| Mallen | 21 Jul 2015 6:23 a.m. PST |
Just curious. From any time, place or period, for whatever reason. Some of mine: 1) Maj. Gen. Julius Caesar (British SYW) 2) General Puke (Sweden Napoleonic Era) 3) Sir Marmaduke Peacock (British Nap) 4) Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell (Marl. Era) 5) King Boso of the Carolingian Empire, honorable mention to Louis the Fat and Charles the Simple. 6) There was a Viking called Hafdan "the Generous with Money but Stingy with Food. ." I'm sure I'll think of others. |
| Winston Smith | 21 Jul 2015 6:29 a.m. PST |
Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin. |
| Rich Bliss | 21 Jul 2015 6:30 a.m. PST |
There was a Victorian English officer with the unlikely surname Lipbalm-Puce. |
 Jeff Ewing  | 21 Jul 2015 6:31 a.m. PST |
I like Colonel Scurry from the ACW and of course Colonel R. G. Pine-Coffin is a perennial favorite. Edit: beaten by Winston Smith as I compose! |
| Feet up now | 21 Jul 2015 6:36 a.m. PST |
If these are real let me know as this would be just too funny.
Captain Crunch
Lieutenant Rightenant
Marshal Amp
Major Minor
Major Disruption
General Motors
Private Parts
Admiral Butterfly
Corporal Punishment
Commander Dinghy
General Quarters |
| FABET01 | 21 Jul 2015 6:51 a.m. PST |
From real life (really): Private Phuk (Vietnamese)
Lieutenant Rideout
Captain Strange
Major Payne |
| Rogues1 | 21 Jul 2015 7:17 a.m. PST |
Seymour Johnson (Navy Test Pilot) that yes the Air Force Base is named after. That must be strange to see the first time on your orders… |
| boggler | 21 Jul 2015 7:35 a.m. PST |
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| Coelacanth | 21 Jul 2015 8:00 a.m. PST |
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee, 1st Bart, GCB, KCMG, CVO (1859-1925) Ron |
| Tommy20 | 21 Jul 2015 8:00 a.m. PST |
Another vote for Pine-Coffin. |
| Gone Fishing | 21 Jul 2015 8:23 a.m. PST |
A writer in MWAN many years ago had a Russian commander named Igor Imaslav-Uroslav, which I always rather liked. Horatio Hornblower isn't bad either. |
| Martin Rapier | 21 Jul 2015 8:31 a.m. PST |
Brigadier General 'Wahoo' Clarke. Lt General Gordon Bennett, CB CMG, DSO, VD Major General Count Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminets. |
 Tacitus | 21 Jul 2015 8:44 a.m. PST |
Friend's dad: USAF fighter pilot, Captain Rocket. |
| Larry R | 21 Jul 2015 8:59 a.m. PST |
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| KeithRK | 21 Jul 2015 10:05 a.m. PST |
My favorite from the ACW. Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana. With a name like that you pretty much have to take a military career don't you? |
 etotheipi  | 21 Jul 2015 10:25 a.m. PST |
The Navy dentist who did my crown rework during Kosovo … LT Payne. Or the one who reconstructed my gorin … LT Wang. Once during initial muster for a damage control course, the roster started with Chief Beef, Lieutenant Bennett, and Ensign Benson, after which point the instructor (a Navy senior chief) told the Coast Guard to cut that out. |
 enfant perdus | 21 Jul 2015 10:43 a.m. PST |
My brother and I were both born in USAF hospitals. The OB who delivered my brother was Captain Fear. Even better, his birth record has the prominent ink stamp, all caps, DELIVERED BY FEAR. The OB who delivered me was, I kid you not, Major Slaughter. If that weren't perfect enough, the nurse assisting him was Captain Butcher. |
| Glengarry5 | 21 Jul 2015 12:29 p.m. PST |
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| MHoxie | 21 Jul 2015 1:20 p.m. PST |
There was a Major John S. Wintermute in the U.S. 5th Armored Division. He served with a Lt Colonel Earl S. Gibson. If you've ever read Neuromancer… |
| Greylegion | 21 Jul 2015 6:34 p.m. PST |
LARRY!!! I laughed my  off at that. That's funny ( totally unexpected) |
| Mooseworks8 | 21 Jul 2015 8:49 p.m. PST |
His Grace, Duke Augustus von Lettow.
A guy I knew once had a gladiator named the Blue Oyster Celt. |
| Bellbottom | 22 Jul 2015 11:15 a.m. PST |
Capt. Hugh Jarce (apologies to IABSM) |
wants to know if you can tell the difference between weaker and stronger magnets with 3mm aircraft.