sore Pennis: Nickname given to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). The Stennis made a port call in Australia and sought so much custom from the local brothels that supposedly many of them had to temporarily close afterwards, to allow the sex workers to recover.
JOPA: Junior Officer Protection Association. 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. When JOPA is unified it can control some wardroom social functions, but little else. A logo has been seen depicting a combination of a Commander and Lt. Commander's metal insignia crossed out.
JORM: Junior Officer Retention Meeting: A meeting of disgruntled division officers onboard a submarine to complain about and plot against department heads and the executive officer.
JORG: Junior Officer Requiring Guidance (see "George")
JP5: Jet fuel used on all navy ships and at all naval air stations
JROTC: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
JSI: Junior Staff Instructor (see "SPU").

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Khaki: Catch-all term for anyone Chief (E-7) and above, who wear said color uniforms, i.e. "I was going to cut across the quarterdeck but there was a bunch of khakis there so I went around.." / opposite of 'blue shirt'
Khaki Sacker: See Brown bagger
Kiddie Cruise: Usually a minimum three day cruise for reservists
Kiddie Cruiser: A sailor who enlisted between age 17 and 17 1/2 and was given credit for a full four year enlistment on his/her 21st birthday.
King Neptune: Usually the senior "shellback" on the ship, this individual presides over the royal court and the initiation of pollywogs during Crossing the Line ceremonies.
Kiss the Camel: To fall between ship and pier onto the camel, a floating log chained to the pilings as a fender. Such a mishap is frequently fatal.
Kloosh: Anything that, when you pick it up between your hands, lean over the side of the ship, and release it, makes a kloosh sound as it hits the water and sinks forever. In short, trash or anything else unwanted, as in "that broken chair is a kloosh!"
Knee-deep navy: Epithet (usually friendly) for the Coast Guard. Also knee-deep sailor, or just knee-deep(s). Also knee-high sailor.
Knee-knockers: A passageway opening through a bulkhead. The lower lip of the opening sits at shin height.
Knife & Fork School: Officer Initiation School in Newport, RI, where doctors, dentists, lawyers, and other professionals entering the navy must go to learn the basics of naval service.
Knives Club: Slang for the wives' club - so called because of the nasty infighting usually resulting when one or more of the senior officer's wives assume that they carry their husband's rank and try to boss the others around.
Knock-off: When sailors are completed with their work-day, their superiors will allow them to "knock-off" (go on liberty, hit their racks).
Knuckle Box: A medium sized, usually red, rectangular metal box widely used in the navy to move supplies to/from the ship. These boxes seem to have been designed by some sadist for maximum difficulty when carrying them aboard ship. They have small, useless metal handles on the side, and are perfectly sized so that you have to turn them at an angle to get through a knee knocker without grazing your knuckles.
Knuckle Buster: A pneumatic tool for removing perfectly good paint from steel.
KRT: Khaki Response Team- The group of khaki's that show up to a casualty just to get in the way.
KT: Keg Tech - one who is in charge of getting the keg, and getting the beer flowing. "KT Chandler was a fine keg tech."

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L.A.: The USS Los Angeles, SSN 688 fast attack nuclear submarine launched 6 April 1974. As the first of its class, LA refers to any fast attack submarine with the same hull design and propulsion system. See also "688." The previous Sturgeon class was named for fish, hence the alternative name "Los Angeles Fish".
Ladderwell: Stairs. (This is a holdover from when all climbing was done by ladders, though naval stairwells are still very steep and compact compared to a typical stairwell.)
Laundry Queen: Sub Service, Junior Non Qual tasked to do the officer's laundry.
Lawn Dart: Refers to F/A-18 Hornet, due to its expenditure of fuel to get airborne, or its shape when viewed in planform.
LBFM: Little Brown ******* Machine.
LBFMPBR: Little Brown **** Machine Powered By Rice
LDO: Limited Duty Officer - generally a senior and highly qualified enlisted person who is given a commission and continues to work in his or her field. (Also sometimes called "Loud, Dumb and Obnoxious.)
LDO Security Blanket: A Good Conduct Ribbon, which is always in evidence on an LDO's uniform. Even though only the top three ribbons have to be worn while in the khaki uniform, an LDO never does this because: 1) The Good Conduct Ribbon is never one of their top three; 2) The Good Conduct Ribbon is their way of indicating that they are not just another "Junior Officer." An LDO NEEDS to wear his/her Good Conduct Ribbon every bit as much as Linus needs his security blanket. They are naked without it.
The Leans: A mild case of vertigo. This condition is usually recognized and is characterized by your vestibular system and the "seat of your pants" telling you that you are in a different attitude from what is displayed on the instruments.
Leave: Vacation time
Let's Clean Continuously: Supposedly the actual meaning for USS Mount Whitney designator, LCC-20, which was known for non-stop cleaning by everyone onboard.
Lettuce Browner: The machine in the galley that gives the lettuce leaves their rich, brown color.
Levity Suppression Team: Imaginary group of sailors activated by the commanding officer to ensure low morale. Also known as the Morale Suppression Team.
Liberty: Free time away from work or the ship, usually after working hours or in port. Differs from leave (see above) in that you must stay close to your home station and it is generally much shorter.
Liberty Boat (also Liberty Launch): Boat assigned to transfer sailors to and from their ship when in a port that requires the ship to drop anchor instead of pulling pierside. Trips to the beach are generally low key. Trips back to the ship in the wee hours of the night are usually very entertaining.
Liberty Hound: A sailor who loves liberty more than anything else
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.
Lieu-*******-tenant: illustrates Navy practice of including a swear word INSIDE another word (an Infix or Tmesis).
Lifer: Deragatory term for both officers and enlisted men who love the navy and make it clear they want to be in for 20 or more years. Lifers will try to convince others to re-enlist. Also lifers say things like "there is nothing a sailor needs that is not in his sea-bag" this usually is a comment implying a sailor does not need to see his spouse or children. Derived from the acronym L.I.F.E.R. meaning; Lazy Ignorant ****** Expecting Retirement.
Lifer Dog: (See "Lifer," above) "Call me an asshole, call me a cocksucker, call me a son-of-a-*****; just don't call me a Lifer Dog."
Lima Charlie: Phonetic of "LC," stands for loud and clear. It is generally used when doing a radio check on hand held radios. Example: "Officer of the deck, Pier Sentry how do you read me?" "Officer of the deck, read you Lima Charlie."
Little Manila: A table or area on the mess decks where sailors of Filipino descent congregate during meal hours. Can also refer to anywhere on base that has a notable Filipino presence. See also "Filipino Mafia."
