How does one pronounce "ASW"?

Skwabie · 01-12-18, 12:52 AM

Back in my flight sim days I'd read "RWR" (radar warning receiver) as R-W-R, until I flew with a pilot and he told me it's said as "raw" by the pros.

So questions to those in the club... Does ASW have a shortened pronunciation or you just say it as A-S-W?

And how about ASuW?

SiegDerMaus · 01-12-18, 03:16 AM

Not that I know of. Though I would have guessed "rawr" for the Radar Warning Receiver.

supraoptimo · 01-12-18, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skwabie

Back in my flight sim days I'd read "RWR" (radar warning receiver) as R-W-R, until I flew with a pilot and he told me it's said as "raw" by the pros.

So questions to those in the club... Does ASW have a shortened pronunciation or you just say it as A-S-W?

And how about ASuW?

We always said R-W-R back when I was crewing Black Hawks. As for ASW, well, I once met a Sea Hawk pilot off a destroyer who referred to his role as "being the ship's asswipe". Take that as you will.

FPSchazly · 01-12-18, 08:12 AM

I've always known them as A-S-W and A-S-u-W, though I've never been in the Navy. Saying anti-surface warfare is only one syllable longer than A-S-u-W, so I usually just say the full name haha.

C-Wolf · 01-12-18, 10:22 AM

And then there's the place we went to school to study ASW, complete with one of the longer acronyms the Navy could devise to place on our vehicle bumper stickers:

FLEASWTRACENPAC

Skwabie · 01-12-18, 01:28 PM

LOL. Thank y'all.

Fizwalker · 01-12-18, 03:58 PM

My father was USN and he always said it as A S W, or Anti-Submarine Warfare. (This thread is the first time I've ever heard of Anti-Surface Warfare :P)

XenonSurf · 01-12-18, 07:49 PM

ey ess you vee...
get this boomer at your knee...

Murph89 · 01-12-18, 08:23 PM

We always said the letters on my ship. "A-S-W"

GSmith63 · 01-13-18, 02:21 PM

Same here. We always said "A S W." For ASuW we always said the whole phrase, "anti-surface warfare."

Skwabie · 01-13-18, 03:02 PM

Looks like the letters it is, I think they are a mouthful but perhaps not

AlphaDog223 · 01-18-18, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skwabie

Back in my flight sim days I'd read "RWR" (radar warning receiver) as R-W-R, until I flew with a pilot and he told me it's said as "raw" by the pros.

So questions to those in the club... Does ASW have a shortened pronunciation or you just say it as A-S-W?

And how about ASuW?

From a former ASW sonar operator on P-3c update III's its just called that, ASW(Anti-Submarine Warfare) no fancy name or acronym... and NOT as someone else that replied as Anti-Surface Warfare

Alpha

oversoul · 01-19-18, 12:54 AM

"Just to dogpile on here" we always said A-S-W.

Funny related story: one of my aviator friends freaked out when I answered a question about RWR, "how do you know what that is!"

"Dude, I played a lot of Falcon 4, come on!" haha noob

o_O

KJakker · 01-20-18, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skwabie

Back in my flight sim days I'd read "RWR" (radar warning receiver) as R-W-R, until I flew with a pilot and he told me it's said as "raw" by the pros.

So questions to those in the club... Does ASW have a shortened pronunciation or you just say it as A-S-W?

And how about ASuW?

The "raw" pronunciation likely goes back to at least the Vietnam War era. At the time an alternate term "Radar Homing and Warning", which gives the acronym "RHAW", was commonly used to refer to early radar warning receivers.

subcritical · 01-20-18, 07:20 PM

ASW - am I the only one who see that as Auxiliary Seawater! I guess that shows what side of the waves I was on!

01-12-18, 12:52 AM	#1
Skwabie Mate Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 51 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	How does one pronounce "ASW"? Back in my flight sim days I'd read "RWR" (radar warning receiver) as R-W-R, until I flew with a pilot and he told me it's said as "raw" by the pros. So questions to those in the club... Does ASW have a shortened pronunciation or you just say it as A-S-W? And how about ASuW?

01-12-18, 08:12 AM	#4
FPSchazly Good Hunting! Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Beantown Posts: 776 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 1	I've always known them as A-S-W and A-S-u-W, though I've never been in the Navy. Saying anti-surface warfare is only one syllable longer than A-S-u-W, so I usually just say the full name haha. __________________ Your friendly neighborhood modern submarine YouTuber. My videos: Exclusive Look at Modern Naval Warfare! Dangerous Waters Liu Doctrine (LwAmi Learn to play Dangerous Waters

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C-Wolf Watch Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: New England Posts: 30 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	And then there's the place we went to school to study ASW, complete with one of the longer acronyms the Navy could devise to place on our vehicle bumper stickers: FLEASWTRACENPAC __________________ Sagire, Classis, Destructum!

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Murph89 Watch Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: NC Posts: 29 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	We always said the letters on my ship. "A-S-W" __________________

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SiegDerMaus Edgerunner Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: United States Posts: 32 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Not that I know of. Though I would have guessed "rawr" for the Radar Warning Receiver.

01-12-18, 01:28 PM	#6
Skwabie Mate Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 51 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	LOL. Thank y'all.

01-12-18, 03:58 PM	#7
Fizwalker Seaman Join Date: May 2014 Location: Illinois Posts: 40 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	My father was USN and he always said it as A S W, or Anti-Submarine Warfare. (This thread is the first time I've ever heard of Anti-Surface Warfare :P)

01-12-18, 07:49 PM	#8
XenonSurf Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany, Italy Posts: 1,721 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 4	ey ess you vee... get this boomer at your knee...

01-13-18, 02:21 PM	#10
GSmith63 Sailor man Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 48 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Same here. We always said "A S W." For ASuW we always said the whole phrase, "anti-surface warfare."

01-13-18, 03:02 PM	#11
Skwabie Mate Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 51 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Looks like the letters it is, I think they are a mouthful but perhaps not

01-19-18, 12:54 AM	#13
oversoul Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 10 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	"Just to dogpile on here" we always said A-S-W. Funny related story: one of my aviator friends freaked out when I answered a question about RWR, "how do you know what that is!" "Dude, I played a lot of Falcon 4, come on!" haha noob o_O

01-20-18, 07:20 PM	#15
subcritical Watch Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Right here Posts: 26 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	ASW - am I the only one who see that as Auxiliary Seawater! I guess that shows what side of the waves I was on!