When I joined the military in '69, EVERYbody pronounced it as "pack com" including the folks from Hawaii. I work at DISA HQs now and everyone but me pronounces it "pay com," but that sounds so utterly weird to me. After all, how do they pronounce PACAF, COMSUBPAC, COMPACFLT, COMNAVAIRPAC, DISA-PAC, and all the rest???
For all these, the "p.a.c." part is pronounced as "pack". So where in hell did this "pay com" stuff come from?
Maybe it's just a DISA thing. After all, at DISA HQs, while DISA pronounces GCCS (the Global Command and Control System) by saying the letters individually, everyone else seems to call it "geeks."
2007-02-13 19:48:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is pronounced PACK COM.
when you examine the DISA habit of calling it PAY COM you should look up the meaning of R.E.M.F.'s
I think you will find it applies to them.
2007-02-13 21:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by CG-23 Sailor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