LMD: Large Metal Desk or Large Mahogany Desk: Officers stationed ashore are said to "command an LMD." Usually Admirals and some captains will get the mahogany desks.
Lobster: Term for women in the Navy because all the meat is in the tail.
Local talent: Derogatory term used to describe any female living near a Naval Station who does nothing but have sex and use sailors for money. Said females have usually been married and divorced at least three times before they turn 25.
Loop: An officer, usually a LT or LCDR, who is an admiral's aide. So called because of the gold braided loop (aguilette) that they wear around their arm.
L.O.S. Disease: Loss Of Spine Disease: When a stong and highly competent First Class Petty Officer becomes a Chief and therefore now worries more about his career then the Sailors he leads. Also putting his personal needs before his Sailors needs.
LOST: Line Of Sight Tasking - when a senior officer, usually the XO, tasks the first poor bastard JO who walks across his path with some time-consuming, inane project that he knows absolutely nothing about.
Love Boat: (see also Tuna Boat) Term referring to a Subtender comprised primarily of female sailors. Also, a nickname for CVN-69.
LSO: Landing Safety Officer or Landing Signals Officer. On a carrier, this officer stands just to the port side of the landing area and talks to each pilot as he makes his approach for an arrested landing. 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." Both types of LSO are referred to as "Paddles."
LST: Tank landing ship, or "Large Slow Target," a now removed type of amphibious warfare ship.
L.T.D.B: "Living the Dream Baby." Often used sarcastically in reference to Naval lifestyle.
Lucky Bag: Collected unclaimed personal items, or such things confiscated as gear adrift, which were auctioned to the crew on paydays.
Lucky Charms: Nickname for Tripler Army Medical Center, which due to its coral pink color and location in the Moanalua hills of Honolulu, is used as a navigational aid for ships sailing into Pearl Harbor.

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Mail Buoy: A fictitious buoy that mail for a ship is left on. Usually new sailors are given a mail buoy watch for the entertainment of the more seasoned sailors.
Make a hole: Command to a group of people to separate to allow a senior ranking person to pass through. Especially common on submarines. Also ordered by shipboard brig prisoners escorted by a Master At Arms (MAA) personnel ("Prisoner - Make a hole!").
Man the rails: When sailors line up around the outside of the ship. Typically done when pulling into port.
Mandatory Fun: A mandatory event (normally fun) that usually was not scheduled during work time, but instead during personal time.
Mando Commando: Sailor assigned mandatory physical training (Mando PT) for being overweight or failing the Physical Readiness Test.
MARINE: acronym for Marines Always Ride in Navy Equipment...or Muscles are Required Intelligence Not Essential... or My *** Really Is Navy Equipment..or My *** Rides In Navy Equipment.
Marine Corps Table Cloth: The front flap on the trousers that are part of the men's dress uniform for E-6 and below (see Crackerjack).
Marine Mattress: A female sailor, often assigned to an amphibious ship which deploys with embarked Marines, who exhibits a clear preference for "socializing" with the Beach Pounders.
Marine Shower: Changing clothes without bathing, usually just applying deodorant or cologne
Mark 1 Eyeball: A joke on the numbering system of Navy equipment (all equipment has a Mk #). Usually in reference to looking at something or being instructed to just look around, which is often a bridge watchstanders best tool.
Mash: A common boot camp and OCS term where the entire company of recruits or class of officer candidates are 'mashed' into the ground by doing physical exercises such as running in place, squats, etc. This undesirable situation is most common after committing some offense or poor performance in a review. Examples of usage are "I'm going to mash you till your eyes pop out!" or "We got mashed pretty hard last night when too many people failed locker inspection." A common exercise while being mashed is the dreaded "hop'n'pop." Sailors completing boot camp at Great Lakes in the early 1990s were told (often, but not always, by their recruit company commanders) that "MASH" was an acronym for "Make A Sailor Hurt."
Mast: Preceded by Captain's or Admiral's, but these are generally not spoken. A form of non-judicial punishment in which a sailor finds himself standing tall in front of the old man when he really screws the pooch. Green felt is usually abundant.
In the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard, an enlisted may also "request mast" to present a concern over the heads of immediate superiors.
Mat Man: Electronics Maintenance Man
M-Bomb(s): Slang term for the Motrin (Ibuprofen) distributed by corpsmen in Sickbay. Called "bombs" due to their potency (800mg) and the large size of the pills.
MCPOO: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Obvious. Title given to anyone who, you guessed it, has stated the obvious for all to hear.
Meat Gazer: Unlucky individual designated to make sure the urine in a "Whiz Quiz" actually does flow from the urinating sailor's body, as opposed to a stashed container. This duty is accomplished by spending all day meat gazing, or looking at dicks while guys are pissing.
Meat Identifier: A side dish during chow that helps in identifying usually unidentifiable looking main dishes. i.e. Applesauce: indicative of pork chops, Horseradish: Prime Rib Beef...etc.
Meatball: Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, a visual landing aid used by naval aviators landing on a carrier.
MEDEVAC: The decidedly insane evolution of trying to PERSTRANS a sick person from a rolling submarine to a hovering helicopter.
Mess Crank: A sailor who works on the mess deck, not rated as a cook.
Mess Decks: Chow Hall or Eating Establishment on board ship.
Mess Deck Intelligence: Rumors (mostly false) that spread throughout the ship like wildfire. Often concern radical changes to the ships schedule. See "Rumor Control" or "Scuttlebutt".
Mid or Middie: Short for Midshipman, which is navy speak for a college student studying to become a naval officer.
Midnight Requisition: To "borrow" (with varying degrees of consent) a needed item from another unit. Often condoned when essential to get underway.
Mid-Rats: Short for midnight rations. Leftover lunch and dinner plus PB and J, tuna, beanie-wienie and/or tinned ravioli.
Mid-Watch: Watch from 0000-0400, usually results in no sleep before or after this watch.
Milkman: Referring to a sailor wearing the working white uniform, since the uniform highly resembles a milkman.
Missile Sponge: Usually a frigate or destroyer stationed on the outer ring of a battlegroup, as they are the ships most likely to be hit in a convoy.
Mobile Chernobyl: USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
Mom and Dad: Commanding Officer and Executive Officer. "Get this mess squared away, Mom and Dad will be coming through in an hour".
Mom and Pop night: The night before pass-in-review and "graduation" from Boot Camp, spent visiting with family and friends who have made the trip to Great Lakes to watch you graduate the next morning.
Monkey: Nuclear Machinist's Mate.
Monkey ****: Thick, white packing material used in a feeble attempt to seal openings between bulkheads where cables run through.
Monkey ******* a football: Similar to clusterfuck: How a situation is handled: "He looked like a monkey ******* a football."
