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| "Prop Wash" ( Wind coming from a propeller): | What you sent new (O J T) air plane mechanics to supply room to get. |
| John Wayne: | can opener |
| OLD MAN: | Squardon or Base Commander |
| R & O: | receiving and outfitting |
| TILLIE: | Crash crane used on carriers |
| Top: | 1st Sgt. |
| Walking Point: | First guy leading a patrol in jungle |
| "A Weapons Carrier": | A 2/4 ton Army vehicle (a size between a Jeep and a "Deuce and 1/2"). |
| "Class A's": | Army Dress Uniform (Another name for ODs). |
| "Cut a chogie": | Leave in a hurry |
| "DRAGONWAGON": | M-123 10 Ton Tank Transporter. |
| "Fagot" (bundle of sticks): | MiG-15 Soviet-built fighter/interceptor (NATO nickname). |
| "Fatigues": | Army field or duty uniform. Now replaced by "Camos". |
| "Go ask Gunny for the box of "ST-1: | box of ST-ONES, get it? Marine Corps |
| "Go tell it to the chaplain": | A "brush off"; "don't tell us your problems." |
| "Goon Platoon": | Marginally performing "boots" put into a "F***Up" platoon for extra marches. |
| "Hershey Bar": | Dirt or mud dried on boots, not shined; "looked like they're polished with a Hershey Bar!" |
| "I wear my fray jacket for protection": | Bulletproof vest. |
| "Just a Skosh": | Skosh, apparently Japanese meant "a little"..as in "bring your range up just a skosh". |
| "Pass the cow", or "the Armored Car.": | Canned milk. |
| "Short Sheeting": | To mischieviously make up a guy's army bunk so that the top sheet is folded in half so that he can't extend his legs. |
| "Short-arm Inspection" : | Medics' surprise middle of the night exam of troops for VD symptoms. |
| "Trick" : | A duty shift. |
| "Wingman": | A friend willing to take one for the team! |
| # 1: | the best |
| # 10: | no good |
| $1.97: | 197th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning, GA |
| _______days and a wake up: | days left before any major event |
| 0: | 0 |
| 0: | 0 |
| 0: | 0 |
| 0: | 0 |
| 0: | 0 |
| 0 Dark ugly: | Early in the morning |
| 03 bullet catcher: | Nickname for Marine 0311 Infantry |
| 0311: | MARINE CORPS (GRUNT) RIFLEMAN |
| 03-Hump-a-lot: | Infantry soldier (0311) |
| 03-Walk-A-Lot: | Infantry (USMC) |
| 10 feet of waterline: | Imaginary line(rope) the new crew members are sent looking for |
| 100 yards of sky-line/ Shore-line/ tree-line: | "Boots" or "Cherries" sent to supply Officer in the field for non existant items |
| 100ft of chow line: | To send new recruites to get from supply room. |
| 100-mph-tape: | Army OD green duct tape - can be used to repair a jeep and hold up to speeds of 100 mph |
| 11 Bang Bang: | Army Infantry (Grunt) |
| 11 BOO: | Army Grunt |
| 11 Boo: | Army Grunt ( infantry ) |
| 11 Bullet stopper: | Infantry |
| 11 Bulletstopper: | Army infantry soldier. |
| 11 Bush: | Army 11B infantry soldier |
| 11 Up 3 Down: | ate up, ...uniform looks like crap, doesn't know or suspect nothing |
| 117: | 1 pick 1 shovel 7 days a week (combat engineer. |
| 123 CLUB: | E1 - E2 -E3 CLUB MARINE |
| 1505s: | USAF "Khaki" Dress Uniform |
| 19th hole: | Nickname for any bar, EM club, or NCO club |
| 1st and Dime: | 1st Battalion 10th |
| 1st or 2nd luitenant: | Louie |
| 2 diget midget: | Has less than 100 days left before enlistment is up. |
| 2-Digit Midget: | Personnel with less than 100 days of active service remaining. |
| 2nd john: | 2nd lieutenant |
| 3 up 2 Down: | Gunny. |
| 30 days and awake-up. Air Force: | 30 days before a person returns to the United States Mainland. |
