Swabbie flies F-22, doesn't speak zoomie

by nukegingrich | February 4, 2007 at 12:38 pm

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Perhaps one of our military readers can shed some light on the differences between swabbie-speak and zoomie-speak. Regardless, the F-22 Raptor sounds like a real scream.

of the continuous challenges he faces is the barrier of "speaking Air Force." I grew up operating and talking in a maritime-air environment and that has hindered the process of communicating to Air Force members," he said. "But hopefully, before I leave, I'll have a full understanding so I can bring all the knowledge I learned back to the Navy side."

Even his commander noticed a bit of the miscommunication. "I have found myself looking around to see if I'm the only one who didn't understand what he said," said Lt. Col. Daniel Holmes, commander of the 59th TES.