What are some of the strangest, funniest, oddest names you have encountered in the military?

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff — Wed, 31 May 2017 15:18:31 -0400

For example: Sergeant Major, Airman Fuchs, Chief Dick....(I found some in a Google search)

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 31 at 2017 4:13 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 31 May 2017 16:13:56 -0400

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff, FLARNG has a Major Sargeant. I always liked that one. Our G4 has a Lieutenant Colonel Sanders as well.

Response by SSgt Ryan Sylvester made May 31 at 2017 4:15 PM

SSgt Ryan Sylvester — Wed, 31 May 2017 16:15:24 -0400

Back when I was in high school, we had two recruiters visiting our school for a couple years. One Army, one Air Force. Named Cox and Beavers, respectively.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made May 31 at 2017 4:20 PM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Wed, 31 May 2017 16:20:10 -0400

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff Not in military, but I know a person first Initial T, last name Watts.

Response by LCpl Shane Couch made May 31 at 2017 5:05 PM

LCpl Shane Couch — Wed, 31 May 2017 17:05:47 -0400

In my last platoon we had two Jason Cox, based on their height we called them Big Cox and Little Cox. Later on towards my EAS we gained a platoon commander Captain Crunch.

Response by SPC Sean Slaughter made May 31 at 2017 6:11 PM

SPC Sean Slaughter — Wed, 31 May 2017 18:11:04 -0400

Do you see my last name? It was impossible to be invisible in basic! Also my wife a very independent woman who never wanted another persons last name took mine because now she is SGT Slaughter.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made May 31 at 2017 7:20 PM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:20:37 -0400

We have a SSG Major. We were discussing him and someone thought we were talking about the SGM. Very confusing conversation!!

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made May 31 at 2017 8:56 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 31 May 2017 20:56:57 -0400

Seaman Samples.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 3 at 2017 7:18 PM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 19:18:16 -0400

PVT. Fourtytwo Chopter. US ARMY. Yes. His real first name was actually FourtyTwo.

Response by Maj Hanora (Nonie) Lay made Jun 4 at 2017 11:34 AM

Maj Hanora (Nonie) Lay — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 11:34:59 -0400

My husband and I were Majors at the same time. We were the Majors Lay. My husband had a change of command where he was replaced by Major Midget, she was about 4'10". We also ran into Captain Hook, who was on his way to become the Air Attaché in the Ivory Coast.

Response by SSgt Bob Mobbs made Jun 4 at 2017 1:26 PM

SSgt Bob Mobbs — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 13:26:59 -0400

In Panama I worked with a Captain Dooda. Every once in a while after answering the phone I would hear him explaining "yes, like in the song All The Dooda Day." In Korea I was stationed with a Lt. Marvel but wasn't around when he made Captain. I would have loved to hear him answer the phone.

Response by SPC Roger Giffen made Jun 4 at 2017 2:35 PM

SPC Roger Giffen — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 14:35:44 -0400

Don't forget Major Major from Catch 22.

Response by SMSgt Mark Gildersleeve made Jun 4 at 2017 6:48 PM

SMSgt Mark Gildersleeve — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 18:48:18 -0400

Unit on post had Capt Michael Jackson & 1SG James Brown...

Response by PVT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 4 at 2017 9:24 PM

PVT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 21:24:49 -0400

A guy in my company in BCT's last name was parts. As you could imagine the drill sergeants had a blast with it, always giving "private parts" a hard time

Response by SPC James Anderson made Jun 4 at 2017 10:31 PM

SPC James Anderson — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 22:31:36 -0400

Had a PFC Slaughter in AIT along with a PV2 Dick. Our Female DI refused to call him Pv2 Dick so he became PV2 Richard. At Ft Riley in one of our Bat S shops there were Cpt Dick and Maj Horney. The major was French so it was pronounced Horneigh and I believe the Cpt was promoted to Major Dick before I left Riley. Believe it or not I had a living hell with the last name Anderson, I was active duty in 1999 when the "Matrix" came out and over night I became "Mr Andeeerrrrsoon" to every swinging dick in the unit.