Mother: Aircraft Carrier. See Father.
Motrin: A magical pill dispensed by hospital corpsmen capable, in their minds, of curing every ailment known to man including severed limbs and sucking chest wounds. Also called Vitamin M.
Mouse House (Submarine Service): Ballistic Missile Submarine slang description of areas usually occupied by Missile Technicians. Also used to describe MCC (Missile Control Center).
MPA: Main Propulsion Assistant (sometimes called "Ooompa"). A junior officer responsible for Machinery Division, the main engines, and associated propulsion equipment.
Mr. Vice: JO or Chief Petty Officer who is the Master of Ceremonies at a Dining-in/Dining-out
MTI: Military Training Instructor, who are easily identified by the candy cane colored rope they wear. They are in charge of future submarine sailors coming from boot camp to BESS (Basic Enlisted Submarine School). Their primary purpose is to give junior sailors guidance and knowledge of the military. Their secondary purpose is to discipline any junior sailor who needs counseling.
Muffin: Most Useless Fat **** In Navy
Mung (Submarine Service): Any dark green/brown plant residue with snot-like consistency found in/on scuppers. (mostly in engineering spaces).
Mustang: An Officer who rose from the Enlisted ranks.
Mystery Meat: Term given to chicken, pork or beef and sometimes fish, when completely unidentifiable by sight or taste, but eaten anyway to make a turd.

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NAFOD: (Pron. nay-fod) No Apparent Fear of Death. Critique given by the LSO in reference to a student pilot who does not know his limits, particularly while attempting to board the carrier.
NAMI Whammy: Slang for the incredibly in-depth two-day flight physical given to all prospective aviators at the Naval Aeromedical Institute at NAS Pensacola. Called the Whammy b/c many aspiring naval flight careers are ended before they even begin due to some unknown ailment.
Nasty City: Slang for National City, California, just outside the gate of Naval Station San Diego. Its cheap dive bars were a noted hangout of "West-Pac Widows." Also answers to the name "National Shitty."
Naval Aviators' Disease: Not really an illness, this term applies to the inordinately high percentage of female children fathered by naval aviators. Often attributed to the effects of high exposure to many forms of electromagnetic energy and the resulting effects on the pilot's "swimmers." Also attributed to poor diet, lack of exercise, disrupted sleep cycles, etc...
Naval Infantry: Derogatory term for the U.S. Marines.
NAVCIVLANT/NAVCIVPAC: Where form DD-214 transfers you. Sometimes you get car fare (POV).
Navigators Balls: Two round pieces of metal(Iron) on either side of a ship's magnetic compass to correct for the magnetic field caused by the ships metal surfaces from affecting the compass. Also know as Deviation. See Sailor's Balls.
NAVY: Acronym used by disgruntled sailors for "Never Again Volunteer Yourself".
Navy Balls: Bravado that would not be displayed if threat of CO's Mast was not preventing action and/or protecting one's ***. Quite prevalent among wanna-be thugs in boot camp. I.E.: "Man, if I wasn't in the Navy, I'd kick your fuckin' ***."
Navy Ho: (Sometimes pron. nava-ho like "Navajo" Indian tribe) Derogatory term used by male sailors/Marines to describe all women in the Navy. Usually used when someone has been personally slighted by such a female. Also usually applies to hideous, obese, BCG-wearing, ball-busting females. Ex: ("We gotta get away from San Diego; all the women within 50 miles are Navy Ho's").
Navy Shower: Not a form of punishment. While underway, fresh water must be manufactured. A common-sense way of saving it is to wet down while taking a shower and then TURN OFF THE WATER. Lather up and wash. Finally, TURN ON THE WATER to rinse off. Continual disregard WILL attract a punishment shower with scrub brushes. (see "Hollywood Shower")
Nest: A number of small ships (usually small combatants) tied up outboard of each other at a pier.
New Navy: The subject of many posters in the Navy's alcohol de-glamourization campaign. In the "New" Navy, it's OKAY not to smoke, drink, or curse; sexual harassment suits lie around every corner, and the salty old bastards quietly mourn the death of the "old" Navy, where men were men, women were women, and cows were neither.
The Never-Go-To-Sea" Derogatory name for the SSBN USS Tennessee while equipped with an expiramental SSTG
NFO: Naval Flight Officer - Flies alongside the pilot as weapons officer.
NIA: Navy-Issue ***. Refers to the unusually wide posteriors that Navy females tend to have or will develop during their tour.
Nipples-to-the-Rafter: The state of a dead piece of equipment that has no hope of resurrection.
No-****, Vagina: Pejorative term for Norfolk, Virginia; often refers to the city itself instead of the base. For the base, see "Black Hole", above.
NO GAS - No One Gives A **** - Used to shut up junior personnel.
No Load: A useless sailor. One who does not pull his share of the load. Named for the maintenance catapult shots where only the shuttle is moved down the track with no aircraft attached.
Non-skid: A rough epoxy coating used for grip on weather decks. Not to be used as a "Slip n' Slide."
Nonskid Wax: A fictitious substance used for waxing non-skid decks. Usually something junior Sailors are sent looking for.
Noodle-winger: Helicopter pilot.
Nooner: Unlike the civilian term, this is when sailors report to their rack or undisclosed location to get an hour of sleep during mealtime.
NORS: Not Operationally Ready Supply
No-Shitter: A sea story which is mostly (never completely) fictional, and unverifiable as well. Examples: "Hey, this is no ****, but I once blah blah blah..." or "Hey this is a no-shitter, I got a buddy who once blah blah blah..."
NQP: "Non-Qual-Puke": A non-qualified crewman who is not yet able to stand watch. Also applies in the Submarine Service to any crewmember (officer or enlisted) who is not yet qualified in submarines, but still finds a way to breathe air, eat stores, take up space, fill the sanitaries, and be generally obnoxious. Will remain a NQP until they get their fish.
NUB: (Traditionally rhymed with "tub") Many variations of this acronym are: New Useless Body, Non-Usable Body, New Underway Buddy, or Nuclear Unqualified Body. However, the most widely accepted is "Non-useful body," and is most commonly used by Submariners. Term can be referred to newly reported sailors with no qualifications or experience, but is normally reserved by Submariners for personnel with the (SU) designation, which means they are assigned to the submarine community, but have not earned the Submarine Qualification Breast Insignia, the Silver Dolphins (Gold Dolphins for Officers). A NUB may not enjoy any special privilege, such as watching movies, playing video games, or any other recreational activity until they have "qualified in Submarines". Almost always tasked with dirty and nasty jobs often referred to as "**** Work". A NUB is very similar to a "pledge" in a fraternity, and might be called to be a part of the same activities, or accomplices/victims in practical jokes amongst one another. Submariners often say to them "Get qualified, NUB!!"
