Silly Question

[CAP4117]

When someone sends out a memo or an e-mail and ends it with v/r, what does that mean? I have searched CT and the knowledgebase, but haven't been able to find anything.
Thanks!

[Ed Bos]

"v/r" is an abbreviation for, "very respectfully."

[CAP4117]

Oh! That clears it up. Thanks!

[Eclipse]

http://tinyurl.com/693ada6

[titanII]

http://tinyurl.com/693ada6

you beat me to it, Eclipse. I guess that's why you have the shiny TMFT Award 

[CAP4117]

I didn't do a general google search because I thought it was just a CAP thing. I googled Civil Air Patrol v/r and got nothing. I guess I need to hone my googling skills...

[MIKE]

I've started seeing and doing this more since I started wearing a different shade of blue.  IIRC you put V/R, when addressing someone senior to you and just R, when addressing a subordinate.

[coudano]

srsly....


does that open the door for D/R?

[Hawk200]

Seems like the "respectful" thing to do is to spell it out. It would take less than a second for most people with decent typing skills.

[DakRadz]

Seems like the "respectful" thing to do is to spell it out. It would take less than a second for most people with decent typing skills.

And most people have it as part of their automatic signature, so this holds true even more.
Of course, I too have it in my signature as I saw my recruiters doing the same.

[LGM30GMCC]

When used, it is better used in informal comm.

Hey, can you do this for me please?

V/r

-Capt Snuffy

Versus...

Lieutenant Snicket,

Will you please do X for me?

Very Respectfully,

Ami Snuffy, Capt, USAF
Chief, Inconsequential Affairs
123rd Unimportant Squadron