Response by SFC Sean Berryman made Jun 4 at 2017 11:32 PM

SFC Sean Berryman — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 23:32:22 -0400

Knew a CPT Kirk who was married to Ms. Kirk, also CPT Kirk.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 4 at 2017 11:54 PM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 23:54:51 -0400

Encountered a "Captain America," once. Explained that his parents were illegal immigrants, and when they had him (in the U.S.), they wanted to avoid detection, and for some reason thought changing his last name to "America" would accomplish that. He said that not long after he got his commission, he considered changing his name to his father's (Hernandez), but his ROTC mate pointed out that after a few years, he would be Captain America. He got out as a Captain, and I remember during his retirement ceremony (he was prior enlisted, made it to Tech before he commissioned), his retirement certificate wasn't done yet because AFPC had to make sure someone wasn't jerking their chain on the rank and name.

Response by SPC Robb Sidebottom made Jun 5 at 2017 7:18 AM

SPC Robb Sidebottom — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 07:18:38 -0400

A couple of my superiors begged me to reenlist. They wanted me to make first seargant, which wouldn've allowed me to be called "Top."

Response by SGT Morrison (Mike) Hogwood made Jun 7 at 2017 1:37 PM

SGT Morrison (Mike) Hogwood — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:37:49 -0400

I won't sat they were the strangest or funny but it was in Basic Training we had a Drill Sgt Friend and Drill Sgt Love,neither one held up to tyheir name

Response by SPC Rob Barton made Jul 8 at 2017 12:16 PM

SPC Rob Barton — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 12:16:01 -0400

Pvt. Boner

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 24 at 2019 11:46 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:46:03 -0500

When I was on EFMB detail we had a candidate that was a captain and his last name was Falcon. Most Nintendo fans should get this one.

Response by SMSgt Kevin Bishop made Nov 24 at 2019 12:10 PM

SMSgt Kevin Bishop — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:10:15 -0500

I once knew a Lt Col. Rambow. He was a speak softly (at least in public) kind of guy.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 24 at 2019 12:44 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:44:16 -0500

Used to deal with BCT trainees a lot. Ran across a female with the last name Ass. Also almost ran into a Lt at lunch one day with the last name of Boob.

Response by Sgt Fred Griego made Nov 24 at 2019 5:32 PM

Sgt Fred Griego — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 17:32:19 -0500

had a Ssgt Hurt that headed a dispatch team in South Dakota. They skidded off the road one day and the back & forth with job control was hilarious. JC: anyone hurt? Team: Stand-by - I'll get him. We had a Peppers in basic that I knew would eventually reach Sgt. Also same place had a Herd that on the embroidered name tag resembled HERO that caused quite a furor among unsuspecting TI's

Response by CPT Bruce Dow made Feb 4 at 2020 11:53 AM

CPT Bruce Dow — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:53:40 -0500

MAJ Miner and SGT Pepper

Response by MAJ Ron Peery made Feb 4 at 2020 12:00 PM

MAJ Ron Peery — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:00:50 -0500

I had to read all of the comments to make sure I hadn't already commented on this one. I met a Signal officer at Fort Hood back in 1984 name Captain Radio.

Response by SSG Earl Corp made Feb 4 at 2020 12:21 PM

SSG Earl Corp — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:21:21 -0500

When I was at Ft. Campbell I was Corporal Corp. Everybody had a blast with that one.

Response by SSG Darrell Peters made Feb 4 at 2020 12:50 PM

SSG Darrell Peters — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:50:33 -0500

In one platoon we had, Bacon, Hamm, and Coffee. Platoon Sgt. said all we need is eggs and we have Breakfast. When ever he yelled out BREAKFAST those three knew he meant them. Another time we had North, South, East and West. During formation they were placed at their appropriate direction.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2020 1:12 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:12:42 -0500

Assman, Private Assman. That was in basic. Later a BN in my BDE had a trio of staff officers named Cox, Dix, and Johnson. Probably the coolest name that I’ve encountered was Deatherage.

Response by SGT Brian Black made Feb 4 at 2020 1:19 PM

SGT Brian Black — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:19:57 -0500

Senior Drill in Basic—SFC Slaughter.

Response by HN Roger Kluthe made Feb 4 at 2020 2:17 PM

HN Roger Kluthe — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:17:15 -0500

Seaman Butts, and Petty Officer Kitchens (he was a cook)

Response by TSgt Daniel Daugherty made Feb 4 at 2020 2:22 PM

TSgt Daniel Daugherty — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:22:52 -0500

During SERE Training my ranking officer was a Marine, Captain Quirk...I asked him to have Scotty beam us out of there.