Nugget: Juniormost pilots or NFO's in a squadron who are fresh out of the "RAG" (see below).
Nuke: (Submarine Service & CVNs): Engineering Department crewman responsible for turning the main shaft(s) via atom-splitting. Also refers to ordnance type that is neither confirmed nor denied, which may or may not be handled by a different Department (see "Weaponettes," below). Also used as slang for "nerd."
Nuc: (Submarine Service and CVNs) Post Cold War misspelling of the old Rickover Navy slang term "Nuke," used incorrectly when referring to elements of the Nuclear Navy.
Nuke It: To overthink an easy task.
Nuke It Out: To reason out a problem by eliminating obvious wrong answers. Used to encourge someone to put forth more effort before giving up on a problem.
Nuclear Waste: A pejorative term for sailors who (voluntarily or involuntarily) exit the Nuclear Power training program before successful completion.
Nut to Butt: To stand close together in line (in the old navy), where sailors were forced stand so close together that their nuts would be up against the butt of the sailor in front of him, only in Boot Camp.
NVG's: Night Vision Goggles. See "Goggles" above

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OAFO: Over And ******* Out. Akin to "WTFO" below.
OBNOB: Only Black Nuke Onboard. Self-explanatory. Usually only found on submarines due to a significantly smaller number of nukes stationed onboard a submarine vice a carrier.
FOBNOB: (Friend of Only Black Nuke On Board): = Shipmate (An expression older than some of you youngsters may think.) (Possibly a play on hobnob?)
Occifer: Pronounced "ossifur", it is a derogatory reference towards officers in general, particularly junior officers.
O-Club: Officers Club
OCS: Officer Candidate School - 13 week ***-kicking at NAS Pensacola from a Marine drill instructor that turns prior enlisted sailors and college grads into Naval Officers with 13 weeks of Naval shore experience (see also: "90-day Wonder").
Odie and Jodie: Slang for OOD and JOOD underway.
O I (wish I was asleep): Derogatory remark made by any non-OS (hater)rate whenever a OS complains about how bad they have it, while underway, because OS's are almost always "Port & Starboard" when underway. OS's constitute "OI Division".
O-gang: A term made up by A-Gang for the Officers
Officer's Candy: Urinal disinfectant cakes
O-country: "officer's country" denotes areas that are primarily used by commissioned officers. On a ship, such places include officer's staterooms, the wardroom, and the cabin. As a rule of thumb, enlisted personnel are unwelcome in officer's country without good reason.
Old Man: The Commanding Officer or Admiral in command, referred as such regardless of gender. Term is usually used when CO has gained respect of subordinates. RADM Grace Hopper is one such example of a female "old man".
Old Salt: Naval veteran. See "Salty", below.
Olongapo: Legendary city immediately outside the base and across the **** River at Subic Bay. See Olongapo. Home of famous bars like Jolos, the Marmont and the Enterprise-and-Truxtun-Owned Sharks Cove.
Oly: USS Olympia (SSN-717).
On Report: The initial discipline practice notifying an individual that he/she is being investigated for possible discipline
One-eyed Jack - See "Barney Clark" A tasty treat served at midrats consisting of a slider topped with a fried egg.
One-eyed lady: term used to desribe a the periscope on a Submarine. " Dancing withthe one eyed lady"
OOD: Officer of the Deck.
Operation GOLDENFLOW: A command-wide urinalysis test.
Opportunity to Excel: Orders or mission to perform some dreadful, career or life-limiting activity
O-Rings: Pejorative term for junior officers, usually used by enlisted men of the engineering and weapons departments. Also refers to an O-Ring, a sealant device officially known as an "O-Ring."
ORM: Operational Risk Management. An unduly complicated principle that basically boils down to pausing for a common-sense sanity check before you attempt to perform a task. Ex: Make sure you ORM that engine swap before you begin.
OS trainer: derogatory term for a large Popsicle. Apparently, Operations Specialists are expected to "brown-nose" with officers more than other ratings which is not true, they just sit around laughing at all the grunts on the flight deck while sipping lemonade.
Oscar: The buoyant dummy used during man-overboard drills. Named for the Oscar flag that is flown during a man overboard evolution. Being "Nominated for an Oscar" can refer to a sailor being thrown overboard.
Ouija Board/Wee-Gee Board: Flat board with small airplanes, bolts, etc. that can be moved around to indicate aircraft position and status on an aircraft carrier. (See Ouija.)
Out-chop: To leave an area of responsibility (AOR). "When we out-chop from 5th Fleet we're on our way home!" See "in-chop"
Out-*******-standing: An adjective used to emphasize something that is beyond outstanding, whether in a serious or sarcastic manner. Common term used by RDCs in boot camp.
Overhead: Ceiling.

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PFC: (Private ******* Civilian) Not the Army or Marine Corps rank, but the designation your receive upon receipt of your DD-214
P-way: Short for passageway or a hall.
P-Days: First 7 to 10 days of bootcamp, the 'P' stands for Processing
Package Check: (Submarine Service) A common form of greeting where one man shakes another man's ... crotch. This is done not only to test the "mettle" of the one receiving the greeting but also as a sign of camaraderie. However, ever since hazing became increasingly unpopular over the last few years this greeting has occurred less often.
Paddles: Code word for the LSO (see above)
Paper Assholes: Gummed Reinforcements (office supplies)
P.A.P.E.R.C.L.I.P.: People Against People Ever Reenlisting Civilian Life Incentive Program. Term used to show dissatisfaction with enlistment or unity amongst a brotherhood of bitter and disaffected sailors, specifically submariners. Often symbolized by the wearing of a paperclip on the uniform in varying levels of prominence to indicate the sailors level of disgruntlement. May also be burned into the skin. C.L.I.P. also used as Civilian Life Incentive Program.
Paper Suit: Literally, a suit made of paper. The preferred item for Torpedoman's Mates when cleaning up Otto II fuel spills.
Pare: (pronounced PAH-reh with a slightly trilled R) A sailor of Filipino descent, used by other non-Filipino sailors. Can be either affectionate or pejorative in use, depending on context. Comes from the Tagalog slang expression meaning "dude" or "buddy."
Patrol Sock: Term used for a spunk rag.
Pavy: A man who was a punk in real life that tries to act tough now that he is someplace new and no one knows him (Pavy = Navy poser)
P.B.: Pacific Beach, California, suburb of San Diego
P.C.O: (pronounced Paco) Acronym for Prospective Commanding Officer. Typically when transitioning Commanding Officers (CO's) there is an overlap period when there are two CO's an incoming and an outgoing. The incoming CO is designated PCO.
