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Brevity Words Flashcards

1
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ALLIGATOR

A

Link 11

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ANGELS

A

Height in thousands of feet
(Angels 2 = 2000ft)

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3
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BEADWINDOW

A

Your last transmission disclosed Essential Elements of Friendly Information (EEFI)

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4
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BENT

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Equipment indicated as inoperative (Cancelled by OKAY)

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5
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BIG DIPPER

A

Radar and sonar fitted helicopter

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BINGO

A

Fuel state needed for recovery

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7
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BLOODHOUND

A

ASW torpedo

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BLOTTER

A

ECM/ESM system

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9
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BOGEY

A

Unidentified aircraft

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10
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BRUISER

A

Air to Surface Missile (overwater)

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11
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BULLDOG

A

Surface/Sub-Surface Launched Anti-Ship Missile

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12
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BULLPEN

A

Submarine Search Generated Area (SGSA)

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13
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CADILLAC

A

Directional Active Sonobouy

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14
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CAKE

A

ASW weapon state report

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15
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CANDY

A

Ammunition State Report

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16
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CHARTER

A

A requirement to order a daily changing of the current call signs

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17
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CHATTER

A

Communications Jamming

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18
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CHERUBS

A

Height in hundreds of ft
(Cherubs 5 = 500ft)

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19
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COBRA

A

ASW torpedo with Gyro Angle Snake Search (GASS)

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20
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COLD

A

Lost Sonar Contact or Contact is not held

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21
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CONFETTI

A

Chaff return on RADAR

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22
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CYPHER

A

Covered circuits that is set using cryptographic devices

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23
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DIVER

A

Variable depth sonar

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24
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DOGBOX

A

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

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25
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FATHER

A

TACAN

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26
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FEATHER

A

Visual sighting of a periscope wake

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27
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FEELER

A

Shipborne fire control RADAR

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28
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P FREDDIE

A

Air-controller (PAC)

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29
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A FREDDIE

A

Air-controller (ASTAC)

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30
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F FREDDIE

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Air-controller (Fighter Controller)

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31
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FREEWHEEL

A

Cancels SGSA

32
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GADGET

A

Radar

33
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GERTRUDE

A

Underwater telephone equipment

34
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GINGERBREAD

A

Spoofing (voice imitative deception)

35
Q

GOBLIN

A

Submerged Object Detected

36
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GRASSHOPPER

A

Emergency transit method of submarine areas of surface units

37
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GRIDLOCK

A

Process of matching relative positions of locally held tracks with the positions of the reported tracks of the grid reference unit

38
Q

HAMMER

A

Active Sonar

39
Q

HANDYMAN

A

Helicopter in ASUW support role (No weapons)

40
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HOOKER

A

Fishing or other small craft

41
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HOT

A

Sonar contact is held

42
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HUSH

A

To initiate a specific EMCON plan

43
Q

JELLO

A

Inverse Synthetic Aperture RADAR (ISAR)

44
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LAVY

A

Equipment indicated is at standby

45
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MISFIT

A

A requirement to continue using daily call signs

46
Q

MOTHER

A

Parent ship

47
Q

NANCY

A

Infrared Equipment (FLIR/EO)

48
Q

OCTOPUS

A

Data Terminal Set (DTS)

49
Q

Pancake

A

Land/I wish to land

50
Q

PANTHER

A

Hostile Nuclear Submarine

51
Q

PARROT INDIA

A

Military IFF interrogator

52
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PIGEONS

A

Bearing and distance to base or specified destinations (true or magnetic)

53
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PLAIN

A

Uncovered Circuit

54
Q

PLAYGROUND

A

Joining the link network system

55
Q

POINTER

A

Directional passive Sonobouy

56
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POLAR

A

Friendly Nuclear Submarine

57
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PONY

A

ASW Weapon carrying helicopter

58
Q

PUPPIES

A

To modify an existing EMCON Plan

59
Q

RACKET

A

Electronic emission intercepted

60
Q

RIFLE

A

Air to Surface Missile (overland)

61
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RISER

A

A radar contact which had suddenly appeared

62
Q

SINKER

A

A radar contact that later disappeared

63
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SKUNK

A

Surface contact detected by RADAR

64
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SLAMEYE

A

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

65
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SOUR

A

Equipment not operating efficiently/invalid response to IFF check

66
Q

SPIKED

A

RWR indication of a HOSTILE radar lock-on

67
Q

SPOOFING

A

Voice deception detected

68
Q

SPOOFER

A

Contact employing tactical/electronic deception measures

69
Q

SPOTTED

A

RWR indication of a HOSTILE search RADAR

70
Q

SQUAWK

A

Operate IFF as indicated

71
Q

STRANGLE

A

Switch off equipment indicated

72
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SWEET

A

Equipment operating efficiently/valid response to IFF check

73
Q

TIMBER

A

Link 16

74
Q

WAVE OFF

A

Do not land

75
Q

WINCHESTER

A

Aircraft out of ammunition

76
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ZIPLIP

A

Limit voice transmissions to critical information only

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