• Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    If the handful of veterans that I know are anything to go by, military nicknames are often directly related to the dumbest mistake they made during their enlistment.

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      4 days ago

      It Runs the gamut. Some people get nicknames for skills, some for mistakes, and Others for the Most obscure reasons.

      Not a Veteran myself, but a civilian who used to Work in defense. The Nickname Stories are Always fascinating though.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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      4 days ago

      A guy I knew said there was a guy he knew in the service who got the name “Stitch.”

      Oh cool, like, a medic or something?

      Nah, he slipped and banged his dome on a bathroom sink so bad he needed stitches. 😂