P.C.O.D.: "***** Cut-Off Day", Slang for the last day of a long deployment that sailors could get laid and still obtain Venereal Disease cures from the Hospital Corpsman, and have it be effective in time to return to a wife or girlfriend waiting at home.
P.D.O.O.M.A.: (Spoken as "padooma") Pulled Directly Out Of My ***. Term used by Chiefs when asked where they got a good idea.
Peanut Butter Pants: Term used to describe any E-7 and above, so named for the khaki colored trousers worn by senior enlisted and officers.
Pecker-Checker: Derisive term for Hospital Corpsman
People Tank: On a submarine, the confines within the pressure hull. As opposed to a potable water tank, sewage tank, missile compensation tank, etc.
Perma-First: Petty Officer First Class (E-6) who, usually for very good reasons, can't get promoted to Chief Petty Officer (E-7) yet stays in the Navy under the delusion he will make it next year.
Permanent Help: Slang for a PH (Photographer's Mate) in a fighter squadron.
PERSO: Personnel Officer
PFM: "Pure ******* Magic", term applied to when things work, but you don't know how, but they work.
Phantom Shitter: Usually at least one per ship, a term used to describe the individual that would mysteriously defecate in the angle irons, on the X.O.'s pillow, showers, and lounges.
Phrog: CH-46 Sea Knight. Also referred to as the "Whistling Shitcan of Death."
Pickle Suits: Term used to describe naval aviators wearing flight uniforms, which are usually olive drab green in color
Piece: Rifle, as used in manual-of-arms (rifle drill)
Pier-Queer: Air Force term for Sailor (as opposed to the Navy terms for Air Force personnel which are simply "queer," or "******.")
Pierwolf: Nickname for the USS Seawolf (SSN-21).
'Pigs In Space': The Depot Casino nightclub in Fallon, Nevada. Nicknamed 'Pigs In Space' due to the abundance of large women, the club was on the second floor of the casino, and that the stuccoed walls and ceiling, which were painted black, gave the appearance of twinkling stars when the club lights reflected off of them.
Pineapple Fleet: The Pacific Fleet, usually refers to the Seventh Fleet (in the western Pacific) and specifically to ships stationed in Pearl Harbor. Somewhat confusing term, as Pearl Harbor is considered part of the Third Fleet's area, and not the Seventh.
Pig boat: Diesel submarine or the USS California (CGN-36) (deconned). The ship's insignia was a golden bear which looked like a golden pig from a distance.
Pillows of Death: Tinned ravioli, often served for mid-rats (qv).
Ping: To emit a pulse of sound energy from a SONAR transmitter.
Ping Jockey: A derisive term for a SONAR Technician (either Surface or Subsurface variety).
Pinky Time: Half hour or so immediately following sunset or immediately preceding sunrise that officially counts as night time. Aviators are fond of this time, because they get to log night flight time, landings, etc... without the associated high "pucker factor" that normally goes along with it.
Pirate: A sailor who, although known for being good at his job, has poor military bearing and willfully ignorant of standard Naval protocol. A sailor is also called a "pirate" if he accomplishes work by breaking the rules.
Piss Cutter: Slang for the garrison cap, which is a long, thin hat that is shaped like a football or a part of the female anatomy when it is on your head. Also called a "**** cover"
Piss Test: "Whiz Quiz" or urinalysis. See Operation GOLDENFLOW.
Pisser: Urinal
Pit: A sailor's rack or bunk. Usually used among those who aren't particularly pleased with shipboard life. Also used to refer to the engineroom on a ship because it is in the bottom of the ship and you must go down a steep ladderwell to get there and it is usually not a very comfortable environment (ie: hot and noisy).
PMS: Acronym for Planned Maintenance System, a program of scheduled maintenance for systems and equipment. Part of the 3M (Maintenance and Material Management) system.
POETS day : Piss On Electronics, Tomorrow's Saturday. Used by people in electronics ratings, refers to any day before the start of the weekend.
POD (Plan of the Day): An official document issued by a command that states all activities going on that day, from 0000 to 2359. Also contains the Uniform of the Day.
Pogue (Person other than a Grunt): A term often used by Marine Infantry (Grunts) to refer to anyone who is not them. Specifically anyone in an Admin Field.
Pogey Bait: Candy, sweets, ice cream, etc., so called because such items are used as "bribes" for POGs
The Pointy End of the Boat: (aviator vernacular) the bow or front of an aircraft carrier.
The Pointy End of the Spear: When you are on cruise or deployment. This means that you are on the "business end" of the navy while standing the line to support national security, as opposed to being a state-side supporting unit.
Polish a Turd: Make the most of a bad situation
Pollywog: An individual who has not crossed the Equator, who must go through rituals, that sometimes cross the line to be hazing, to become a shellback. This practice can be traced back hundreds of years and is conducted in many countries Navies across the globe. See crossing the line.
The Pond: The Deep Blue Sea. "The Pond" may be Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, or Other. Used in slang expressions such as "Talk to me when you've got some Time On The Pond" (translates as: "Don't try to educate me, Nub, until you've got at least one whole patrol under your belt.") (See "Nub" above, "Time on the Pond" below)
Pooka: Any space or cavity (usually somewhat hidden) where items may be stowed. It can also be used as a verb, as in: "What happened to that part?" "I pooka'd it under the mains."
POON: Petty Officer of the Navy - A term regarding a know-it-all junior Petty Officer who always likes to throw his two cents into a conversation.
POOW: Petty Officer of the Watch. A remarkable term for an unremarkable watch.
Poopie Pants: A versatile pair of pants made by cutting off the top half of a Poopie Suit (see below) and moving the zipper stop down like a normal pair of pants.
Poopie Suit: Coveralls uniform item.
Popping Your Pup: Masturbating.
Pork Chop: See "Chop, The"
Port: Left side of the boat or ship (when facing the bow). Left side of an aircraft when facing the nose from inside. Place of arrival for ships.
Port and Starboard: A rotation of two duty sections or watch teams, one designated port, and the other starboard. Generally not considered to be a good situation.
Port and Report: A watch stood without relief. One designated Port, and the other... wait, there is no other... only Port once again, hence the term re-Port.
Portable Air Sample (Submarine Service): A snipe hunt gag inflicted on "newbies." Normally, portable air samples are regularly collected with a hand-held device operated by a highly qualified crewmember. In this snipe hunt, however, a plastic garbage bag is inflated like a balloon and sealed, sometimes with "official" forms taped to the exterior; the newbie is then dispatched forward to take this important atmospheric sample to the Executive Officer (NEVER the Skipper). Depending on that particular XO's sense of humor, the newbie could possibly come back aft with interesting counter-orders.