| 35-10: | wearing the Air Force uniform correctly, i.e.. "you're out of 35-10" |
| 4 skins on toast: | thin slices of corn beef in white cream sauce on toast |
| 45 CLUB: | E4 & E5 (CPL & SGT) CLUB MARINE |
| 5 will get you 10: | Asking for a loan until payday |
| 50 Mission Chursh: | When they had Head phones that you put on over your Hat. Air Force |
| 500-mph-tape: | silver-duct-tape used by ordinance men for arming-wires |
| 55 gal Drum of Rotor Wash: | Send newbees to tool shed to get to wash helicopters. |
| 5-Jump Chump: | A person who has made the barebone minimum number of parachute jumps to get/keep their airborne status. |
| 6 BY or 6x6: | Like a 4x4 only much bigger and 2 extra axles |
| 6 P: | Prior planning prevents piss poor performance. |
| 6-bi: | 5 ton truck in U.S.M.C. |
| 782 gear: | All web gear and accessories (canteen, knife, helmet, 1st aid kit) |
| 782 GEAR: | MARINE CORPS PERSONAL FIELD GEAR |
| 82nd to non-jumpers: Legg: | Non-airborne troops |
| 90 day Wonder: | 2nd Lt., Officers Training School Graduate |
| 97 Buddy F***er: | counter intel special agents with CID dreams |
| A "Dear John" Letter: | A letter from a girlfriend, informing a Service Man that "it's all over; I'm dating another guy." |
| A "Deuce and a Half": | A two and a half ton army truck. |
| A Bob Tail: | Dishonorable discharge. |
| A Buzz: | Rumor. |
| A can of "Night Vision": | newbies sent for non existant item |
| A Crash: | An omelet. |
| A dump of bird turds: | A B-52 unloading its bomb load |
| a few Klicks down the road: | kilometers...Klicks' |
| A hole on the wall.: | Unlikable area. Boring!!!! |
| A Kraut: | A German soldier |
| A piece: | A rifle |
| A S H Receiver: | ash tray |
| A Walk in the Sun: | A combat patrol |
| A.S.H. Receiver: | New Marines sent to get on the flight line asap |
| a.s.h. reciever: | ash tray |
| A-799: | Coding on airplane gripe sheet, meaning you couldn't duplicate the gripe; also the pilot that loves to write up gripes for no reason. |
| Acting Jack: | Acting sergeant. |
| Acting Jack: | Temporary Rank for SGT or CPL |
| Acting-jack: | Someone temp. promoted to next higher NCO status IE: E-4 to E-5 |
| AD: | Military Police lingo for an Accidental Discharge - when you fired off a round by mistake. |
| adonis: | Code name for old off line mechinal crypto system. |
| AFI: | AWAITING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS |
| After burner: | a flaming A-hole |
| agent orange: | chemical used to killtree,s and under brush/DIXON see va gov.com |
| Airborne Shuffle: | The prescribed steps towards the door for a jump |
| Airborne Stick: | Jumpmaster. |
| Airdale: | Navy enlisted personnel with an aviation rating. |
| Airdale: | Sailor attached to an Air Wing. |
| Airdale: | U.S. Navy personnel involved with Navy flight operations, etc. |
| Airdale: | Person who is part of airplance crew on a carrier. |
| Alcoholics Anonymous: | What the "AA" on the patch of the 82 ABN stands for, (As well as All American!) |
| Alibi Order: | An extra shot on the range because the rifle malfunctioned. |
| All Shook Up: | all stressed out |
| All Shook Up: | Battle Fatigue |
| All sixteenths wrench: | Cresent Wrench |
| All the Way: | You fully understand what the drill Sgt has told you at Ft Jackson S.C. |
| Almost Airborne: | 82nd Airborne Division |
| ALPHA: | ALPHA |
| ALPHA, ALPHA: | ASSEMBLY AREA |
| AMF: | Sign off, "Adios mother f@&ker." |
| AMJIGAF: | Ain't My Job I Give A F*!@ |
