List of United States Marine Corps Acronyms and Expressions - N

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• NAVY – Never Again Volunteer Yourself, pejorative backronym used by sailors who regret volunteering.

• NBC – Nuclear, Biological, Chemical. See also CBRN.

• NCIS – Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the primary law enforcement agency of the DoN, also a television show of the same name.

• NCO – NonCommissioned Officer: corporal or sergeant; the Army term "noncom" is no longer appropriate.

• NCOIC – Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge, an NCO responsible for a group of Marines, but without the authority of a commissioned officer; somes also the senior enlisted Marine acting with the officer in charge. See also OIC & SNCOIC.

• NJP or Ninja Punch – Non-Judicial Punishment, a legal proceeding much like a court-martial of much smaller scope. A commanding officer is authorized to award summary punishments at office hours (called Captain's Mast afloat) under Article 15, UCMJ, to punish offenses too serious to be dealt with by a mere rebuke, but not serious enough to warrant court-martial.

• NMCI – Navy/Marine Corps Intranet, the program that outsources garrison information technology services for the Department of the Navy, sometimes jokingly referred to as "Non Mission Capable Internet".

• non-rate – junior to the NCO ranks: a Private, Private First Class, or Lance Corporal; borrowed from naval use, where personnel below the petty officer ranks had no rating, thus "non-rated men."

• no impact, no idea – expression denoting a miss on a weapons range (the scorer cannot find an impact on target); also used as an "I don't know" response.

• North Carolina Lawn Dart – expression denoting the AV-8 and the many mishaps that took place during the aircraft's development and testing.

• NROTC – Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, a college-based recruiting program for officers for the Navy and Marine Corps.

• nut(s) to butt(s) – standing in line extremely close to the person in front, often required in recruit training.