Porthole: Window
Powder Monkey: Term referring to a sailor sent back and forth for an item, usually tasked to retrieve something from below-decks; Derives from young boys who served on wooden ships that retrieved powder for broadside firing.
POTS Line: Literally stands for Plain Old Telephone System. On modern warships, there are usually several POTS lines, which allow the user to make telephone calls as if he was back in his home port. Obviously these calls are bounced off satellites, but the old name persists. Used for official business only.
PQS: Personal Qualifications Standards. A card carrying various qualifications for a warfare badge or similar. Must be signed off by a superior or expert. Used in a sentence: "I hope my dentist has his cavity PQS signed off."
Prop: short for an aircraft's propeller
PRT: Physical Readiness Test. A sailor is required to perform a certain number of sit-ups, push-ups, and a 1.5-mile run in a given time (which varies based on age and gender).
PT: Physical Training. A required exercise regimen.
Puck Chop: A standard Navy pork chop, which is to say, extremely overcooked.
Pucker Factor: Tension caused by high stress during a difficult or dangerous evolution. So named because your sphincter tends to tighten up or "pucker" involuntarily during such times. Example: "Pucker Factor was high when he landed that Turkey single engine with complete AC power failure at night." When the "Pucker Factor" is very high, objects (underwear, entire flight suits, airframe components, etc) have been known to require retrieval from said sphincter.
Puddle Pilot / Puddle Pirate: Derisive terms for U.S. Coast Guard personnel
Punch Out: Eject from an aircraft
Pus Rocket: A form of food resembling civilian sausage. A tube of ground fatty animal flesh, wrapped in a tough, leakproof skin that holds in a pressurized pool of hot grease that sprays several feet in distance when punctured with a table knife.
Pushbutton: term applied to a 6 year enlistee with advanced schooling. The Enlistee is immediately granted E-3 rank upon completion of basic training, and E-4 rank upon completion of "A" school. 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". Certain sailors who nail all promotion opportunities on the 1st attempt can make Chief (E-7) in as little as 7 years service, Senior Chief (E-8) by 10 years and Master Chief (E-9) by 13 years, unless of course, they have already gone Warrant Officer or Mustang by this time.
Pushin' Rope: Erectile dysfunction usually associated with a drunken visit to a brothel.
***** Pills: Sea-sickness pills.
***** to the left: A term used to remind sailors how to tie a dress uniform neckerchief.
Putting An Ensign To Sea: Taking a dump. The larger the log, the higher the Rank.

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Quarter: Often preceded by port or starboard, the quarter generally begins abaft the beam on both sides of the ship and extends in an arc aft to the stern. Technically the stern is not part of either quarter. Often used by lookouts when calling out contacts. A contact on a relative bearing of 160 would be off the starboard quarter.
Quarters: A gathering of all the people in the organization. Quarters can be for the entire command, or just the department, division, or branch. Quarters is used to present awards, pass information, and make every sailor squeeze into their ill-fitting, rarely-worn uniforms at least once a year.
Queer: Derogatory term used by sailors when referring to U.S. Air Force personnel. Nickname for the EA6B Prowler usually used by personnel in the aviation community, it is derived from the shape of the refueling probe on the nose of the aircraft resembling a "broken wrist" and the "Q" at the ending of the VAQ designation of the Prowler squadrons.

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Rack: Bed. "Hit the rack" is to retire to bed.
Rack Burns: Reddish marks seen on the face of a sailor who has just emerged from sleeping in his/her rack. Scorned upon if he/she was not supposed to be there.
Rack Monster: A sailor that would rather stay in his/her rack than participate in the everyday routine of the ship. He/She have been known to miss several meals. Closely related to a person that skates out of work, but can more often than not be found in his/her rack. This person commonly refers to their rack as a time machine. (AKA-Narcoleptic)
Rack Ops/Operations: A term describing a sailor that has been ordered SIQ (sleep in quarters) by medical usually for being extremely sick, or also can be used to describe an exhausted, tired sailor that goes to sleep right after working hours. "Seaman Smith, report to rack ops!"
Radcon Math: Term used by Navy Nukes, generally ELT's, when numbers magically add up to equal the desired sum. From RADCON (RADiation CONtrols), where approximate numbers and "fudge factors" are frequently used in calculating dose.
Radioing the logs: (Submarine Service, surface ships sometimes use the term "Blazing the logs," or simply gundecking) Recording engineering log data via mental telepathy (see "Xoxing Logs" below).
RAG: Replacement Air Group, now officially called the FRS (Fleet Replacement Squadron), although the former is still widely used. This is basically graduate level flight school, where a newly winged aviator goes to learn how to fly and fight in his much more advanced fleet aircraft.
Railroad Tracks: Unsightly uniform appearance caused by a pair of poorly ironed military creases on a shirt or pair of trousers where there should be only one. (See "Summer creases"). Also refers to the connected silver rank bars of a Lieutenant's khakis.
Rain Locker: Shower
Raisin: Recruit or junior sailor, predominantly heard at Naval Training Commands. Usually used by seasoned A-School students to refer to sailors with one or more weeks less time in service. Fleet equivalent is "Nub," "Newbie," or "Hey Shitbird."
Ramp Strike: When an aircraft gets drastically low while attempting to land on a carrier and strikes the "round down," or stern of the ship, Often with devastating results.
Rank: indicates the position of a sailor within the Navy system of grading seniority and command hierarchy (Enlisted Ranks = E-1 through E-9; Commissioned Officer Ranks = O-1 through O-10)
Rate: the Navy term for a job or specific career path (Example = Gunner's Mate which is abreviated "GM")
'Rats: Short for "mid-rats"
Ready Room: large space aboard a carrier that is the focal point for each of the squadrons in the airwing. Each squadron has one on the O-3 level, and each pilot has his own seat. Used for a variety of reasons such as training, "AOM's," "Roll-ems," etc...
Reality Check: The act of taking a peak outside after many days or weeks below decks.
Recruit (Pronounced Re-crew-it): A derogatory pronunciation used by Recruit Division Commanders. Commonly used as a reply to a recruit's mandatory greeting of enlisted personnel while at RTC Great Lakes. ("Good Afternoon, Petty Officer." "Good Afternoon, Re-crew-it.)"
Red Devil Blower: A fan, painted red, used by damage control parties to de-smoke a space. Also the name of a legendary hooker in Naples.
Redass: Any task or evolution that is extremely painful or difficult to accomplish, often due to bureaucracy or red tape.
Red-Rope: Slang for a Recruit Division Commander (RDC), in reference to the red rope worn around the left shoulder.