| Ammo Humper: | Member of amunition section attached to an Artillery Btry. |
| Ammo Puke: | USAF Munitions Personnel who produce, store, transport and maintain munitions. See "BB Stacker." |
| An Nhu En Nhu Lahm: | I Love You |
| Anchor Ball Pump: | Imaginary thing a new seaman apprentice was sent to look for when anchoring off shore. |
| Anchor Clanker: | Boatswains Mate |
| Anchor Clanker: | US Navy Boatswains Mate |
| Anchor Clanker: | Personnel in the Navy's Boatswains Mate rating. |
| Anchor Clanker: | Marine name for Anyone in the Navy |
| Anchor Cranker: | Boatswain's Mate (Navy) |
| Anchor Pool: | A pool with 60 chances, one for each minute, selected by crew members. When the first line went over upon return to port, the person who had that minute won the pool. |
| Anchor Pool: | Shipboard drew the sixty minutes in an hour and paid for it. The person who held the number when the first line went over upon return to port won the pool. |
| Angel Flares: | Flare that resembles an angel. |
| Angles: | altitude |
| AO: | Area of operation |
| Arclight Mission: | High Altitude B-52 Bombing Mission |
| Arm Dropper: | A signal to fire by a section chief. |
| ARMY M17A1 NBC MASK: | NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL & CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE MASK |
| Army: Ft Bragg area, STRAC: | Shit the Russians are coming |
| ART: | Assumed Room Temperature. |
| As You Were: | Get back to doing whatever it was you were doing. |
| As You Were: | Halt current activity and correct yourself. |
| ASAP: | AS SOON AS POSSBLE |
| ASAP!: | As Soon As Possible! (Yesterday) |
| ASH Receiver: | Ash tray (something you send a newbee for). |
| Asshole and Elbows: | To work very hard, as in, all I want to see is assholes and elbows. |
| ASSUME: | Ass U Me (Make an Ass of You and Me) |
| Asswipe: | toilet paper |
| At Ease!: | No longer need to stand at attention. |
| Ate the F up: | A soldier who can't get anything right. |
| Ate Up: | squared away, all ducks in a row. by the book |
| Ate Up: | Not "squared away". |
| Ate Up: | Full-on hard core military person (usually first timers). |
| Ate Up: | To be obsessed with perfection in military service. |
| ATE UP: | equipment that is damaged |
| Ate Up: | Someone who is gung hoe for military |
| Ate Up: | Something that is messed up |
| Ate Up!: | Messed Up |
| Ate-Up: | Military member for life. |
| Ate-up: | A soldier who's uniform looks bad or soldier who doesn't know his/her job |
| ATTITUDE AJUSTMENT: | TO CHANGE THE MIND OF SOMEBODY NOT WITH THE PROGRAM OF THE MILITARY |
| Awash to the gunwales (pronounced "gunnels"): | Very, very drunk |
| Awkward Squad: | Elementary instructions for backward rookies. |
| AWOL: | Absent Without Official Leave, often INCORRECTLY referred to as: Absent WithOut Leave. |
| AWOL: | Absent WithOut (authorized) Leave. |
| AWOL Bag: | Gym/accessory bag. |
| AWOL BAG: | A gym bag just to carry basic essentials |
| AYE AYE: | UNDERSTOOD |
| B 1 RD or C GU 11 : | Bird or seagull. In AF POL (Fuels) rookies were sent to "refuel" them. When they hit the flightline they would call in and we'd say look up they are still airborne. |
| B B stacker: | Person who loads bombs in the bomb bay or on hard points of an aircraft. |
| B1RD: | Any Fighter or Bomber Aircraft |
| B1RD: | Bogus designation for an aircraft. |
| B1RD: | A designation for a Navy aircraft. |
| B-1RD: | A fictional Research and Development, of the
B-1B "Lancer". |
| B4MMF: | Big 4 Motored Mother F**ker. |
