Brevity Words

Question 1

ALLIGATOR

Answer 1

Link 11

Question 2

ANGELS

Answer 2

Height in thousands of feet
(Angels 2 = 2000ft)

Question 3

BEADWINDOW

Answer 3

Your last transmission disclosed Essential Elements of Friendly Information (EEFI)

Question 4

BENT

Answer 4

Equipment indicated as inoperative (Cancelled by OKAY)

Question 5

BIG DIPPER

Answer 5

Radar and sonar fitted helicopter

Question 6

BINGO

Answer 6

Fuel state needed for recovery

Question 7

BLOODHOUND

Answer 7

ASW torpedo

Question 8

BLOTTER

Answer 8

ECM/ESM system

Question 9

BOGEY

Answer 9

Unidentified aircraft

Question 10

BRUISER

Answer 10

Air to Surface Missile (overwater)

Question 11

BULLDOG

Answer 11

Surface/Sub-Surface Launched Anti-Ship Missile

Question 12

BULLPEN

Answer 12

Submarine Search Generated Area (SGSA)

Question 13

CADILLAC

Answer 13

Directional Active Sonobouy

Question 14

CAKE

Answer 14

ASW weapon state report

Question 15

CANDY

Answer 15

Ammunition State Report

Question 16

CHARTER

Answer 16

A requirement to order a daily changing of the current call signs

Question 17

CHATTER

Answer 17

Communications Jamming

Question 18

CHERUBS

Answer 18

Height in hundreds of ft
(Cherubs 5 = 500ft)

Question 19

COBRA

Answer 19

ASW torpedo with Gyro Angle Snake Search (GASS)

Question 20

COLD

Answer 20

Lost Sonar Contact or Contact is not held

Question 21

CONFETTI

Answer 21

Chaff return on RADAR

Question 22

CYPHER

Answer 22

Covered circuits that is set using cryptographic devices

Question 23

DIVER

Answer 23

Variable depth sonar

Question 24

DOGBOX

Answer 24

Area within which units may interfere with or be endangered by ASW torpedoes

Question 25

FATHER

Answer 25

TACAN

Question 26

FEATHER

Answer 26

Visual sighting of a periscope wake

Question 27

FEELER

Answer 27

Shipborne fire control RADAR

Question 28

P FREDDIE

Answer 28

Air-controller (PAC)

Question 29

A FREDDIE

Answer 29

Air-controller (ASTAC)

Question 30

F FREDDIE

Answer 30

Air-controller (Fighter Controller)

Question 31

FREEWHEEL

Answer 31

Cancels SGSA

Question 32

GADGET

Answer 32

Radar

Question 33

GERTRUDE

Answer 33

Underwater telephone equipment

Question 34

GINGERBREAD

Answer 34

Spoofing (voice imitative deception)

Question 35

GOBLIN

Answer 35

Submerged Object Detected

Question 36

GRASSHOPPER

Answer 36

Emergency transit method of submarine areas of surface units

Question 37

GRIDLOCK

Answer 37

Process of matching relative positions of locally held tracks with the positions of the reported tracks of the grid reference unit

Question 38

HAMMER

Answer 38

Active Sonar

Question 39

HANDYMAN

Answer 39

Helicopter in ASUW support role (No weapons)

Question 40

HOOKER

Answer 40

Fishing or other small craft

Question 41

HOT

Answer 41

Sonar contact is held

Question 42

HUSH

Answer 42

To initiate a specific EMCON plan

Question 43

JELLO

Answer 43

Inverse Synthetic Aperture RADAR (ISAR)

Question 44

LAVY

Answer 44

Equipment indicated is at standby

Question 45

MISFIT

Answer 45

A requirement to continue using daily call signs

Question 46

MOTHER

Answer 46

Parent ship

Question 47

NANCY

Answer 47

Infrared Equipment (FLIR/EO)

Question 48

OCTOPUS

Answer 48

Data Terminal Set (DTS)

Question 49

Pancake

Answer 49

Land/I wish to land

Question 50

PANTHER

Answer 50

Hostile Nuclear Submarine

Question 51

PARROT INDIA

Answer 51

Military IFF interrogator

Question 52

PIGEONS

Answer 52

Bearing and distance to base or specified destinations (true or magnetic)

Question 53

PLAIN

Answer 53

Uncovered Circuit

Question 54

PLAYGROUND

Answer 54

Joining the link network system

Question 55

POINTER

Answer 55

Directional passive Sonobouy

Question 56

POLAR

Answer 56

Friendly Nuclear Submarine

Question 57

PONY

Answer 57

ASW Weapon carrying helicopter

Question 58

PUPPIES

Answer 58

To modify an existing EMCON Plan

Question 59

RACKET

Answer 59

Electronic emission intercepted

Question 60

RIFLE

Answer 60

Air to Surface Missile (overland)

Question 61

RISER

Answer 61

A radar contact which had suddenly appeared

Question 62

SINKER

Answer 62

A radar contact that later disappeared

Question 63

SKUNK

Answer 63

Surface contact detected by RADAR

Question 64

SLAMEYE

Answer 64

A visual bearing of the missile, vapour track, or exhaust. The bearing of the launch from the reporting unit and the position of the reporting unit are given immediately after SLAMEYE

Question 65

SOUR

Answer 65

Equipment not operating efficiently/invalid response to IFF check

Question 66

SPIKED

Answer 66

RWR indication of a HOSTILE radar lock-on

Question 67

SPOOFING

Answer 67

Voice deception detected

Question 68

SPOOFER

Answer 68

Contact employing tactical/electronic deception measures

Question 69

SPOTTED

Answer 69

RWR indication of a HOSTILE search RADAR

Question 70

SQUAWK

Answer 70

Operate IFF as indicated

Question 71

STRANGLE

Answer 71

Switch off equipment indicated

Question 72

SWEET

Answer 72

Equipment operating efficiently/valid response to IFF check

Question 73

TIMBER

Answer 73

Link 16

Question 74

WAVE OFF

Answer 74

Do not land

Question 75

WINCHESTER

Answer 75

Aircraft out of ammunition

Question 76

ZIPLIP

Answer 76

Limit voice transmissions to critical information only