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

[tlord82]

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.

 

[East]

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.

 

[FlyinRock]

Vmj-1

Eddie and Badger16, Your question on aircraft and squadrons during my career.
1951. U.S.S BonHomme Richard CVA-31.. VF-781 F9F-2B Panther jet.



1952 Exchange pilot program to 1sMAW ( 1st Marine Air Wing) VMJ-1 K3 Airfield. Pohang. Korea. Flying F2H-2B Banshee fighter escort for aerial photographic reconnaissance squadron
1953. U.S.S. Princeton CVA-37.. VF-152 The Fighting Aces. F2H-2B Banshee fighter escort for VC-61 photo reconn.

1955. U. S. S. Hancock CV-19. F7U-3 Cutlass. Worst Navy aircraft to fly.

1957. NAS Agana, Guam. VP-6 Flying P2V-Neptune. Typhon Hunters.

1964 U.S.S. Constellation CVA-64 VA-144 A-4C- Skyhawk. Vietnam

1966 U.S.S. Oriskany CVA-34 VA-163 A-4E Vietnam

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

 

[East]

Skeeterman

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

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

 

[Uncle Fester]

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.

 

[phrogpilot73]

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.

 

[FlyinRock]

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.

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.

 

[nittany03]

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.

Him and Snort (not the Snort) and Captain Drewski. Entertaining reading.

 

[puck_11]

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.

 

[fc2spyguy]

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!

 

[Mumbles]

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.

I hope there was a MAF written up in the ADB that said:

Pilot seat soiled.

I really don't mean to ressurect the "Jets make you poo"thread, but seeing that this is germane to this C/S thread, I knew a P-3 Tacco that crapped in his helmet bag 3 times in one flight. He was known as "Hat Trick" after that.

 

[Single Seat]

Personally, I've had the following hung on me at various times:
1. Stupid (what do you call a guy who gets married right before det?)
2. 3-Wire/Magellan (might have been a bit lost and "found" the FCLP pattern at Fentress)
3. Sparrow (dropped 1.35mil worth of em in the drink)

You didn't happen to do that Dec '07 did you?

 

[nugget81]

Another couple:

1. A set of twins that came through here a few months back were called Mary-Kate & Ashley. I doubt either of the guys liked it...

2. TOTO - Trapped On Take Off - short version of the story - a stud pulled back on the stick too hard and too early on takeoff and caught the short-field gear....with the hook up!

 

[ACowboyinTexas]

OK, I couldn't hold off any longer. Acronyms usually win in funny call-signs and here are a few I remember:
PLUMBR - Please Lord Unlock My Bomb Racks - taxied past the ordies on a weps det. Great guy, lost in the Med a while back, RIP.
WIMBO - Woman In Man's Body - RIO with a high pitched voice.
GHOST - Got HIV Off Stripper's Tongue - self explanatory.
TC5K - You'll have to ask him or find me on a non-public venue for this one, but it's the funniest.
One other incident was a pilot that checked into our A-6 squadron with "Buck" on his nametag. He'd run over some deer on the runway in Oceana. We called him Bambi and he would always say, "It's Buck, dammit!" Guess what ended up on his coffee mug...Buck Dammit
Great thread that will probably run to many pages.

 

[Pags]

You didn't happen to do that Dec '07 did you?

Yes. Yes I did. Off the round down of the Enterprise.