The Neverending Callsign thread (Best/Worst/Funniest and where they came from)

Have a 9mm mag fall out of your weapon somewhere on Bagram AB, (leaving you with only two) will result in a call sign shift to "Jimmy Two Clips"....

"CHT" - which in addition to the shoe's definition stood for Can't Hover or Talk.

I've got a dude in my squadron, callsign "Craven". Last name "Wiener".

SWAT- Slept With A Transvestite.

I can't remember where I heard that but it has to be an awesome story!

Tranny- Slept with one.
OBOGS- Owned By Obese Girlfriend Stacy
Khan- got a bug in his ear during a weapons hop.
BDA = Big Dumb Animal
Bubbles = Default ex submariner callsign

Funny you say that, because that sounds like 2 callsigns for the same person. He was first Gaysian (hooked up with the gay asian) and the second was Tumbleweed (got knocked over on the flight deck and pretty bruised up by walking too close to a Hornet)

A slight variation was a former sub guy who happened to be Hispanic, his callsign was Burbs (burbujas=bubbles). His partner in crime, a former SWO, was Zap (zapato).

So, after a succession of callsigns, LT Rhino WSO ends up with "Gobbler". Not really a funny story to get to that point. Well, he misspells callsign in ONE little e-mail, and forevermore is known as "Goobler". Hates callsign. Lets everyone know it. Gets pathological about, so Skipper sits the wardroom down and says "We need to give Goobler a new callsign. Soon. Like, before he climbs the clock tower and starts shooting." New callsign: INGA. I'm Not Goobler, Asshole.

LT takes a ton (~8 weeks) of leave enroute between FRS and fleet sqrdn. Checks in to new command. All his gear is marked with new callsign: WAYD. Where Are Ya, Dude?

Also,
Callsign "Pink" last name "Floyd"
Name: Jim Jones. Callsign: "Rev"

You can accrue 8 weeks of leave?

The latest one I've heard: Straw

Seems To Require A Wizzo.

Not good for a single seat dude.

Guess it was you I overheard then, either that or this subject is somewhat famous (go figure).

Let's see... We've had one guy down here go through about 4 callsigns in the past month...

-Shirley was a storyless carryover from primary.
-Frodo for his hairy feet.
-Purge because he puked on his first tacform flight. The bag broke. He got it into a second bag. That bag also broke...
-Luise because the most vulgar thing he could come up with on his first trap was "Geeze Luise." He was kind enough to transmit it over tower.

Short Bus: S-3 Pilot not known for mental sharpness.

- 8pm on friday, Commodore calls and tells me I'm flying with him on the JFK next morning to brief the admiral, meet the COD at 6am. I'm sick as a dog but, heck, he's the commodore. At the boat, we're making circles for about 45 mins, getting hot, semipuke, swallow, repeat. Never blew before in a plane in 15 years. (Note, ALWAYS flew with a bag, Not this time)Before the 3rd go around, I decide that if I blow, he's getting it too. Thus, for the next 4 months I was known as CHUNKS by the Commodore at all DH meetings, and as HERO by the other guys.

(side note, while smoking on the sponson wearing borrowed bag from a Hawkeye LTJG friend, boats CMC looks at the shoulder bar, then at my name patch (LCDR) and goes...CDR, think you're out of uniform...."Master Chief, I just got done with Admiral's mast with Adm Bullard, he busted me 2 paygrades....He turns a couple different shades then walks away.

The Adm did think it was funny....:icon_tong

haha. these are all great stories.

MISSY: My important schedule supersedes yours.

HILDA: Hello, I like drinking alone.

In my short career, I have had:

DERBEE: Don't Exit Runway Before Everyone Else (ran a hornet off the runway in El Sweato)

Tramp Stamp: Navy brethren found my USMC tattoo on my back when I ended up shirtless in a Key West bar

Beat-Her: Broke a female Lt's collarbone doing MCMAP in Fallujah recently

But Traci is still the one that sticks...no story, just goes with the last name of Lord.

Leak

Fellow FE wets himself during a quick crew xge pitstop-style near the ramp on a foreign strip.

Callsign: LEAK


Former Dutch Chief of Staff (former F-104 and F-16 jock) frequently went off-base between morning and afternoon sorties to have 'lunch' at home.

Callsign: QUICKY

Flew with a big black Q on his visor protector ever since.

Vmj-1

Skeeterman
Hey you were with my old sqd at K-3 but I didn't join VMJ-1 until 1954. Did you do escort for us out of Taiwan in '55? I'm sure we know many of the same people.
Thanks for your guns.
Semper Fi
Rocky

Skeeterman

Hate to tell......but Skeeterman has left the building.

Do a search for more on the Skeeter Saga (wannabe and poser). He didn't leave the building so much as was chased out by angry villagers. He's also the reason everyone who shows up here claiming lots of BTDT stories gets ruthlessly interrogated.

Back on track:

Same pilot, two callsigns.

We're sitting in the Warriors Club in 29 Stumps drinking beers and out of nowhere he asks if any of us had seen the documentary "Scared Straight." The discussion followed:
Him: "Man, that sucks."
Us: "What do you mean, we thought it was a pretty good documentary."
Him: "No, I mean getting yelled at by the inmates at Rahway State Prison, it sucks."
Us: "How the fuck do you know?!?"
Him (These are his exact words): "I boosted a car when I was 17 and the judge gave me the choice of jail or scared straight."

Callsign: Fingers (as the CO pointed out, Grand Theft Auto would be too long).

I hotseat from same pilot during TRUEX in Dayton, OH. He storms past me without a word. Crewchief/AO are both laughing hysterically when I get to the aircraft. As I walk up they yell in my ear: "Hey Sir, he just shit himself. IN YOUR SEAT!!!"

Callsign: Craps.

re Skeeterman
I wasn't watching that. Sure seems odd that someone as a poseur would have such detail that far back? I know it happens and wonder why?
Geez ...the old bastards like me are dropping dead at an alarming rate and its always fun to make a brief contact with someone from "back in the day..." But, it doesn't take long to ask a few questions to determine if they indeed do as they claim.
Semper Fi
Rocky
BTW there is a local resident (Pensacola) who flew with VMJ-1 back then - Lowell Truax. Not sure if he is still alive. Is in his 80's. Was one of the best I ever served with.

An Ecmo in my class is Shooter, his wife gave it to him one night at a party when she mentioned to everyone that during one drunken night he shot her in the eye.

Now that is hilarious!