For the active military, the reserve & the retired :
What was/is your callsign or your nickname ? (humoristic of course) and Why ?
Mine is Engineer...because at my beginning, I was a professional to break nearly everything. You know the good old hand light TL-122 ? My first lasted about....3minutes : just the time to let it fall.
And I get my surname : the engineer : good in theory, not as good on the field
2007-07-14 03:59:26 · 16 answers · asked by ColdWarrior 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Cubby... because at E-2 I stood up to a Staff Sargent in class and did not back down until I proved him wrong by winning a bet on whether or not I'd pass the next test and I was the only person who pass it.
Vet-USAF 44MMS
2007-07-14 04:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by ฉันรักเบ้า 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mine was "Gomer" as in Pyle.
USAF basic training was my very first endeavor away from home, right out of high school. I was a clutz in nearly everything I did, especially marching. It was also clear that I was among the most caring people of the flight. I somehow passed all of my tests, and did very well on the written exam. I hated, hated, HATED that nickname at the time, but looking at it now, nearly twenty-six years later, I think it was quite fitting and a positive nickname.
2007-07-14 11:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by TeacherGrant 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My last callsign was Renegade 7 - Company was the Renegades and the first sergeant was always the "7". No nicknames really stuck.
2007-07-14 11:33:55 · answer #3 · answered by Todd J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was called Maglite. In 2003 when we went into Kuwait in preparation for Iraq I set me gear up. I put a flashlight on my H harness. I then got my camel back out and put one on there, figuring I wouldn't always be wearing my H harness. Well we had a formation and I put everything on. Needless to say I had a flashlight on both shoulders. I had a tool kit also that contained a flashlight. Since I am a Corpsman, I had a headlamp to work on my patients. So, the guys called me Maglite since I had half a dozen flashlights. LOL
2007-07-14 11:09:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Had the nickname Redwood on the account I am 6'4" and have red hair. Until one day I was running down stairs to get to the drill floor and tripped, Hard. Now for some reason I am called Timber.
2007-07-14 11:43:42 · answer #5 · answered by militaryclark 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I was called "Elf". Even without a compass, I could manage to lead my squad out of the woods and towards an objective. I could never explain it either -- I just followed my instincts and my basic understanding of the area we were working in that I had gleaned from the sand-tables.
USAF -- (1986-1994)
2007-07-14 11:46:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mine was Damnit Whatzidschname
Because I had usually done something to get yelled at and no one could remember my name. I was called Damnit for short. ("Hey Damnit, could you pass me that ratchet...thanks" "Hey Damnit we are going to go get some beers at the E-club, wanna come?") Once a new guy thought I was Arab or something and my real name was Dahmed. This was kinda retarded given my pasty Irish skin. It prompted some funny jokes and speaking in accents by all of us however, I could never make it past the "check points" between me and my workstation. Yes, the military is generally politically incorrect.
2007-07-14 12:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by Discipulo legis, quis cogitat? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the command and who was talking to me: STORES (worked logistics/warehouse-store room/financial, etc), ANDY (short for my last name), DAD (had a BUNCH of young people working for me and especially the ladies called me that...including an E-6 US Marine lady), POPPA SMURF (being under-tall I picked up that name on my last ship the USS Nimitz CVN-68. Our fork lift repair person...civilian... actually went to the quarter deck and didn't know my real name and asked for SK1 POPPA SMURF to come to the pier. It worked!) BOSS (for obvious reasons). MR. ED (from my first name...picked that up in Antarctica in 72. Down here in 'the south' kids call me that. You're either MR. JOE or MISS SUZY...for example)
(USN, retired)
2007-07-14 17:28:34 · answer #8 · answered by AmericanPatriot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grumpy, what'd you think?
Went to Basic in 83 when I was 32, got a bad attitude there and it never left. I got more Seven Dwarfs junk than one man needs.
2007-07-17 20:03:41 · answer #9 · answered by GRUMPY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never had a handle that really stuck. Too many bizarre incidents for any one of them leave a mark I guess.
We had a technician (of sorts) in the Armament Shop we called shitfinger because everything he touched turned to... you guessed it...
Another guy was known as the bladerunner for knifing a mugger in Korea.
2007-07-14 11:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