Reefer: Refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods.
Refresher Training: The act of watching pornographic movies just before pulling into home port.
RELA: Acronym for "Reactor Electrical Liberation Army". Nickname for a mythological group of malcontent nuclear electricians from the USS Nimitz. Convenient scapegoat for any sort of engineering mishaps, like spurious circuit breaker trips. e.g. "Load Center 27 feeder breaker just tripped, must have been an RELA hit."
Relative Bearing Grease: Another of the endless non-existing items new sailors are sent to find.
Rent-A-Crow: Term for a sailor advanced to E-4 because they graduated top of their "A" school class. The Navy 'rents' them for an extra year in return for being promoted.
Retention Prevention Team: Sailors who swear to never reenlist. Sometimes identified by wearing paperclips in the pockets of their dungaree shirts.
Reward (submarine specific): also known as dessert meaning the meal was so poor that a reward was in order for just completing the meal.
Rhino: slang for the F-4 Phantom back in the day - presently slang for the F/A-18 E or F Super Hornet.
Rick or Ricky: A "recruit" or Sailor-to-be still in boot camp.
Ricky Boxing: A boot camp term for sailors masturbating.
Ricky Fishing: A boot camp term for female sailors masturbating.
Ricky Iron: Hand used to flatten recruit clothing.
Ricky Girlfriend: Your right hand. (AKA-Handeria)
Ricky Mistress: Your left hand. (AKA Palmala, Handeria's twin sister)
Ricky Crud: One-night sickness in bootcamp after receiving smallpox vaccination. More correctly the constant cold that one has from spending 8 weeks confined with 80-90 people from all walks of life.
Ricky Dive: Fast, effective method of cleaning in boot camp, consisting of wearing smurf suits inside-out and sliding, or being dragged, on the floor to pick up dust.
Ricky Heaven: A number of restaurants and entertainment venues found in a single building at boot camp, so called because only graduates of boot camp may go there.
Ricky Lawnmower: Nailclippers, used to trim stray threads from uniforms. See "Irish Pennant".
Ricky Ninja: A popular boot camp activity that involves several Rickies dressing up in all black, wearing the Navy issue ski mask, and stealing around in the middle of the night, causing all sorts of mischief. "Naked Ricky Ninja" involves wearing only the ski mask, and streaking through another division's (preferably integrated) compartment. Also being woken at 0'dark thirty to PT. The lights are not allowed to be turned on until Reveille so you PT in the dark.
Ricky Sweep: Using a bare (or sock-covered) hand to gather dustbunnies and other dirt from a deck.
Ricky Rocket: A boot camp "energy drink" made from an assorted mix of sodas, sports drinks, coffee, sugar and artificial sweeteners used to help keep the recruit awake. Also known as "Go-Go Juice". Or half a glass of coffee, half chocolate milk and a **** ton of sugar.
Ricky Vacuum: Using your hands to pick up dustbunnies and dirt from carpet. Similar to Ricky Sweep.
Rimjob (Submarine Service): When a petty officer is so pissed-off at a particular (half-assed) junior officer he strikes a "rimjob deal" with the Wardroom messcranks so that they provide him with the offending officer's coffee cup or water glass. The enlisted crewman may then coat the rim of this cup/glass from the sweaty part of the back of his scrotum; the messcrank will then set the Wardroom table appropriately. This is how most submarine messmen earned their "fish" without ever having to know how the engineroom works (they always had to know the DC stuff, though; that sig was never given away.)
Ring Knocker: A pejorative term for a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. So named from their large collegiate rings.
Roach Coach: "Geedunk" on wheels. Mobile cafeteria van, often seen when on det to another base.
R.O.A.D. Program: Retired On Active Duty, refers to someone who is approaching retirement so they don't care about getting any real work accomplished. (Ex. BM1 Smith has 19 years in the navy and is now called BM1 ROAD, because he is almost retired.)
Rob: The act of "cannibalizing" a specific part off of an aircraft. (Ex. We didn't have a gyro in the parts bin so we robbed one off 614.)
Roast Beast: Roast Beef, or any meat served aboard the ship that even the cooks who prepared it don't know what it is.
Rock: Used to define a sailor who has an intelligence quotient equal to or less than that of a basic igneous rock. Can be used for officers and enlisted of any rank, especially when musing that intelligence does not play a vital factor in "making rank." When used as a verb, refers to the act of failing a test, board, or course of instruction, i.e. "He rocked transistor theory."
Rocked Back: Having to repeat a particular section of a school due to failing (rocking) the exam at the end.
ROD: Retarded Officer Dude
Roger That: A term of understanding and acceptance when given an order or other information. Can be used with varying inflection and tone without consequence to signify enthusiasm or disgruntledness without stepping outside the bounds of professionalism.
Roll-em's: Movie night, usually shown in the ready room or the wardroom
Rollers: Hot dogs (cf "sliders")
Roof Rat: An Airedale that works on the fight deck of an aircraft carrier during fight operations.
ROTC: (pron. rot-see) Reserve Officers' Training Corps. A wonderful compromise in the pursuit of a commission. You get to go to real college on a full ride (shorter scholarships are also available) and only wear your uniform once a week.
Rotor Head: Sailor who flies or maintains rotary-winged aircraft (helicopters).
Round Barrel Tech: Gunners mate See also "Square Barrel Tech"
Round Down: The approach end of the landing area on an aircraft carrier, which is directly over the stern of the ship.
Royal Baby: Usually the fattest "shellback" on the ship, this individual is part of the royal court and the initiation of pollywogs during Crossing the Line ceremonies. His belly is often greased with lard, and unsuspecting wogs are forced to kiss it and eat a cherry out of the belly button before completing their transformation from slimy wog to trusty shellback.
Rubber Hooeys: condoms
Rumor Control: The often wildly inaccurate rumors that concern fictitious changes to the ship's schedule. Usually takes the form of "Hey, did you hear <insert ship name here> had a fire in their main machinery room and can't get underway so our cruise got extended by a month?" See also "Mess Deck Intelligence".

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SA: Situational Awareness - the big picture. Losing SA, especially in flight, can lead to disastrous results.
Sail Rabbit - over cooked pork, or beef tenderloin.
Sailor's Balls: See Navigator's Balls.
Salt and Peppers: Short sleeve white dress shirt with black trousers and Combination Cap. Common in the 70's. Basically a less dressed up version of the Bus Driver Uniform.
Saltpeter: Chemical supposedly added to "bug juice" aboard ship to stifle libido, the stuff of urban legend.
Salty: Old and experienced (or simply old and sea-worn, as in "my salty hat"). Can also refer to the traditionally profanity-laced language patterns of sailors.
