With Optimus Prime on "our" side...

WangyJohn · Post by **WangyJohn** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:06 am

Department of Defense

BriHahn · Post by **BriHahn** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:38 am

What he said.

I could confuse you with acronyms ALL DAY LONG... and probably into the night. DoD is Acronym Heaven... or Hell, depending on how you look at it.

Small sample:

USD(I)
FM
EPSQ
RS
AR
ECS
LS
PR
SSBI
NALC
NACLC (essentially the same as the prior, just with one letter added)

I'll stop there, but you get my drift.

WangyJohn · Post by **WangyJohn** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:07 pm

Reminds me, still few years ago I thought NSA was the same as NASA, when watchin american spy dramas.

It was confusing, yes.

Major Maxillary · Post by **Major Maxillary** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:59 pm

Kittyboymuffin wrote:
Major Maxillary wrote:Have you seen a gunbunny do the advance party boy dance in the turret of an M109A6 Paladin SPH?
Picsplz :3

Sadly, My unit doesn't have SPHs anymore, and all the artillery pieces alloted for NY are in the sandbox save for two old-assed M102s that we use for training.

Fnyunj · Post by **Fnyunj** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:55 pm

Back when I was a pizza delivery man, and we used to look for ways to overcome our angst at being, well, pizza delivery men, we would torment the girls on the phone bank (who took the orders).

There was one girl, in particular, who was super-blonde. A customer had asked her what the Soup of the Day was. She leaned into the dispatch room, where the drivers were all standing around smoking, and jawing, and asked if anyone knew. One of us answered; (I won't take credit, it's not mine) - "soup du jour". She went back in, and told the customer just that.

Five minutes later, the order ticket posted in the kitchen asked for two meatball subs, a salad, and a "soup do shure". (not remarkable that a ditzy teenager wouldn't know, but the CUSTOMER actually asked for and paid for it: "yeah, that sounds good, send me some of that.")

This was the same girl who came back from the grocery store, having been sent there to fill in our kitchen supplies (we had run out of potatoes, or lettuce or something), and reported that she looked and looked, but they didn't have any "dehydrated water".

Aeridus · Post by **Aeridus** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:08 pm

BriHahn wrote:What he said.

I could confuse you with acronyms ALL DAY LONG... and probably into the night. DoD is Acronym Heaven... or Hell, depending on how you look at it.

Small sample:

USD(I)
FM
EPSQ
RS
AR
ECS
LS
PR
SSBI
NALC
NACLC (essentially the same as the prior, just with one letter added)

I'll stop there, but you get my drift.

Utter Sex Deviants (Introverted)
Female Masochists
Equestrian People Sex Quotient
Raunchy Sex
Angry Rhino
Elite Cunnilingus Squad
Lesbian Sexlords
Perky Rabbits
Sexy Sirens Bring Ice
Newly Acquired Lesbian Cheesecake
Never A CumLess Cock

fnyunj wrote:This was the same girl who came back from the grocery store, having been sent there to fill in our kitchen supplies (we had run out of potatoes, or lettuce or something), and reported that she looked and looked, but they didn't have any "dehydrated water".

Wow. Just... wow.

Kittyboymuffin · Post by **Kittyboymuffin** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:39 pm

*just falls over giggling at the concept of "dehydrated water"*

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:06 pm

*giggles*

WangyJohn · Post by **WangyJohn** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:17 am

fnyunj wrote:"soup do shure".

Shoop da Whoop*

BriHahn · Post by **BriHahn** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:23 pm

aeridus wrote:
BriHahn wrote:What he said.

I could confuse you with acronyms ALL DAY LONG... and probably into the night. DoD is Acronym Heaven... or Hell, depending on how you look at it.

Small sample:

USD(I)
FM
EPSQ
RS
AR
ECS
LS
PR
SSBI
NALC
NACLC (essentially the same as the prior, just with one letter added)

I'll stop there, but you get my drift.

