Green Hornet / Green Tea / Simply Green / Mean Green / Grasshopper / Praying Mantis
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Or.......wait for it.......Pee Green.
I was recently given a long list of Marine and Navy pilot call signs by a retired Marine fighter pilot and how they were earned. Some are hilarious.Exactly. I have met exactly 1 fighter pilot who (re)named himself, and he was a total tool. Pilots give each other funny names almost always because of something stupid they did or to lovingly give them sh1t about something. I think that is, in general, how nick names should go.
I couldn't resist giving a very small sample of that list. It's a screen shot from my phone so I'll hope It's legible. If not I'll do it on my desktop computer.I was recently given a long list of Marine and Navy pilot call signs by a retired Marine fighter pilot and how they were earned. Some are hilarious.![]()
I've also been told most of the "cool" callsigns are given to people they don't like. Like the guy I was referring to earlier--originally his was "Hammer" which sounds cool, but supposedly it was because he was such a tool. Don't remember what he changed it to, just the original because the still called him it and he was real cranky about it. He was my pilot though so I tried not to antagonize himI was recently given a long list of Marine and Navy pilot call signs by a retired Marine fighter pilot and how they were earned. Some are hilarious.![]()
I see a Skittle.![]()
Too late.Thuper Duper Fabulous Skittle is my suggestion.
You aircrew on something or a crew chief? I knew one named 'Viper' - couldn't get him to tell me the origin for the life of me. I eventually got it out of another pilot - "Very Idiotic PERson".I've also been told most of the "cool" callsigns are given to people they don't like. Like the guy I was referring to earlier--originally his was "Hammer" which sounds cool, but supposedly it was because he was such a tool. Don't remember what he changed it to, just the original because the still called him it and he was real cranky about it. He was my pilot though so I tried not to antagonize him![]()
It's a Facebook thing (and I'm not fan).The naming thing seems to be incredibly popular in the JK and JL crowd I've noticed. I have no idea why.
