Here are some of the company nicknames past and present:
1 - Fun One
1st Company Youngsters are responsible for getting the Herndon monument ready for the plebes to climb. They grease it up with lard and write humorous saying in the lard for all to see.
2 - Deuce
3 - Thirsty Three, Third Herd
4 - Delta Dogs
5 - Five Baby Five
5th Company sponsors the Easter Egg Hunt
6 - Slacker Six, Motel 6
7 - Seventh Heaven, Sweat 7 ("no sweat")
8 - Eight Ball
9 - Cloud 9
9th Company is responsible for painting Tecumseh in his motivational colors for all occasions
10 - Tool Time Ten / Turkey Ten
11 - Tiger Company
12 - Twelfth Reich
13 - Lucky 13
13th Company runs the football to the Army Navy game. 13th Company from West Point does the same.
14 - Killa Bees, Phat 14, Flamin' 14, Friendly 14, 14th Co Tomcats
15 – Anyone can help here???
16 - Sweet 16 (also told, "none")
17 - Nacho 17
18 - Anal 18, No Marine 18, Barely Legal 18
19 - Free 19
20 - Tropical 20 , Aloha Know at 2.0
21 - No Fun 21, Blackjack 21
22 - Loose Loose, Double Deuce
23 - Rock Hard 23 (unofficially, Predators)
24 - Hard Core 24
25 - Wu-Five, 25 Alive, Built to Survive 25
26 - 26 All Stars (also told, "none") 26th Civilian
27 - Gamecocks (also, Fighting Gamecocks) The Herd
28 - The Club, Fightin' 28
28th Company fill the Croquet Team and play in the croquet match with St John's College. Mids wear their white uniforms, short blue jackets, look sharper than sharp. Townswomen come on 19th century long dresses, with parasols, and men in bowler hats and striped jackets. Picnics on the grass. Johnnies wear anything and everything.
29 - 29 Palms (unofficially, "War Pigs") Stand in Line 29
30 - Dirty Thirty