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Chow Hound: First guy in chow line

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Squared Away: Taking care of

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Field day: Day set aside for cleaning the office and barracks

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TDY: Temporary duty

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Asshole and Elbows: To work very hard, as in, all I want to see is assholes and elbows.

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Deck: Floor

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In the bush: on patrol off the base in enemy country

Current Rating 7.49 e-mail this term to a friend

Re-up: Re-enlist

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Down range: Any forward-deployed area of operations

Current Rating 7.48 e-mail this term to a friend

Deuce and a half: Two and a half ton capacity truck

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Band-Aid: Slander for any medic who cannot preform his/her job to standard. The medic you DON'T want to see running to help you.

Current Rating 7.46 e-mail this term to a friend

FOD: Flight ops lingo for - Foreign Object Damage

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Deep Six: To get rid of

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Un-ass the AO: Get out of the current location

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Chopper: Helicopter

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Dog and pony show: doing something for the Brass or the public

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Sh**can, file 13, deep six, round file: Different ways to say trash can

Current Rating 7.44 e-mail this term to a friend

Skate: Person who got out of work

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90 day Wonder: 2nd Lt., Officers Training School Graduate

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Freedom Bird: The airplane that took you home from Viet Nam

Current Rating 7.43 e-mail this term to a friend

Sand Crabs: Civilian workers on a Naval Base

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Boocoo: A bunch or a lot

Current Rating 7.42 e-mail this term to a friend

P.T.: Physical training

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P-38: Small can opener for C-Rations

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Squid: Navy Personnel

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Brownnoser: Person who sucks up to seniors

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Chow: What they jokenly referred as food

Current Rating 7.41 e-mail this term to a friend

Cluster F***: Mass confusion

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Doc: Name used for any enlisted medic or corpsman

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Short Timer: Less than 90 days before discharge or separation

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AO: Area of operation

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Binnacle List: In the Navy, the sick list, or unable to perform duty.

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Blanket Party: Unofficial punishment of company goof off.

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KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

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Police Call: Cleaning an area of Cig. Butts, And trash IE; Parking Lot

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S.O.S.: Sh** on a Shingle, aka Chipped beef gravy on toast

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SNAFU: Situation Normal All F#$ked Up

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Wog (Pollywog): Person who has not yet crossed equator and gone through Shellback Ceremony

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BOHICA: Bend over, here it comes again!

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Chow Hall: Place to Eat Meals

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D-Day: Generic term for the day an operation or attack is to be initiated; after the Allied invasion of Europe, that date (June 6, 1944) became the D-Day.

Current Rating 7.39 e-mail this term to a friend

FUBAR: F*&*ed up beyond all recognition.

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Full Bird: Colonel in the Army, Marine Corp, & Air Force

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head: Bathroom

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Scuttle Butt: Rumor started and spread around ship, also water fountain

Current Rating 7.39 e-mail this term to a friend

zero- dark- thirty: very early in the morning

Current Rating 7.39 e-mail this term to a friend

Grunt: Infantry Soldier

Current Rating 7.38 e-mail this term to a friend

G. I. Party: Clean up the barracks and polish the floors every friday night

Current Rating 7.36 e-mail this term to a friend

Jar Head: Marine

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Gig Line: The end of the buckle on a belt is Parallel (on top of) the top of the fly (where the button is) on uniform trousers

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