| B-52: | Large P-38 found in Vietnam era of K-Rations |
| B-52: | what we called the Big new canopener for our C-rats it came out just before MRE's |
| BA 1100 N (Balloon): | Something you send a newbee in your unit to find. |
| ba me ba stand: | beer ,car wash and house of prostitution all service facility |
| Baby Carriage: | Machine gun cart. |
| Back 40: | Description of how far you had to park from work |
| Back Forty: | Area on post for movement excercises. |
| Back in the world: | Home |
| Back in the World: | Anytime stationed overseas the U.S.A. is the "World" |
| back on the block: | back to civilian life |
| Back to the world: | Going back stateside from overseas (land of the big BX) |
| back to the world: | going back to the states |
| Back Yard Soldier: | One that lives nearby and goes home on weekends. |
| Bag Nasty: | To go food from the chow hall |
| Bag of Ass: | Someone who doesn't keep uniform crisp; performs poorly and doesn't care |
| Bagnasty: | Fast food option at chow hall, hot dogs or hamburgers. |
| Bahoov: | It would be wise to complete or do. It would be bahoovof you to go there now |
| Ball Cinches: | Crotch straps for parachute harness. |
| Balls: | 0000 (Mid Night) |
| BALLS TO 4: | WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TO 0400 |
| Balls to four: | The midnight to four am watch in the morning |
| balls to the wall: | uscg for both engine throttles wide open |
| Balls to the Walls: | Aircraft either on take-off, or engine run at full throttle. |
| Baltimore Steak: | Liver. |
| 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. |
| Bandit: | Enemy aircraft. |
| Banzo: | Korean bathroom (outside). |
| BAR: | Bulky-Assed Rifle (M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle) |
| Barbed Wire Garters: | Imaginary awards for a job well done. |
| Barnyard Pimp for Chow: | Chicken |
| Barracks 13: | The guard house. |
| Barracks Rat: | A person that stays in the barracks all the time |
| Barracks Rat: | Guys who stay in the barracks instead of going into town. |
| Barrage: | Screen of continuous military fire to protect advancing troops or stop hostile attacks; heavy, prolonged attack. |
| Baseball: | M26 Fragmentation Grenade |
| Bash: | To hit. |
| basic riflemans position: | lay weapon across support,duck, and empty magazine |
| Basketball: | A game played |
| Bath Tub or Buddy Seat: | Motorcycle side car. |
| battery powered chem light: | a made up supply item to send new privates after. |
| Battle Rattle: | All the gear worn going into combat |
| Battle Rattle: | flack vest with web gear |
| BB Counter: | Munitions personnel |
| BB GUN: | M1 RIFLE |
| BB Stacker: | Airmen who worked in the Bomb storage area |
| BB Stacker: | USAF Weapons Personnel who deal with storage of bombs, missiles, etc. |
| BB stacker: | Aviation Ordnanceman |
| BB Stacker: | USAF Ammo Pukes |
| BB Stacker: | USAF Munitions Personnel who produce, store, transport and maintain munitions. AKA, "Ammo Pukes." AFSC for this job, 2W0X1. Not to be confused with 2W1X1s or weapon/munition loaders, aka "Load Toads |
| BB Stacker: | Ammunitions loaders and handlers F4 Phantom Jets. |
| BB Stackers: | Aviation Ordinancemen. |
| BCAO: | Boot Camp Ass Officer. |
| BCG: | Birth Control Glasses (military issue) |
| BDA: | Battle Damage Assessmet |
| BDE: | Brigade. |
| BDU Insert: | A Worthless Troop |
| Beachhead: | A footing gained on hostile shores by an army. |
| Beans and Boulders: | One of many types of main food in C-Rations, beans and potatoes |
