I'll bet some of you know about the DICNAVAB, the Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations. That's right, there are so many, and the meanings are exact, so we had to have our own official written guide to document them. Hear or read a new one? You could look it up!
Imagine my horror at finding that my Army brethren had no such organization, and everyone made up their own abbreviations. One unit would have an abbreviation for, let's say a particular piece of uniform clothing. Next unit would have a different abbreviation for that clothing, and use the first abbreviation got something else. Madness! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On May 12, 2015 6:15:55 PM EDT, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >BTW, instructors in my many Air Force schools seemed to enjoy saying >"RTFQ" >or "RTFM," each often repeated. > >'Bet Max's Navy instructors did, too, - mine never mentioned anything >about >port, starboard, the deck, the head, the bulkhead, the overhead, aye, >aye, >Sir, or any of that "Old Salt" stuff, though. ;<) > >I heard it all from my two, long-time CPO (chief petty officer) and >much >older brothers, instead - always quick to remind me, for example, that >it's >a "line," not a "rope." > >Wilton _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