Response by COL Tom Schaidhammer made Feb 4 at 2020 4:20 PM

COL Tom Schaidhammer — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:20:06 -0500

Major Dick True story.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2020 5:20 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:20:41 -0500

When I was in Tech School the Navy troops would march by & this kid must have been a fuck up bc every day it seemed that they called his name out. “Seaman Guzler where have you been?” Seaman Guzler wtf are you doing?”

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2020 5:25 PM

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:25:00 -0500

MAJ Minor, CPT Miracle, PVT Zero (all real).

Response by SPC Ra Reece made Feb 4 at 2020 7:14 PM

SPC Ra Reece — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:14:14 -0500

While in Basic we had a Pvt Yu ..... DS was amazed when he called out “hey you.... you with the glasses. Pvt Yu even wore glasses. Pvt Yu went running to the front of the formation and the DS stood there silently. I dont think he knew what to say.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2020 10:29 PM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:29:12 -0500

In basic there were two brothers from Arkansas. Both named Andrew Lively. They had different middle names. One was Jefferson the other Jackson if I remember correctly. Drills loved to mess with them.

Response by MSgt Chandos Clapper made Feb 5 at 2020 12:07 AM

MSgt Chandos Clapper — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:07:17 -0500

I knew a Major Major at FAFB, WA.good dude.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 21 at 2020 6:07 PM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:07:21 -0400

Well, I eventually became SN Weiner, then PO3 Weiner and now I'm PO3 Dickinson. Traded one dick joke for another.

Response by CWO5 Ray Lee made Mar 21 at 2020 7:50 PM

CWO5 Ray Lee — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:50:12 -0400

My replacement was a Marine whose last name was Commodore. Raised quite a few eye browses while serving on a Naval installation.

Response by CPT Brad Wilson made Nov 14 at 2020 1:42 PM

CPT Brad Wilson — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 13:42:48 -0500

Had an ROTC instructor names Cpt Sweet we were really going to have fun with him when he got promoted but he was transferred before that happened

Response by CW4 John Wheatley made Nov 14 at 2020 2:10 PM

CW4 John Wheatley — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 14:10:26 -0500

I had a battery commander named General Williams, He answered the phone Lt General Williams speaking.

Response by SGT Ron Egan made Nov 14 at 2020 5:12 PM

SGT Ron Egan — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:12:02 -0500

I ran into a General Nuisance, Major Disaster, General Disaster.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2020 8:08 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:08:05 -0500

BCT in 1990, we had a legit Bart Simpson. AIT there was a PVT Mills and we joked that if he became a General someday he would be General Mills. After a few weeks, he tells us that his dad is a Major with hopes of being a General.

Response by SSG John DeLore made Nov 15 at 2020 8:17 AM

SSG John DeLore — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 08:17:02 -0500

Worked for 2d ID’s Captain Hook, and J5’s SGM. Minor while in Iraq.

Response by CW3 Michael Koushel made Nov 15 at 2020 10:09 PM

CW3 Michael Koushel — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:09:38 -0500

We had a Sergeant last name Major... then we had SGT Cox and SSG Bahls...

Response by SFC Don Ward made Nov 15 at 2020 11:20 PM

SFC Don Ward — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 23:20:24 -0500

Served with a female in Germany with the first name Seesaw. A SSG in Missouri named Gnrk.

Response by SPC Greg Burnett made Nov 16 at 2020 11:12 PM

SPC Greg Burnett — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:12:06 -0500

Lt. Pitstick.

Response by PO1 Sanford Snyder made Jan 31 at 2021 8:27 PM

PO1 Sanford Snyder — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:27:44 -0500

I actually saw the shop organizational board on board one of the carriers I was on. The lads last name was Pinto, he was a ABE, he was upset when he made 3rd Class Petty Officer from Airman (AN) because the board would no longer list him as Pinto, ABEAN.

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 31 at 2021 10:53 PM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:53:29 -0500

We had a PVT Ho..... first name Dat.

Response by CW4 John Wheatley made Nov 8 at 2021 1:44 PM

CW4 John Wheatley — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:44:11 -0500

I had a lieutenant named General Williams as a commander ,answered the phone as lieutenant General Williams

Response by SSG John Jensen made Nov 8 at 2021 5:36 PM

SSG John Jensen — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 17:36:05 -0500

CPT Sergeant and Sergeant Mayer-
but read Catch-22 with 'Major Major Major Major'

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 8 at 2021 6:11 PM

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 18:11:35 -0500

I knew a Major Hickey.