Am I the only one who finds it weird that even she (a civilian) refers to him by his callsign instead of Nick, his actual name? Maybe, it would've humanized him more (especially given his inevitable demise) if we actually heard his real name said on screen.
shareI will have to watch it again. From before she sounded like a southern accent.Women down their call their husbands by pet names or nicknames. Bubba,T-roy.
shareEither way, this is not a plot hole
shareMaybe Goose was a life long nickname that was just made into his callsign.
shareEither way his goose was cooked.
shareWhen I was in the Marines, my wife had a tendency to refer to me the way the other Marines did when they were around.
For the most part in an informal setting, we dropped the rank and just used last names or the first letter of our last names, to refer to each other.
For example:
Formal setting - Sergeant Taylor - "Sergeant Taylor, what's the plan of the day?"
Informal (most common) - Taylor - "Taylor, help me with these sandbags"
More informal: "Hey Sgt T, you see the game last night?" or "Hey T, you going to the club with us tonight"
I know it sounds strange, but my wife would call me by my (our) last name, as though that were my given name, the same as everyone else.
So true. The military wife becomes de facto military herself and takes on the culture same as the service member. You hear wives saying things like “watch your six” or “what a Charlie Foxtrot” and you know the metamorphosis has occurred
sharemy MIL called my FIL by his nickname 100% of the time
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