| Aft | Behind, or to the rear | ||||
| AFVAB | Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery. A series of screening tests that determine the recuit's aptitude for a particular skill fields (ratings) in the Navy. | ||||
| AROC | Assistant recruit chief petty officer/ Assistant recruit officer in charge. | ||||
| ASMO'D | Set back, sent back, held back | ||||
| Attention on Deck | Alert that an officer is entering the space | ||||
| Battle Flags | Competetive flags won by a division. | ||||
| BC | Boot Camp | ||||
| BCG | Birth Control Glasses. Standard Navy-issue corrective eyewear. So named because they are so thick and hideous that you are guaranteed never to have sex while you are wearing them. | ||||
| BEATINGS | aka; BEING CYCLED - It is physical fitness activities used as punishment - not physical "beatings" | ||||
| BECC | Basic Engineering (HELP) Comma | ||||
| Below | Downstairs | ||||
| BEQ | Bachelor Enlisted Quarters / where your sailor stays while attending A school | ||||
| Berthing Space | Sleeping quarters | ||||
| BMO | Basic Military Orientation | ||||
| Bravo Zulu | Well Done | ||||
| Brother Division | Two divisions at RTC are always linked, and complete all training events together. | ||||
| BS | Battle Stations (final exam for boot camp) | ||||
| BUD | Seal training | ||||
| Caterpillars | A division not yet commissioned. So named for the tightly bound guidon and ship's flag, which look like antennas, leading 160 legs. | ||||
| CC | Admin of site | ||||
| CO | Commanding Officer | ||||
| CPO | Chief petty officer | ||||
| DC | Damage Control (the guys who fight/put out fires) | ||||
| Deck | The floor | ||||
| DEP | Delayed Entry Program | ||||
| DMT | Director of military training | ||||
| DOT | Day of Training | ||||
| Dropped | Made to do push-ups | ||||
| EN | Engineman | ||||
| EPO | Eduacation Petty Officer | ||||
| FFD | Fit for full duty | ||||
| FFTD | Firefighting Training Division | ||||
| FQA | Fleet quality assurance | ||||
| FR | Fireman Recruit | ||||
| Fubar | Fouled up beyond all repair | ||||
| Galley | Mess Hall | ||||
| GC | Goose Creek, SC (Nuke "A" school location) | ||||
| Gedunk | Junk food | ||||
| GL | Great Lakes, IL (boot camp location) | ||||
| GQ | General quarters | ||||
| GR | Girl Friend | ||||
| Grinder | Large open areas (paved at GL) where drill is performed. | ||||
| Guidon | Small, blue flag with white numerals, the "liecense plate" of a division. | ||||
| Heads | Restrooms | ||||
| ITE | Instructional Training Exercises | ||||
| Johnny Cash | Winter working uniform- all black with narrow tie. | ||||
| Ladder | Staircase | ||||
| LCPO | Leading chief petty officer E-7, E-8, or E-9 | ||||
| Liberty | Freedom to leave the base for a short time | ||||
| LLD | Light or limited duty | ||||
| MAA | Master at arms(internal police) | ||||
| MCPON | Master chief petty officer of the Navy | ||||
| MD | Military Drill | ||||
| MED | Military Evaluation Division | ||||
| MEPS | Military Entry Processing Station | ||||
| NEFM | Nuclear Electrician's Fireman Mate (fireman = someone who fires up the engines) | ||||
| NQS | Nonqualified swimmer | ||||
| OBA | Oxygen breathing apparatus | ||||
| OOD/JOOD | Officer of the deck/junior officer of the deck | ||||
| PAO | Public Affairs Office | ||||
| Petty Officer | Enlisted member, in pay grade E-4 through E-6. | ||||
| PFA | Personal Fitness Assessment | ||||
| PI | Personnel Inspection | ||||
| PIR | Graduation | ||||
| PNM | Proud Navy MOM | ||||
| RAB | Recruit Aptitude Board | ||||
| Rack | Bed | ||||
| RCPO | Recruit Chief Petty Officer | ||||
| RDC | Recruit Division Commander. The Navy's version of "drill sergeant". This person is in charge of your recruit's division | ||||
| RICKY | A recruit | ||||
| Ricky Carwash | short shower that the recruits take | ||||
| Ricky Crud | One-night sickness in bootcamp after receiving Smallpox vaccination. More correctly the constant cold that one has from spending 8 weeks confined with 80 people from all walks of life. | ||||
| Ricky Dive | Fast, effective method of cleaning in boot camp, consisting of wearing smurf suits inside-out and sliding, or being dragged, on the floor to pick up dust. | ||||
| Ricky Girlfriend | Your right hand. | ||||
| Ricky Heaven | A number of restaurants and entertainment venues found in a single building at boot camp, so called because only graduates of boot camp may go there. | ||||
| Ricky Lawnmower | Nailclippers, used to trim stray threads from uniforms. | ||||
| Ricky Ninja | A boot camp Urban legend that involves several Rickies dressing up in all black and stealing around in the middle of the night, tying Recruit Division Commanders to their racks and causing all sorts of mischief. Also being woken at 0'dark thirty to PT. The lights are not allowed to be turned on until 0500 so you PT in the dark. | ||||
| Ricky Rocket | A boot camp "energy drink" made from an assorted mix of sodas, sports drinks, coffee, sugar and artificial sweeteners used to help keep the recruit awake. Also, known as "Go-Go Juice". | ||||
| Ricky Sweep | Using a bare hand to gather dust bunnies and other dirt from a deck. | ||||
| ROD | Rate of the Day | ||||
| RTC | Recuit Training Center | ||||
| Senior Chief | Chief Petty Officer in the E-8 rating | ||||
| Service Week | Generally the 5th week of boot camp training. Reciuts are assigned to assist in various jobs required to keep base operationa;. | ||||
| Ship | RTC's preferred word for barracks | ||||
| SIQ | Sick in quarters | ||||
| Smurf | Newly arrived recruit, from the blue "Smurf looking" sweatsuit issued immediately upon arrival. | ||||
| TAD | Temporarily assigned for duty | ||||
| TG | Training Group | ||||
| TOD | Term of the Day | ||||
| Topside | Upstairs | ||||
| TTO | Training Time Out | ||||
| UA | Unauthorized absence (Navy equivalence of AWOL) | ||||
| VideoMom | Brandon's mom (the video queen) | ||||
| VPM | Very proud mom | ||||
| XO | Executive officer, 2nd in command | ||||