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What Do You Call It?

Did you refer to the Standard Form 65-C (Large) as a Shotgun Envelope or Holey Joe?

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 12th, 2021 at 17:00 and is filed under Air Force, Army, History. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

19 Responses to “What Do You Call It?”

  1. FormerDirtDart says:
    June 12, 2021 at 17:21

    Shotgun envelope

  2. SPEC9 says:
    June 12, 2021 at 18:36

    I’ve always called it a shotgun envelope but, the civilians I work with refer to it as a Cheesy.

  3. Chairforceone says:
    June 12, 2021 at 21:17

    USAF (ret) here, always called/heard it called a holey joe.

  4. TKS says:
    June 12, 2021 at 23:44

    Retired USN. Always heard and called it “Guard Mail”

  5. EricB says:
    June 13, 2021 at 00:01

    For over 30 years in the Bureau it’s a “Cheesy.”

  6. Captain Canuck says:
    June 13, 2021 at 02:42

    In Canada it is called “Thousand Miler!”

    • Flight-ER-Doc says:
      June 13, 2021 at 02:47

      My wife was Canadian Forces, and she had never heard the term. Thats what I called them in the USAF.

  7. Doc Ras says:
    June 13, 2021 at 02:44

    Shotgun

  8. EdEx says:
    June 13, 2021 at 12:07

    Theres a blast from the past! Definitely used these in USNR, circa 90’s. Can’t remember our nick-name……Lol

  9. Ray Forest says:
    June 13, 2021 at 13:25

    We called them inter office envelope. Not as exciting.

  10. PepperPhD says:
    June 13, 2021 at 13:32

    Shotgun

  11. Chris says:
    June 13, 2021 at 22:21

    It’s a “cheesy”.

  12. Joe Schowalter says:
    June 14, 2021 at 14:18

    Holey Joe or Guard Mail envelope.

  13. Curt says:
    June 15, 2021 at 18:56

    Holey Joe

  14. Pete says:
    June 16, 2021 at 06:17

    Holy Joe