| Beans and Motherf*****s: | C-rations Lima beans and ham |
| Beans and mothers: | Beans and wienies c-rations b-2 meal |
| Bear Hunitin': | Undermanned Lightly Armed Recon Patrol |
| Beat Feet: | Get out in a hurry |
| Beat your boots: | Knee benders (jump school) |
| Beat Your Face: | Do push ups. |
| Beat your face!: | Used by Drill Sgts to instruct privates to do push-ups |
| Beaucoup Dinki-Dau: | Plenty Crazy |
| Bed Check: | lights our and in your bunk |
| bed stretcher: | basic trainees were sent all over Lackland A.F.B. looking for one of these |
| Bee Bee Stacker: | Ammo Handler at the Ammo Dump |
| Beef & Rocks: | Beef & Potato C-ration |
| Beef and Boulders: | Beef Patties and Potatoes (C-Rations) |
| beer-nhoc-da: | beer on ice to make it cold |
| Bell Clangers: | 2nd bowl of Navy Beans |
| Belly Robber: | Navy cooks. |
| Belly Robber: | Navy cooks. |
| Belly Wash: | Term used in the Navy to describe soft drinks. |
| Bend Over and Crack a Smile: | Favorite saying of Hospital Corpsmen in the process of doing a proctology exam. |
| Benny Brats: | Children of lifers |
| Bersagleri: | Italian Army Shock Troops--Wore Ostrich Feathers in their wide-brim hats |
| BFD: | Big F---ing Deal |
| BFFI: | Brute Force & F-in Ignorance |
| BFH/BFR: | Used to pound in tent stakes Big Hammer or when you don't have a hammer use a Big Rock |
| BFR: | Big F&^king Rock |
| BFR: | Big F*@#ing Rock |
| Biffer: | Term used for local girls in the Canal Zone (50's & 60's) |
| Big Chicken Dinner: | Bad Conduct Discharge |
| Bildge-Rat: | Bolier Maker in the Navy |
| Bilge Rat: | Extra duty for non just punishment. |
| Bilge Rat: | Any engineering personnel working below decks on a ship. |
| Bilgepump: | New guy assigned to clean bilges as a punishment, amusement for the seniors, or keep busy work. |
| Bilge-Rat: | Any one that cleans bilges on a Navy ship |
| Bing: | person out of boot camp, just starting to grow hair |
| Bingo Fuel: | Have to return to base or will not make it back without airfueling; cannot stay any longer |
| Binnacle List: | In the Navy, the sick list, or unable to perform duty. |
| Bird Farm: | Aircraft Carrier |
| Bird Farm: | Aircraft carrier |
| Birds nest: | Bell tower or sniper position |
| birth control glasses: | black plastic glasses issued by services |
| Birthing: | Sleeping quarters for navy personnel. |
| BITTS ...... CAMP HORNO, CAMP PENDLETON, CA.: | MARINE CORPS BATTALION INFANTRY TRAINING |
| Bivouc: | An army encampment remote from main base. |
| Biznatchin: | Term used when you or the other person is whining or complaining |
| Black 6: | Commander (Call Sign). |
| Black Hat: | Airborne School Cadre |
| Black Hat: | Instructors at jump school |
| Black Hats: | An Airborne instructor. |
| Black Hawk: | Army medic. |
| Black Shirt: | Italian Fascist Party Military Units |
| Black shoe: | Aboard an aircraft carrier, the regular Navy, who served mostly below decks. |
| Black Shoe & Brown Shoe Navy: | the old non-avation navy, and the avation navy |
| Black shoe Navy: | Navy pilots. |
| black shoes: | ships company |
| Black Smoke: | Low bird, OH6,(Loach) rolling frags into doorways |
| Blackbird: | Lockheed SR-71 (strategic reconnaissance aircraft). |
| Blade Runner: | Being one no go away from failing the EIB. |
| Blade Wash: | Down or Back Wash (Wind) from Aircraft New crew members are sent to get |
| Blanket Drill: | Sleep. |
| Blanket Head: | A Special Forces member who wears his beret everywhere. |
