Features of communication in the regiments of naval aviation
"What's in a name?"
From stories naval Many officers know that it is customary in the Navy to address officers by their first and patronymic names, which supposedly demonstrates not only the high communication culture of naval officers, but also testifies to the cohesion of naval teams, well, as in the song - “And then the crew is our family ...” .
But, oddly enough, to their younger brothers in the "family" - sailors, naval officers address at all and not by name and patronymic, but with the use of all the power of the great Russian language, supposedly sailors better understand the commands given by obscenities, they say, so these sailors are arranged.
I will not slander the entire Navy, but I have some personal experience, so I can say that the “high culture” of naval officers in dealing with sailors is not always used, to say the least.
Despite the fact that I also served in the navy, in the naval aviation we had our own peculiarities in communication, some of which I will now tell.
First of all, it must be said that there are no sailors in the naval aviation regiments, only officers and ensigns serve there, and about 75% of the entire personnel are officers. Almost all officers have a higher education, and some even have the Academy, although there are very few of them, 2-3 people for the entire regiment.
He specifically talked about all this so that readers understand that the educational level in naval aviation is not lower than directly in the fleet.
Well, now specifically about the culture of communication, honestly, without hiding anything.
No, we have not yet reached such heights in communication as in the fleet itself, we have not reached. Despite the fact that the name and patronymic were sometimes used in communication, they were more addressed by rank, by last name, and in flight - by position, although everything depended on the situation and the specific person.
Suppose, when the commander of not my crew, the captain, addressed me derogatoryly: “Hey, lieutenant ...”, then I explained to him that there was no such treatment in the Charter, and recommended that either “comrade lieutenant” or Mikhail Vladimirovich contact me.
But this is a special case.
In the crew, on the ground, they spoke by name, and with a large difference in age, they addressed by patronymic - "Alekseich".
During the flight, we were treated only by position - “commander”, “navigator”, but this is because all negotiations were recorded on a tape recorder, which was often tapped by the bosses, and we were flogged for all sorts of “Vasya-Peti”.
But there were all sorts of "dislocations", not without it.
Once, I, a major, squadron navigator, came to the navigation shop to the major, regiment navigator, and, without wasting time, rushed to solve urgent service issues:
- Sanya, damn it ... what are you ... cutting ... ?!
Well, quite normal communication with my close friend, with whom we flew in the same crew, who was my first instructor.
Here is the senior navigator of the regiment, who came from a neighboring regiment and did not know stories our relations with Sanya, he started up and decided to put me in my place:
- And how do you, comrade major, talk to the navigator of the regiment?
Not only I was surprised, but also two more navigators of the regiment sitting in the office. I, taken aback, asked:
How should I speak? What do I mean: it was necessary to approach with a marching step to find out why he was arguing this nonsense?
Everyone, including Sanya, laughed, and the “senior” realized that he had said something wrong.
Well, okay, this "senior" was not of this world, despite the fact that he graduated from the Academy, and he was removed from his post without even giving the "underground", but not for a high culture of communication, but for contributing to the murder of the crew.
About Nicknames
And now about nicknames.
Yes, there were nicknames, mainly for the leadership.
There were also nicknames for ordinary officers, but not offensive, but reflecting the features of the service.
For example, the right pilot, who quickly and without any whims ran for vodka, had the nickname "Fast Leg", which did not prevent him from becoming even a detachment commander in the future.
There were military men with such surnames that nicknames were not needed.
Somehow "Deputy on the glands ”introduced me ensigns from the“ study ”, and one of them had a surname - Kakashkin. Realizing that it would not be easy to serve with such a surname, I hinted to the ensign that the first syllable could be dropped and the surname changed, but received an answer that he was not going to change his native surname. Well, it doesn't matter to me, but when I had to talk about this ensign so that no one would laugh, I called him "an ensign with a legendary surname."
The commanders of the regiments did not have nicknames, we called them among ourselves by abbreviations from their surnames - “Soldier”, “Ushan”, “Lyapa” ...
But the political officers of the regiments always had a nickname, it just so happened, and for some reason unknown to me, all these nicknames were associated with cartoons. And not always the nickname was invented by the personnel, sometimes the regimental commanders made their contribution.
Somehow the political officer of the regiment came out in front of the formation and carried some nonsense. The people murmured. The commander of the Wushan regiment decided to help out the political officer:
- Well, what are you talking about, well, the person made a mistake, and you immediately - Akela missed, Akela missed ...
Of course, now everyone called the political officer only Akela.
This political officer was replaced by a very tall officer, and somehow the nickname “38 parrots” formed itself.
A very old political officer of the regiment was called “Grandfather”, and when they sat down to drink on Sakhalin, they traditionally exchanged remarks based on the cartoon “Bobik visiting Barbos”:
- And "Grandfather" will not scold?
- And we are his broom!
The officers of the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet Air Force also received nicknames, or rather, they earned money.
The head of the department, a colonel, a very incompetent officer with a gray head, was nicknamed "The Gray-haired Madman" for his constant desire to demonstrate his ignorance.
Another colonel, who compensated for his small stature with increased demands on minor issues, was called the "Evil Dwarf."
Well, you understand, nicknames were not given just like that, they had to be earned.
About personal
And now about the personal, he promised to tell the whole truth.
I also had a nickname.
You could say I made it up myself.
Once I went into one of the offices of the headquarters, there the guys were drinking, in the open.
At my appearance, everyone stood up doomed, and one officer, having fallen into a stupor, remained seated.
I asked him:
“Why are you sitting there, you don’t recognize me?” It's me, your favorite regimental chief of staff.
I found them a job, and went on business.
The guys shared their "fly" with their comrades, and soon I heard how the head of the electronic warfare, the main loafer of the regiment's department, complained to someone about the impossible task assigned to him:
- Who ordered, who ordered ... "Our beloved" ordered.
So I got the nickname - "Our favorite."
I wasn't offended, and the guys, knowing that I liked jokes, always played on that nickname when they got the chance.
For example, if someone “encouraged” me with a bottle of cognac, then “Beloved” chocolate was always attached to it.
In general, it was a sin to be offended by such a nickname, especially since by nature I am kindness itself, and legends about this kindness of mine still circulate throughout naval aviation.
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