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In the Army Officer Corps, you may choose a call sign which will be used on the radio for you. Such as Red-6. Red being your name, 6 meaning you're the commander of the unit.


What would you want to be called?


Me, I'm juggling between "Reaper" and "Malo Hombre". I'd use "God", but that's already taken by an Army Sniper ;)

"The General Sucks"

"I, the caller, am lame"

"Flaming Pancakes"

Satan.


Or Death....

Actually, I like Kaos.

EDIT: Not that I'd join the military....

EDIT2: The reason for Kaos... its cause I would kill all muthafuckas on all sides o' th' battle. Causing Chaos (or "Kaos"). Cause fuck all the war.

I'd go for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Name of a Welsh town and a way to royally f*ck up anyone trying to give you order that might put you in harms way ;)

Red-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Red-1337er

Red-Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Bless you.

"Captain Kickass"

Either "Clarence," "Roger," or "Victor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!)."

Either "Clarence," "Roger," or "Victor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!)."
My hero! :cool:

Witness: Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn't handle it.
Prosecutor: Buddy couldn't handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew?
Witness: Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn't handle it, and he went to pieces.
Prosecutor: *Andy* went to pieces?
Witness: No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued.
Prosecutor: *Howie* came unglued?
Witness: Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued.
Prosecutor: And he bailed out?
Witness: No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle.
Prosecutor: Then Howie survived?
Witness: No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day.

Do they not use the phonetic alphabet? Like the British Army? We arnt allowed to pick callsigns, they are issued.

Pink 9






;)

In the Army Officer Corps, you may choose a call sign which will be used on the radio for you. Such as Red-6. Red being your name, 6 meaning you're the commander of the unit.


What would you want to be called?


Me, I'm juggling between "Reaper" and "Malo Hombre". I'd use "God", but that's already taken by an Army Sniper ;)
In the Marine Corps Air Wing, you _earn_ the callsign -- usually through an act of stupidity. Self-assigned callsigns never stick.

In the Marine Corps Air Wing, you _earn_ the callsign -- usually through an act of stupidity. Self-assigned callsigns never stick.

you in the air wing? if you are then whats yours and what was the act of stupidity? :D

In the Marine Corps Air Wing, you _earn_ the callsign -- usually through an act of stupidity. Self-assigned callsigns never stick.

"Can'tspotadude 1, can'tspotadude 1, come in....."

Strych 9.

Red Dog 34:sniper:

Snake.

Or Captain Jack Sparrow.

you in the air wing? if you are then whats yours and what was the act of stupidity? :D
Was in the Wing. I left shortly after the last A-6E was retired in 1995, I think.

Stupidity was the most predominant way. The other way was to have a last name that implied a callsign. For instance, if your last name was Pepper, then your callsign was Waldo, right? Or if your last name was Gordon, then your callsign was Flash. Get it? On the other hand, if you heard someone sit down next to you in the head and then started a twenty minute monologue about how good it felt to take a dump, then 'Steamer' might fit.

But mine was much more innocent. My name happened to sound a lot like Cookie Monster. I wish it had been the Monster part that stuck ...

"Can'tspotadude 1, can'tspotadude 1, come in....."
That would be "Ghost". Not Ghost Rider, just Ghost. And I did know a "Goose" too. We were at the gym and we spotted a pair of our squadron mates lifting. One was pretty muscular and was christened Mongo, on the spot. Symmetry is everything, so the other guy got named Mongoose, but the Goose part stuck.

Was in the Wing. I left shortly after the last A-6E was retired in 1995, I think.

Stupidity was the most predominant way. The other way was to have a last name that implied a callsign. For instance, if your last name was Pepper, then your callsign was Waldo, right? Or if your last name was Gordon, then your callsign was Flash. Get it? On the other hand, if you heard someone sit down next to you in the head and then started a twenty minute monologue about how good it felt to take a dump, then 'Steamer' might fit.

But mine was much more innocent. My name happened to sound a lot like Cookie Monster. I wish it had been the Monster part that stuck ...

Just had an image of ATC broadcasting 'Come on home Cookie' in the clear and an entire base cracking up with laughter :D

That would be "Ghost". Not Ghost Rider, just Ghost. And I did know a "Goose" too. We were at the gym and we spotted a pair of our squadron mates lifting. One was pretty muscular and was christened Mongo, on the spot. Symmetry is everything, so the other guy got named Mongoose, but the Goose part stuck.
Yay! :D

Just had an image of ATC broadcasting 'Come on home Cookie' in the clear and an entire base cracking up with laughter :D
Personal callsigns are used between aircraft and in Kangaroo Court. ATC callsigns like that are done by squadron. One squadron I was in was called Fenix, not Phoenix, because it didn't fit in the flight plan. Another was Blaze, and yet another was Attic.

Attic was a nice story. The gang had gone to NAS Fallon on a deployment. Somewhere between Fallon and Reno, there was a place called the Moonlight Chicken Ranch. They didn't raise many chickens, though. Too hot. The side business was a lot more fun, though. Anyhow, it turns out that Attic is really A-T-T-I-C and has nothing to do with the room at the top of the house.