Sandbag: a member of an aircrew who contributes little or nothing to the safe and successful execution of the mission - instead sits there like a sandbag and is just as useful.
Sandbox, The: The pier liberty facilities at Jebel Ali. Sandbox Liberty means travel outside the port of Jebel Ali is not authorized. All you get is a "beer on the pier". See "Gerbil Alley".
Sand Crab: A civilian in Civil Service positions working for the U.S. Navy. Very derogatory.
SAR: Search and Rescue
Scope Dope: Radarman or Operations Specialist
Scrambled Eggs: Gold embroidered oak leaves decoration on a Commander's/Captain's cover. Admirals have Double Eggs. The similar silver clouds and lightning bolts addition to an Air Force Lt. Col/Colonel's hat is called Farts and Darts. May also be referred to as "Bullshit," but only by one who wears them.
Screaming Alpha: A sailor who is on fire and is running around screaming. Alpha fires leave ash. Bravo fires burn flammable liquids. Charlies are electrical fires, and Deltas burn exotic materials, often metals like magnesium.
Screw: a ship's or boat's propeller.
Screw the Pooch: To mess up in a big way. Usually followed by a visit with the old man.
SCRIMSHAW: To "Mysteriously Aqquire" equipment and /or materials essential for mission critical assignments that cannot be aqquired though normal or proper military channels. Seabee's are notorious for making due with what they have and "finding" what they need to accomplish the mission. Also famous for "finding" Materials in which to barter with other armed services for their goods and services.
Scrubbers: Time in the morning when most junior personnel must go out and clean the ship before starting their actual duties within their own divisions/departments. "Alright, go out and do scrubbers then muster back here at 0800".. Some ships may announce over their 1MC or put exact time in their Plan of the Day
Scullery: Washroom for eating implements such as knives, forks, trays, and cups.
Scupper (Submarine Service): A funnel like device used to collect rogue liquids usually from overflowing tanks in engineering spaces. Occasionally used as an impromptu urinal by an on-watch nuke. (Surface) Spouts on the main deck to route liquids over the side.
Scupper Trout: A turd or other length of feces.
Scuttlebutt: Drinking fountain or rumor (originated from the rumors that would be spread on board ship while gathered about the water barrel).
SCWS:Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist.
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. On submarines it's called the Maneuvering Watch. (Coast Guard: Special Sea Detail.)
Seabag: The large green bag the army calls a "duffel bag".
Sea Daddy: Senior, more experienced sailor who unofficially takes a new member of the crew under his wing and mentors him.
Sea Donkey(Sea Donk): Any shipboard female with "Other than Honorable" intentions. Some are rumors, some not so much.
Sea Going Bellhops: A derisive name for Marines. Refers to the fact that they act as flag officers' orderlies aboard ship. A good phrase to use when picking a fight with a Marine.
Sea Gull Ammunition: Spanner wrench used for tightening fire hoses. Bosn mates enjoyed throwing them at sea gulls.
Sea Hag: Slutty woman who hangs around in front of the entrance to a base, hoping to pick up a Sailor. The Sea Hag is really looking for a meal ticket, bless her Sea Hag heart.
Sea Lawyer: An argumentative, cantankerous or know-it-all sailor. A sea lawyer is adept at using technicalities, half truths, and administrative crap to get out of doing work or anything else he doesn't want to do, and/or to justify his laziness.
Sea Legs: bodily adjustment to the motion of a ship indicated especially by ability to walk steadily and by freedom from seasickness
Seaman Schmuckatelli: Generic name for a sailor, used in a similar manner as "John Doe," "Joe Blow" or "John Q. Public". Example: "You're working on an electrical system without tagging it out, when along comes Seaman Schmuckatelli, who energizes the circuit and ZAP, you're fried calamari."
Sea Otter: Seaopdetter; a member of a Sea Operational Detachment (SEAOPDET).
Sea *****: a yeoman or personnelman - akin to a secretary - does clerical work.
Sea Stories: Often exaggerated or embellished tales from previous deployments or commands told by seniors to juniors. Sea Stories almost always involve alcohol. Good sea stories should always involve creative embellishment, in as much as you should tell it better than the guy you heard it from, with yourself (or an un-named "buddy") as the new star. Add some contemporary details and those youngsters are mesmerized, as they should be.
Sea Swap: a recently initiated program where an American warship never returns to an American port. Instead, it pulls into a friendly foreign port at given intervals and swaps out its entire crew.
SEAL - SEa Air Land
Secure: In general, to prepare something for stormy travel -- to secure a window is to shut it. "Secure for sea" meaning to strap, tie down, or otherwise make something seaworthy for rocking. Also, to close or shut down anything normally open, especially to traffic- "This p-way(passageway)/head is secured until 0900 for cleaning". However, it's often used as a stronger form of "cut it out," as in "talking is secured" or "I'm going to secure your mouth if you don't shut the hell up" or "your fruity ways are secured, Fireman Radomski."
Senile Chief: Slang for Senior Chief
Senior: Short form of Senior Chief used for brevity. "I couldn't find the CSMO but I left that report on his desk, Senior (Chief)"
Shaft Alley: Field Day berthing aboard a Submarine. Also the compartment(s) containing a ship's propulsion shaft(s).
Shark ****: A sailor who has fallen overboard and is lost forever.
S.H.E.:Stupid Human Error
Shellback: An individual who has crossed the Equator.
Sherwood Forest: (Submarine Service) missile area, on a boomer
Shinbuster: Same as knee-knocker.
Ship over: re-enlisting.
Shipmate: Any fellow Sailor. Also, used as a derogatory term against all junior enlisted personnel i.e. E-5 and below. An Officer, Chief or First Class will use this to show they think so little of you, they haven't bothered to take the time out of their day to learn your name. Used in the Junior Enlisted Community to parody this.
Shipwreck: Any fellow sailor. Used as a derogatory term.
**** in a Seabag: Stuffed green peppers.
**** in one sock: Sailor who is very competent as in, "He has his **** in one sock". A VERY competent sailor "has his **** in one properly stenciled sock." Derogatory rejoinder is "But it has holes in it".
**** bag (also Shitweed, shitstick, shithead, **** stain, or shitbrick): Any fellow Sailor. Used as a derogatory term and a term of endearment.
Shitbag (2): A derogatory term for a sailor who has been awarded punishment at mast, or any less-than-par sailor. Also known as "Shitbird".
Shitbomb: Extremely unpopular topic brought up at the end of a (usually long and boring) meeting that requires a lot of work from everyone present. The worst ones are "drive-by shitbombs," where someone pokes their head in, "throws the shitbomb," and leaves.
**** Can: Eithe