1*, Just curious?

jerry · 09-08-2002, 09:42 PM

Hey 1*,
I know the meaning but just courios on the spelling.
Why not "asterisk"?

Oh,
And we all only have one

:target:

oneastrix · 09-09-2002, 12:21 AM

Thank you! I had never considered it, actually. I just typed it in one day. It does make more since the way you spell it..... Watch your six out there friend.

All the members of my old SWAT team have "1*" tatted somewhere into thier body. It's a pretty strong brotherhood. 'Course, I've gone to "Juvenile Crime" now. Funny how a wife and a new baby will change your outlook in a hurry! LOL! Hours are better now!

1*

Dale · 09-09-2002, 08:51 AM

For the longest time I thought it was ' On East Rix' but I couldn't figure out what a Rix was.....I thought it might have been a Texan term for street or something.

Big Dog · 09-09-2002, 09:09 AM

I read awhile back that '1*' is used by the Special Forces community to mean 'Once Again'. I have it up on my cubicle wall at work, but nobody here knows what it means anyway, just my way of making a subtle statement.

jerry · 09-09-2002, 09:19 AM

I'm not sure of the "complete" history. I know a SWAT team member/chief created the slogan to keep in front of the officers due to increasing training accidents. If he "borrowed it" from someone at least they are all keeping good company.

The interpertaiton I got was. be careful
"You only have one as$ to risk"
hence~~~~ 1 as-te-risk or 1*

oneastrix · 09-09-2002, 09:43 AM

Yeah, "One as$ to risk." That's it. SWAT/Tac Ops community lingo. There's a line of cop clothing that uses the emblem. I believe we coppers originally borrowed it from the military Spec-Ops community.... Be safe out there guys! 1*

Dale · 09-09-2002, 10:02 AM

I've never heard that term around here for law enforcement.

Many departments have their own lingo....especially about other departments, like we referred to DPS (Highway Patrol) as road jockies, RRR (Road Rage Referrees), etc.

It would be interesting to compile a book about the variations nationwide with real life stories.

oneastrix · 09-09-2002, 10:06 AM

DPS in TX is known to municipal (blue) officers as road roaches or freeway flees....

colt45 · 09-10-2002, 06:59 PM

Good God man,
Are they still calling them that?
We had a few other terms but the monitor wont let me type them.

oneastrix · 09-10-2002, 07:11 PM

I have a bunch of Trooper buddies, but I don't buy into their "hooah" crap......

09-08-2002, 09:42 PM	#1
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,192 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	*1, Just curious?** Hey 1*, I know the meaning but just courios on the spelling. Why not "asterisk"? Oh, And we all only have one :target:

09-09-2002, 12:21 AM	#2
oneastrix Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213	Thank you! I had never considered it, actually. I just typed it in one day. It does make more since the way you spell it..... Watch your six out there friend. All the members of my old SWAT team have "1" tatted somewhere into thier body. It's a pretty strong brotherhood. 'Course, I've gone to "Juvenile Crime" now. Funny how a wife and a new baby will change your outlook in a hurry! LOL! Hours are better now! 1 __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain. Last edited by oneastrix; 09-09-2002 at 12:23 AM.

09-09-2002, 08:51 AM	#3
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	For the longest time I thought it was ' On East Rix' but I couldn't figure out what a Rix was.....I thought it might have been a Texan term for street or something. __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me

09-09-2002, 09:09 AM	#4
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,412	I read awhile back that '1*' is used by the Special Forces community to mean 'Once Again'. I have it up on my cubicle wall at work, but nobody here knows what it means anyway, just my way of making a subtle statement. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

09-09-2002, 09:19 AM	#5
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,192 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	I'm not sure of the "complete" history. I know a SWAT team member/chief created the slogan to keep in front of the officers due to increasing training accidents. If he "borrowed it" from someone at least they are all keeping good company. The interpertaiton I got was. be careful "You only have one as$ to risk" hence~~~~ 1 as-te-risk or 1* __________________ Joe the plumber is screwed

09-09-2002, 09:43 AM	#6
oneastrix Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213	Yeah, "One as$ to risk." That's it. SWAT/Tac Ops community lingo. There's a line of cop clothing that uses the emblem. I believe we coppers originally borrowed it from the military Spec-Ops community.... Be safe out there guys! 1* __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.

09-09-2002, 10:02 AM	#7
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	I've never heard that term around here for law enforcement. Many departments have their own lingo....especially about other departments, like we referred to DPS (Highway Patrol) as road jockies, RRR (Road Rage Referrees), etc. It would be interesting to compile a book about the variations nationwide with real life stories. __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me

09-09-2002, 10:06 AM	#8
oneastrix Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213	DPS in TX is known to municipal (blue) officers as road roaches or freeway flees.... __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.

09-10-2002, 06:59 PM	#9
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	Good God man, Are they still calling them that? We had a few other terms but the monitor wont let me type them. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

09-10-2002, 07:11 PM	#10
oneastrix Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213	I have a bunch of Trooper buddies, but I don't buy into their "hooah" crap...... __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.