SEND ME the DTG

The lexicon

The words that make the account sound like itself, for anyone new on the net.

PRESENT & READY

The motto and the sign-off, on three out of four posts, usually right after SEND IT!. It means show up, be there for the moment you’re in, and have yourself and your tools squared away when it counts.

SEND IT!

The go signal. Since November 2025 it closes most captions (“SEND IT! ~ PRESENT & READY”) and caps the collab sign-off (“SEND ME the DTG x STACCATO ~ SEND IT!”). The standing invitation is the account name itself: SEND ME the DTG.

DTG’er

A follower of SEND ME the DTG, especially one who sends in a photo and the story behind it. “Loyal DTG’er” is the honorific; if your watch shows up on the page, you’re one.

Dr. DTG

His name for himself on the page, always in the third person. The doctorate is real, and “Dr. DTG assesses with moderate confidence” is how a watch ID gets delivered when the cuff is in the way.

The Command Element

His wife. Military shorthand for the headquarters that actually runs the show; he also calls her Household 6 (HH6). Watch purchases go through her chain of command, and he’ll lend the title to other guys’ wives as well.

high-speed

Military slang for elite, sharp, at the top of the game. He grades it on a curve: high-speed, higher-speed, “the highest of high-speed.” It’s the standard compliment for the Operators he features, and he’ll hand it to divers, test pilots, and at least one AFOSI Special Agent he calls a “high-speed cat.”

[REDACTED]

The blackout bar, in text form. Names, units, locations and the occasional eye color get redacted the way a declassified file would. It’s how the page features people whose jobs don’t allow a byline, and it’s a bit of a running joke.

rad

His all-purpose word for good, usually “pretty rad.” Watches, photos, vacations, teamwork: if he likes it, it’s rad. He came up in the Point Break era and it shows.

snapshots in time

What the photos are. A watch on a wrist in a real place on a real day is one data point from a life of service, not a product shot. A DTG is a date-time group, so the phrase fits the name.

HUMANS > HARDWARE

The first of the SOF Truths (“humans are more important than hardware”) and the page’s actual thesis. The gear is the hook; the people and the community are the point, and he’ll climb on the soap box to say so.

It’s the man or woman that makes the watch

The watch-shaped version of HUMANS > HARDWARE. It started with a $50 Casio Duro on an Operator buddy’s wrist and a $4,900 Tudor on Dr. DTG’s, in the same staff meeting, and the point was the Operator, not the price tag. It’s why the page runs from Timex to Rolex without ranking them.

use your tools

Wear the watch. A tool watch that lives in a drawer isn’t doing its job; the ones tagged this way have been to Syria, under the sea for three years with a Royal Navy submariner, and through 35 years of missions on a 7th Group dad’s wrist. “Living its best #useyourtools life” is about the highest praise a watch gets.

green beanie

A Green Beret, meaning a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, named for the hat. Affectionate insider shorthand, whether it’s a retiring senior NCO or a dad quietly handing over a Rolex.

wrist check

The photo of what’s on your wrist, and the ritual of taking it. He runs DTG wrist checks in Stories, angles for group wrist checks in official photos, and coaches Rangers to keep their cuffs high so he can get one.