Utter Sex Deviants (Introverted)
Female Masochists
Equestrian People Sex Quotient
Raunchy Sex
Angry Rhino
Elite Cunnilingus Squad
Lesbian Sexlords
Perky Rabbits
Sexy Sirens Bring Ice
Newly Acquired Lesbian Cheesecake
Never A CumLess Cock

I think I like your versions better... nevertheless, the accurate translations:

Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Warfighting Support (yes, the actual acronym should be USD(I&WS), but I always call them USD(I) for short)
Field Manual
Electronic Personnel Security Questionnaire
Radar Set
Army Regulation
Engagement Control Station
Launching Station
Periodic Reinvestigation
Single-Scope Background Investigation (this is what I underwent to get my clearance.)

I'm spacing on the last two, but they're also types of investigations that DoD uses to do background checks, typically in order to grant clearances.

And now that I've bored you all to tears, I'm off!

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:23 pm

*wonders idly about what a double scope backround check might entail, or heaven forbid, a quadruple scope thingy-ma-jig...*

Churba · Post by **Churba** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:55 am

heh - I would have joined the Army, but unfortunately, my eyesight restricts me to a desk job.

Though, I did make Lieutenant(Pronounced "Lef-tenant" down here), the Highest rank Achievable in the Aussie Cadets And Pushed my lads hard - Only three out of my entire unit are not in the Army.

Though, I did take out one cadet rifle championship with a Just-under-a-half-inch grouping at 570 Metres - though I was disappointed, I didn't get to show off as much as I'd like.

Kittyboymuffin · Post by **Kittyboymuffin** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:08 am

I'd join the military if they had M41A pulse rifles from Aliens.

Also, best mental image ever: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson with pulse rifles. "Elementary, my dear Watson ... these holes could only have been caused by corrosion from the acidic blood spilled by a Xenomorph."

BriHahn · Post by **BriHahn** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:11 pm

*is currently a 1st Lieutenant (pronounced the regular way) in the US Army*

Churba · Post by **Churba** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:36 pm

I'd join the military if they had M41A pulse rifles from Aliens.

Hey, We have Austeyrs. Not quite a Pulse Rifle, but A hell of a lot better than the M16/AR-15 Family of weapons.

No offence to anyone who likes them, but Dear god, I hate those weapons so god-damn bad, and in my view, for a group of good reasons.

BriHahn · Post by **BriHahn** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:26 am

You're not the only one, Churba.

I have a range during my next drill. *whimper* I hate qualifying with M-16's, but as I'm in a reserve unit, they don't have enough 9MM pistols to go around to all the officers. I'm usually lucky if I can qualify marksman on the 16. I qualified sharpshooter on a 9MM when I had one, hence my preference for the pistol. They're lighter too (I have back issues and carrying heavier things for long periods hurts).

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:15 pm

The M-16 definitely has its problems.

A buddy of mine came back from Iraq about a month ago, and we were talking about weapons. He's telling me that the AKs that the insurgents have are sought after by the American troops because of better reliability and the punch that 7.62 carries as compared to the 5.56.

He also said that requisitions from storage for the old M-60s have gone up like crazy. The weapon weighs twice as much as the replacement M-249 SAW, but it hits harder, lasts longer, and shoots better.

Yea, the US military is definitely lagging when it comes to quality infantry weapons.

RantinAn · Post by **RantinAn** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:51 pm

My housemate recently expressed disbelief at a piece of news footage featuring a us army squad using all AK's and M60's. It was.. amusing, to put it mildly, to correct him of his counterstrike misconceptions.
the M-16 is a piece of crap. I feel sorry for all the poor bastards who have to use one.

Detective Clem · Post by **Detective Clem** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:11 pm

In the vietnam war, the Viet Cong refused to pick up the M16s of fallen american soldiers, even when they had no firearms themselves. The AK, however, won't jam even when full of sand. Its wooden stock also won't break in close quarter combat, the way the plastic butt of the M16 will. In short, the M16 is a peice of shit.

Detective Clem · Post by **Detective Clem** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:14 pm

Also, IMHO, the Israeli Galil is superior to the AK47, off which it is based. Its standard magazine holds five more rounds, and it still weighs less.