DD and DS?

My father was in the Air Force and and Air Guard. He told me he never heard any of these silly military acronyms. He did say he heard of FUBAR on Saving Private Ryan.
 
You earlier posted, " My father was in the Air Force National Guard for 6 years. He worked in payroll, the Air Force Community College and in contracting during those years. He was never activated. Besides his 1 weekend per month, he was only required to work 2 weeks during the summers."

Silly military acronyms? Didn't he watch Mash on TV?

Sounds like he wasn't on Active Duty a lot... I'd venture to say that most all of those acronyms, and a few others, were known to virtually all service men and woman that spent a tour on active duty.

You've clearly got a theme going on in this thread, it would seem.
 
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The acronym list is solid. It is important to know many of them.

DS and DD are exceptions as you will never hear them in the military.

But, they are used frequently on this site and apparently many others by parents of candidates.

I've also learned there is no rule to do this and typing son or daughter is perfectly acceptable. Beware however, as you may have FOMO.

If you go back to the original post asking what DS and DD has to do with the NROTC scholarship, the answer remains....nothing.

That should just about wrap this thread up.

LOL.
 
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If you go back to the original post asking what DS and DD has to do with the NROTC scholarship, the answer remains....nothing.
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Nope. The very first answer was, "Abbreviations for "dear daughter" or "dear son". There is a stickie with abbreviations/acronyms at the top of the forum."
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That should just about wrap this thread up.
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Nope. That first reply should have wrapped it up!
 
Soldiergriz said:
I've also learned there is no rule to do this and typing son or daughter is perfectly acceptable.
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I always type 'son.' That's 3 keystrokes. 'DS' is also 3 keystrokes with the shift key. I'm not using an acronym if it ain't saving me time typing!

Now if my daughter was in a SA, that would be an entirely different situation...
 
To be fair, the AF culture is less slangy, in my impression. Latrine, head - AF bathroom. Barracks, berthing spaces, BOQ, BEQ - AF dormitory. Mess hall, chow hall, galley, wardroom - AF dining hall, cafeteria. Very straightforward, terms known in the civilian world. The Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, a few more years of history upon which to draw, as well as bring forward from the Royal Navy, British Army, etc. There is a lot more emphasis over the last 30 years on joint service knowledge, joint duty, joint info-sharing. Many more Army and AF folks know the sea service gouge!
 
SaltiDawg said:
Nope. The very first answer was, "Abbreviations for "dear daughter" or "dear son". There is a stickie with abbreviations/acronyms at the top of the forum."

Nope. That first reply should have wrapped it up!
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No, the original post to this thread asked what DS and DD had to do with NROTC scholarships. The complete answer to the question is nothing. They have nothing to do with each other. The Navy does not use DS or DD, nor does ROTC.

You really are salty aren't ya...
 
As I said, the first reply/answer above was: "Abbreviations for "dear daughter" or "dear son". There is a stickie with abbreviations/acronyms at the top of the forum." The thread could have ended there.
I've learned here and contributed only background - I'm not in a position to likely be able to help much with current application issues.
I don't think I've earned a dressing down from a youngster, however.
Not sure why you needed to launch a personal attack?
 
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In medical we use: DD-dependent daughter, DS-dependent son, DW-dependent wife, DH-dependent husband

We have a bunch more; some of which are unofficial and inappropriate but funny.
 
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Not sure why you need to launch a personal attack?
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I did not perceive the comment from @Soldiergriz as a personal attack. In fact @Soldiergriz's last comment was followed by a "lol," which tells me that it is all in good spirits. We have had other conflicts on this forum and this one is microscopic in comparison.

Let's all agree that DS/DD is common usage in online-forum-speak. The Acronym list here is primarily intended to decipher the most common MIL-speak acronyms.

I think that @SunnyCal's dad was likely commenting about DS and DD not being military jargon and he would be right. I would disagree with @SunnyCal if he feels that ALL military acronyms are nonsense.
 
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Disappointed in your read, but, "Aye, aye, sir!"

If you can point out anything I posted that would warrent such a personal "response," I would welcome knowing so I can avoid such future direct comments.

PS No lol on the guy's post that I reported ... and I'm not sure what to make of sarcasm followed by a lol
 
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SaltiDawg said:
Disappointed in your read, but, "Aye, aye, sir!"

If you can point out anything I posted that would warrent such a personal "response," I would welcome knowing so I can avoid such future direct comments.

PS No lol on the guy's post that I reported ... and I'm not sure what to make of sarcasm followed by a lol
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I never intended a personal attack on you; if you perceived it as such, I apologize.

Saltidog is your call sign...my play on words was perhaps a poor joke.
 
I would imagine a true personal attack from @Soldiergriz would involve an IBCT, but I would not want to be on receiving end of an SLBM either. ;)
 
Devil Doc said:
In medical we use: DD-dependent daughter, DS-dependent son, DW-dependent wife, DH-dependent husband

We have a bunch more; some of which are unofficial and inappropriate but funny.
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This is the official use of DD and DS as respects the military. But somehow the first D was hijacked to be "Dear" - probably by a spouse (and I write that as a spouse). :).
 
Ok, so here is my take....IMG_8703.JPG

BTW, (<see what I did there??), the texting world is to abbreviate common things that are generally understood, for brevity sake. With my kiddos, it’s mostly: wya, lysm, eta, ttyl. It’s not that big of a deal...use them or not?
 
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