The U.S. Secret Service provided security for Pope Benedict XVI at the Papal Mass in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2008. Although the agents have no official uniform and can be seen wearing anything from tuxedos to blue jeans, they are often identified by their dark sunglasses, listening devices, and lapel pins bearing the agency's gold star logo.
The United States Secret Service uses code names to refer to the President of the United States, his family, other officials, and places. Originally, these code names were designed to protect sensitive communications, back in the day before restricted communications were routinely encrypted. Nowadays, there is no need to keep these names secret. Nevertheless, The Secret Service who guards the First Family and other U.S. officials continues to use the code names for clarity, brevity, and tradition. (1)
The U.S. Secret Service Star Logo. The U.S. Secret Service protects the President and First Family, other officials of the U.S. government, and visiting dignitaries.
General Code Names
President of the United States: POTUS
First Lady of the United States: FLOTUS
Vice President of the United States: VPOTUS
The Obamas
Barack: Renegade
Michelle: Renaissance
Malia: Radiance
Sasha: Rosebud
The Bushes
George W.: Tumbler
Laura: Tempo
Barbara: Turquoise
Jenna: Twinkle
The Clintons
Bill: Eagle
Hillary: Evergreen
Chelsea: Energy
The Bushes
George H.: Timberwolf
Barbara: Tranquility
The Carters
Jimmy: Deacon
Rosalynn: Dancer
Amy: Dynamo
Secret Service agents respond to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. on March 30, 1981. President Reagan took a bullet in the abdomen but made a full recovery.
The Reagans
Ronald: Rawhide
Nancy: Rainbow
The Fords
Gerald: Passkey
Betty: Pinafore
The Nixons
Richard: Searchlight
Pat: Starlight
The Johnsons
Lyndon: Volunteer
Lady Bird: Victoria
Lynda Bird: Velvet
Luci Baines: Venus
A motorcade carries President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy through the streets of Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Texas Governor John Connally and wife Nellie ride in front of the Kennedys.
- Secret Service agent Clint Hill stood on the running board of the car behind the Kennedy’s limo.
- Agent Hill heard the first shot that hit President Kennedy. Mr Hill is the figure in the famous Zapruder film of the killing which shows him climbing onto the back of the president’s limousine. “I heard the first shot, saw the president grab his throat, lurch left, and I knew something was wrong,” recalled Hill in the book, The Kennedy Detail. Jackie Kennedy can be seen crawling out the back of the car onto the trunk to get help for her slain husband, slumped in the seat.
Agent Hill got in the back seat with Mrs. Kennedy and the president and shielded them with his body on the way to Parkland Hospital.
The Kennedys
John F.: Lancer
Jackie: Lace
Caroline: Lyric
John Jr.: Lark
Other Individuals
Queen Elizabeth II: Kittyhawk, Redfern
Prince Charles: Unicorn
Frank Sinatra: Napoleon
Pope John Paul II: Halo
Sarah Palin: Denali
John McCain: Phoenix
Places
The White House: Castle
The Capitol: Punchbowl
(1) Source: Wiki “Secret Service Codename”
Lisa's History Room 
My Mom said that Jackie crawled on the hood of the car right after the shot because her instinct was to retrieve the part of Kennedy’s head that had been shot off. Do you know if there is any truth in that interpretation?
She also told me that white house officials wanted her to change her blood-spattered dress before the swearing in of Johnson, but that she refused. Gutsy lady.
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The answers are both yes.
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Wow. Why don’t I ever hear that on the documentaries? Maybe I just missed it?
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What part?
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Both. I’ve always heard that Jackie is trying to escape the car, not trying to retrieve her husband’s head. And I’ve never heard that Jackie was asked to take the dress off but refused, I always assumed that time constraints made it unable for her to change.
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JFK was killed at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22. Jackie did not take off the pink Chanel-like suit until 5 a.m. the next morning.
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pienso que la muerte del terrorista bin lade es un poco sonbrio , tengan en cuenta que el fue un agente de la cia y tiene los medios y el dinero para poner en su lugar a una seguda persona con todo . pero estoy seguro que el trabajo delos hombres mas preparados del mundo que son los sael navy esto fue lo mejor que paso para todos el mundo y esperomos se tomen medidas de seguridad en todas las embajadas del mundo para evitar otro atentado
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I really like this blog. There are so many interesting posts I look forward to reading.. Did you know that the Secret Service gave Jackie Kennedy’s sister Lee the code name ‘Rancid Ass’ , according to Gore Vidal.?
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Diane, oh, gosh! I did not know that but am not surprised. I suspect there are others in a similar vein! Best, Lisa
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