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RTO

Short for "Radio Telephone Operator"

"RTO" is a military term for a radio operator or a radioman, usally the guy with the manpack PRC-77 or PRC-117 radio on thier back, with large antenna and telephone headset microphone.
"Johnson! get the RTO over here and tell HQ they've got RPGs!
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 7, 2003
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SSB

AM radio transmission in which only one sideband is transmitted.
SSB is a highly efficent modulation mode and is widely used for HF communications.
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 24, 2004
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darkstar

also a USAF callsign for Area 51
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
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Dapper Dan

USAF radio code for command post or any other station that somewhat has command over something. Not used in UHF communications band. It is mostly the VHF tactical communications band (30 to 50 MHz)
Dapper Dan, this is alpha six, we have the enemy engaged.
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 7, 2003
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Confederate Air Force

The confederate air force is an organization that preserves warbirds (i.e. aircraft from past wars).
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 22, 2003
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basket case

one who is crazy, well i'll let the lyrics of the Green Day song say it for you.
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothin' and everything
All at once?

I am one of those
Melodramatic fools.
Neurotic to the bone,
No doubt about it.

Sometimes I give myself the creeps.
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
It all keeps addin' up.
I think I'm crackin' up.
Am I just paranoid,
Or am I just stoned?

I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams.
She said it's lack of sex
That's bringin' me down.

I went to a whore.
He said my life's a bore,
So quit my whining cuz
It's bringin' her down.

Sometimes I give myself the creeps.
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
It all keeps addin' up.
I think I'm crackin' up.
Am I just paranoid?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Grasping to control.
So I better hold on.

Sometimes I give myself the creeps.
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
It all keeps addin' up.
I think I'm crackin' up.
Am I just paranoid,
Or am I just stoned?
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 7, 2004
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doublespeak

the term comes from the George Orwell book 1984, by the way.
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
by IrishRepublicanArmy June 5, 2004
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