NTTP 6-02.1 Multiservice Brevity Codes List

Alligator

Link 11

Angels

Altitude in 1000's ft

Authenticate

respond to coded message

Bent

inop

Bingo

fuel state

Bird

SAM

Bandit

A/C ID as enemy

Bittersweet

blue on blue

Blind

no visual

Bogey

unknown A/C

Boomerang

A/C or Flight RTB

Bruiser

Friendly Air launched Antiship Missile

Bulldog

Friendly Sub/Surfaced launched Antiship Missile

Bullseye

Reference pt

Buzzer

Electronic comms jamming

Chattermark

Radio procedures to counter comms jamming

Burn

Glint being used as illumination

Cherubs

A/C 100's ft

Chicks

Friendly A/C

Cyclops

UAV

Eyeball

EO/IR/NVD

Father

TACAN

Flash

Temporary activation of ID system

Flashlight

Help turn on IR floodlight

Fox

A/A missile

Gadget

Radar or emitter equipment

Greyhound

Friendly ground attack missile

Guns

A/A or A/S gun shot

Handshake

Link 16 between ACU and Controlled A/C

Homeplate

Homebase or carrier

Judy

Radar or visual on the correct target

Lasing

firing laser

Leakers

A/C has passed through a defensive layer

Millertime

A/G ordnance delivery

Mother

Parent ship

Movers

unk surface vehicles

Mud

RWR ground threat displayed with no launch ID

Music

Electronic jamming

Nails

AI radar in search

Pigeons

Mag bearing and range to home plate

Rifle

Friendly A/S missile launch

Thunder

1 minute call prior to A/S weapon impact

Vampire

hostile antiship missile

Blotter

ESM RVCR

Candygram

EW TGT info is available on briefed secure net

Canyon

Electronic jamming or radar frequency's indicated or IAW previous orders

Clam

cease emissions on specified equipment

Confetti

chaffe lane or corridor

Ferret

Airborne electronic reconnaissance activity or A/C

Gingerbread

Voice imitative deception is suspected on this net

Goodwill

boundary of an active friendly MEZ

Hooter

Friendly jammer

Longrifle

long range A/S missile launch

Naked

No RWR indications

Pedro

Rescue helo

Quail

Enemy air/surface launched cruise missile

Skinny

Current survivor coordinates

Sneaker

Intelligence gathering vessel

Winchester

No ordnance remaining

Yardstick

Use A/A TACAN for ranging

Pinnacle

an emission believed to orginate from a platform assumed to be friendly.

Bullring

Maritime aircraft patrol zone.

Rent

Report of characteristics of an intercepted signal.

Racket

Intercepted electronic emission which has been assigned a number the track block

Trout

Take a direction finding bearing on the transmission indicated.

Polar

Friendly nuclear submarine

Dipper

An ASW helicopter capable of conducting both sonar search and attack

Dodger

Mobile ASW training target

Exide

Submarine contact is using battery propulsion

Feather

Visual sighting of periscope wake

Pony

ASW weapon carrying helicopter

Riser

A radar contact which has suddenly appeared

Sinker

A radar contact that later disappeared

Spook

A Hostile surfaced submarine

Squawk(ing)

Operate IFF as indicated of IFF is operating as indicated

Standby Dustbin

Nuclear ASW weapon attack approved

Basset

Rocket thrown torpedo

Bloodhound

ASW torpedo

Bullpen

A submarine generated search area (SGSA)

Datum

Last known position of a submarine after contact has bee lost

Pelican

Long range patrol maritime aircraft capable of both search and attack