Must be considered differently in other units. In my unit it was a joke name and not meant unkindly. They called FDC "Food and Drink Company" because they sat down and had tables to put their chow on. Both groups considered it good natured ribbing and nothing more. We also would often rotate people from FDC and the guns to each others work site so both could get an idea what the other's world was like. I got my best idea of life on the guns the summer we had the "O" (pro. "oh") gun. We were very short personnel that year and we had only four guns in use. Even so the fourth gun (the "O" gun) was often crewed by the Battery Commander, XO, FDO, 1st SGT, Gunnery SGT, and Chief of Smoke. I was the FDO then and truly got an idea how hard a job the guns have. We shot very well, but the praise goes to the SNCOs more than the officers - especially our 1st SGT. Of course when I moved on to XO I saw it all around.