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Brevity Words Flashcards

1
Q

Lance searcher

A

Active med/long range sonar

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2
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Pelican

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Long range MPA capable of both search and attack

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3
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Ball

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ASW helicopter transducer

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4
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Dipper

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ASW helicopter capable of conducting both ASW search/attack

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5
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Cowboy

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Ship of search attack unit - brother/sister combo

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6
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Riser

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A radar contact which has suddenly appeared

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7
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Sinker

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A radar contact that later disappeared

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8
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Feather

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Visual sighting of a periscope wake

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9
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Hot

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Sonar contact is held

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10
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Cold

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I have lost sonar contact or sonar contact is not held

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11
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Datum

A

Last known position of a submarine or a suspected submarine after contact has been lost

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12
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Goblin

A

Submerged object detected

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13
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Pony

A

ASW weapon carrying helicopter

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14
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Bloodhound

A

ASW torpedo (usually launched from a/c)

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15
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Cobra

A

ASW torpedo with gyro angle snake search (launched from ship)

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16
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Devils

A

Submarine depth in tens of feet (demon - meters)

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17
Q

Strapped

A

Helo on deck

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18
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Dressed

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Helo under ACU control is airborne

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19
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Kingpin

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Reference position established arbitrarily by an aircraft for reporting the position of a contact or datum

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20
Q

Caddilac

A

Directional active sonarbuoy

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21
Q

Pointer

A

Directional passive sonarbuoy

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22
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Condition hairy

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All units may be required to prosecute an unidentified submarine contact

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23
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Dog box

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Area within which units may interfere with or be engaged by ASW torpedoes

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24
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Hovertac

A

An attack conducted by a dipping helo on its own target

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25
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Infotac

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A vectored attack where the attacking unit utilises sonar contact information from the directing unit

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26
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Snooper

A

Aircraft employed in the detection and reporting of opposing forces while avoiding detection by those forces

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27
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Bogey

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Unidentified aircraft

28
Q

Tally

A

Sighting of a target (joker…faker…vampire)

29
Q

Joker

A

A friendly track acting as a SUSPECT for exercise purposes

30
Q

Faker

A

A friendly track acting as a HOSTILE for exercise purposes

31
Q

Vampire

A

HOSTILE ani ship guided missile

32
Q

Confetti

A

Chaff lane or corridor

33
Q

Bird

A

Friendly surface to air missile

34
Q

Sugar

A

Surface to air missile state report

35
Q

Tucker

A

Main gun armament

36
Q

Woodpecker

A

Close in weapons system

37
Q

Volcano

A

Indications and warning or emitter indication of ASCM

38
Q

Feeler

A

Ship borne fire control radar

39
Q

_affirm

A

Missile radar is locked on designated target

40
Q

_away

A

Missile has been fired on designated target

41
Q

Zippo

A

Missile attack is imminent or in progress

42
Q

Goalkeeper

A

A Ship stationed for close defence of a marked unit

43
Q

Shotgun

A

Medium range AAW ship

44
Q

Racket

A

Intercepted electronic emission which has been assigned to a number of the track plot

45
Q

Chicks

A

Friendly aircraft

46
Q

Leaker

A

Airborne threat has passed through a defensive layer

47
Q

Bulldog

A

Surface/sub surface launched ASM (Harpoon)

48
Q

Indians

A

Ships of a surface Action group - two or more detached to prosecute surface ships

49
Q

Woofer

A

Off board active radar decoy

50
Q

Pirate

A

Fast moving surface radar contact assumed to be a fast patrol boat or fast attack craft

51
Q

Handyman

A

Helo in the ASuW support role (no weapons)

52
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Mustang

A

An ASuW weapon-carrying helicopter (Romeo - hellfire)

53
Q

Skunk

A

A surface contact detected by radar

54
Q

Bruiser

A

Air launched anti-ship missile

55
Q

Slameye

A

A visual bearing of the missile, missile vapour track or missile exhaust. The bearing of the launch from the reporting unit and the position of the reporting units are given immediately after SLAMEYE

56
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Cage

A

Enemy navigation radar

57
Q

Music

A

Electronic jamming

58
Q

Candy

A

Ammunition state report

59
Q

Charlie

A

Land A/C on ship (i.e. Charlie time…)

60
Q

Gadget

A

Radar or emmiter

61
Q

Strangle

A

Switch off equipment indicated

62
Q

Bent

A

Equipment indicated is inoperable

63
Q

Sweet

A

Equipment indicated is operating efficiently

64
Q

Outhouse

A

My position (bearing/NM) from my reference point

65
Q

Pancake

A

Land or I wish to land

66
Q

Puppies

A

Emission control plan is modified as follows

67
Q

Swap

A

Executive order for change of scene of acting commander

MWOC Phase 4 (1 decks)

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