What in the world is "commo"?

[pendragonman]

Yes, the officer is called a signals officer (actually, originally an age of sail term, still in use). The petty officer/enlisted man is sparks.

 

[BlackBat242]

I use comms all the time and I'm American. [shrug]

We never did back in the 1970s (when the game was written) or the 1980s (when I was in the USMC).

Perhaps it's a new "update" of the slang.

 

[Vargas]

Maybe it's more of an Air Force inspired thing because I've been using it since the mid-80s. (Not that I'm Air Force, but I've worked with them a good bit). [shrug again]

 

[Gray Lensman]

I joined the U.S. Army in Jan 1980 and my first gig was working for the unit "Commo SGT"

 

[Sturn]

We never did back in the 1970s (when the game was written) or the 1980s (when I was in the USMC).

Perhaps it's a new "update" of the slang.

Regarding Comms vs Commo, I used "Commo" in the US Army (left in 1997) and only heard of "Comms" in SciFi.

 

[BlackBat242]

So it IS "Zoomie-speak"!

 

[far-trader]

Zoomies...

:rofl:

Haven't heard that one in a long while