SPC Private RallyPoint Member 7011964 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-600699"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-all-of-the-different-nicknames-for-rank-that-you-ve-heard-over-the-years-and-if-you-know-it-the-reason-behind-them%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+are+all+of+the+different+nicknames+for+rank+that+you%27ve+heard+over+the+years%2C+and+if+you+know+it%2C+the+reason+behind+them%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-all-of-the-different-nicknames-for-rank-that-you-ve-heard-over-the-years-and-if-you-know-it-the-reason-behind-them&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat are all of the different nicknames for rank that you&#39;ve heard over the years, and if you know it, the reason behind them?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-all-of-the-different-nicknames-for-rank-that-you-ve-heard-over-the-years-and-if-you-know-it-the-reason-behind-them" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="0938902dbc3fe24f38600d2df273b016" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/600/699/for_gallery_v2/d871269b.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/600/699/large_v3/d871269b.jpg" alt="D871269b" /></a></div></div>What are all of the different nicknames for rank that you&#39;ve heard over the years, and if you know it the reason behind them?<br /><br />E1 Private - Slick Sleeve, Fuzzy.<br />E2 Private - Mosquito Wings, Buck Private, Private Second Class<br />E3 Private First Class - Perfect For Cleaning<br />E4 Specialist - Sham Shield, E4 Mafia, Full Bird Private<br />E8 First Sergeant - Top, Diamond<br /><br />W1 Warrant Officer - Spot<br />W5 Chief Warrant Officer 5 - Tower, Lightsaber<br /><br />O1 Second Lieutenant - Butter Bar<br />O3 Captain - Railroad Tracks, Double Lieutenant<br />O5 Lieutenant Colonel - Light Colonel<br />O6 Colonel - Eagle, Full Bird<br />O7+ Generals - Stars 2021-05-29T18:04:48-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 7011964

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-600699"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-all-of-the-different-nicknames-for-rank-that-you-ve-heard-over-the-years-and-if-you-know-it-the-reason-behind-them%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+are+all+of+the+different+nicknames+for+rank+that+you%27ve+heard+over+the+years%2C+and+if+you+know+it%2C+the+reason+behind+them%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-all-of-the-different-nicknames-for-rank-that-you-ve-heard-over-the-years-and-if-you-know-it-the-reason-behind-them&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat are all of the different nicknames for rank that you&#39;ve heard over the years, and if you know it, the reason behind them?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-all-of-the-different-nicknames-for-rank-that-you-ve-heard-over-the-years-and-if-you-know-it-the-reason-behind-them" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="b7d86626f88ca4a42df30ff05c386311" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/600/699/for_gallery_v2/d871269b.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/600/699/large_v3/d871269b.jpg" alt="D871269b" /></a></div></div>What are all of the different nicknames for rank that you&#39;ve heard over the years, and if you know it the reason behind them?<br /><br />E1 Private - Slick Sleeve, Fuzzy.<br />E2 Private - Mosquito Wings, Buck Private, Private Second Class<br />E3 Private First Class - Perfect For Cleaning<br />E4 Specialist - Sham Shield, E4 Mafia, Full Bird Private<br />E8 First Sergeant - Top, Diamond<br /><br />W1 Warrant Officer - Spot<br />W5 Chief Warrant Officer 5 - Tower, Lightsaber<br /><br />O1 Second Lieutenant - Butter Bar<br />O3 Captain - Railroad Tracks, Double Lieutenant<br />O5 Lieutenant Colonel - Light Colonel<br />O6 Colonel - Eagle, Full Bird<br />O7+ Generals - Stars

2021-05-29T18:04:48-04:00 2021-05-29T18:04:48-04:00 CW2 Private RallyPoint Member 7011974

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>CW5 - coin slot<br />O1 - Butters, rich PVT<br /><br />Not sure how I feel about &quot;spot&quot;

2021-05-29T18:08:56-04:00 2021-05-29T18:08:56-04:00 Cpl Vic Burk 7012188

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In the Marines:<br /><br />E-1, Private No Class<br />E-8 (Master Sergeant) - Top<br />E-8 1stSgt - First Shirt<br />E-9 MGySgt - Top<br /><br />Haven&#39;t a clue where they came from. Just what we said!

2021-05-29T19:45:35-04:00 2021-05-29T19:45:35-04:00 SSG Edward Tilton 7012214

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>E6 Staff Sergeant ..........Staff Sergeant Who?

2021-05-29T20:07:02-04:00 2021-05-29T20:07:02-04:00 SFC Casey O'Mally 7012368

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Others I have heard:<br /><br />CPL: Practice NCO / Pretend SGT<br />SGM/CSM: Smaj (pronounced &quot;smadge&quot;)<br />2LT: Private we salute / Officer Private<br />MAJ: Field Grade Lieutenant<br />WO1: Dot<br />CW2: Two mediocre OERs<br />CW5: Unicorn<br />BG: Big Guy<br /><br />W1 - CW5: Ghosts / Invisible / Ninjas / Jedi<br /><br />SFC: God&#39;s LT<br />1SG: God<br />CSM: God&#39;s Boss

2021-05-29T21:26:25-04:00 2021-05-29T21:26:25-04:00 MAJ Ronnie Reams 7013042

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We always called Specialists Speedy, as in Speedy 4, Speedy 5, etc. Lieutenants L T

2021-05-30T10:02:54-04:00 2021-05-30T10:02:54-04:00 Lt Col Timothy Cassidy-Curtis 7014218

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depending on your rank:<br /><br />E1 Private - Slick Sleeve, Fuzzy.<br />E2 Private - Mosquito Wings, Buck Private, Private Second Class<br />E3 Private First Class - Perfect For Cleaning<br />E4 Specialist - Buddy<br />E5 Sergeant - Sergeant<br />E6 Staff Sergeant - Sergeant<br />E7 Sergeant First Class - Sergeant<br />E8 First Sergeant - Top, Diamond - Sergeant<br /><br />W1 Warrant Officer - Sir<br />W2 Chief Warrant Officer - Sir<br />W3 Chief Warrant Officer - Sir<br />W4 Chief Warrant Officer - Sir<br />W5 Chief Warrant Officer - Sir<br /><br />O1 Second Lieutenant - Sir<br />O3 Captain - Sir<br />O4 Major - Sir<br />O5 Lieutenant Colonel - Sir<br />O6 Colonel - Sir<br />O7+ Generals - Sir

2021-05-30T18:59:42-04:00 2021-05-30T18:59:42-04:00 LCDR Keith Trepanier 7016226

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>W1 - WOJG or Warrant Officer Junior Grade

2021-05-31T18:26:41-04:00 2021-05-31T18:26:41-04:00 Lt Col Jim Coe 7016442

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sarge — almost any type of sergeant <br />Sham shield — Army Spec 4

2021-05-31T19:57:16-04:00 2021-05-31T19:57:16-04:00 Sgt Wayne Horton 7017372

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1st Sgt as 1st Shark

2021-06-01T08:01:44-04:00 2021-06-01T08:01:44-04:00 MAJ Matthew Arnold 7017941

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>2LT - Shave Tail. It&#39;s an old term from WW2 times. It comes from the common practice of EMs to 2LT or other new 2LTs cutting the tails off of their issue shirts to make the epaulets for their officers shirts.

2021-06-01T12:10:33-04:00 2021-06-01T12:10:33-04:00 2021-05-29T18:04:48-04:00