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