| Blanket Party: | Form of punishment to help correct a soldier's deficiencies, usually given by fellow soldiers. |
| Blanket Party: | someone got the s*** beat out of them |
| Blanket Party: | When a member of your group goofs up the entire group gets punished. The guy was captured and a blanket thrown over him. Then the whole team gets in a free kick or punch to reinforce their feelings. |
| Blanket Party: | Unofficial punishment of company goof off. |
| Blankets: | Pancakes. |
| Blibit: | 10 lbs of sh** in a 5 lb bag (Marines) |
| Blind Mullet: | A turd floating in the water, usually seen prior to the use of collection holding tanks. |
| BLIVETT: | 10 Pounds of s--t in a 5 pound bag |
| blood and guts: | leader's over zelous |
| BLOUSING YOUR BOOTS: | TUCKING TROUSER CUFFS UNDER BOOT BANDS |
| Blue Falcon: | Someone who rats out someone else (can't be trusted). |
| Blue Falcon: | Buddy F%$%$$- setting someone else up for failure |
| Blue Nose: | Navy personnel who had navigated into the Artic Circle. |
| BLUE TOC: | Porta-Potty. |
| Bluenose: | Submariner that crossed the Arctic circle |
| Blur Falcon: | Failure. |
| Blustering Buzzards: | 101st Airborne Division |
| BMO: | Black Moving Object: Refers to the Women of the middle east in thier black viels and robes. |
| Board Stretcher: | Imaginary device combat engineers send new recruits to look for in thl box |
| Bodacious: | Very Big |
| BOGINT: | Bogus intelligence |
| Bogs: | Box of Grid Squares for a new Lt to find around post |
| BOHICA: | Bend over...here it comes again |
| BOHICA: | Bend Over Here it Comes Again |
| BOHICA: | Bend Over, Here It Comes Again |
| BOHICA: | BEND OVER HERE IT COMES AGAIN |
| bohica: | bend over here it comes again |
| BOHICA: | Bend over, here it comes again! |
| Bollardhead: | A hard headed or extremely thick headed person in the Navy. |
| Bolo: | Failed to Qualify on the Rifle Range |
| Bolo: | To perform below the minimum |
| Bolo: | A soldier that can't shoot straight so they were given a bolo knife, later used to signify an soldier that could not pass standards. |
| Bolo Badge: | (imaginary) award for acheiving a poor result |
| Boo Coo Dap: | Very pretty. |
| Boocoo: | A bunch or a lot |
| BooCoo Dinky Dao: | Vietnamese way of saying "Really Crazy" |
| boocoodinkydoh: | really crazy,nuts or pot smoker |
| Booger Hooker: | USAF Crew Chief |
| booku: | alot or a great amount |
| Boondockers: | High top rough out marine shoes |
| boondockers: | work boots worn by Naval personnal |
| Boonie: | Jungle. |
| Boonie(s): | jungle |
| boonierat: | infantryman |
| Boonies: | Woods. |
| BOOT: | Someone fresh out of boot camp |
| Boot: | A new Marine recruit |
| Boot: | Any service member in recruit training or immediately following recruit training. |
| Boot: | A new recruit or young Marine |
| Boot Ensign: | Just commissioned & at first duty station. |
| BOQ: | Base Officers Quarters |
| Boring In: | Attacking a problem |
| bottle of head space.: | an imaginary item to correct problem on a 30 or 50 cal. machine gun. New guys sent to armory to retrieve. |
| Bought The Farm: | Killed in action. |
| Bought the farm.: | Got killed. |
| Boulder: | If you're a rock and that means your stupid, than if your a boulder your even dumber than the rock. |
| Bouncing Betty: | Home made anti-personnel device |
| Box Humper: | USAF Air Cargo Term for an Air Cargo Specialist |
| Box Kicker: | someone who works in inventory |
| Box of grid sqaures: | Imaginary box of nothing new mechanics were sent for |
| Box of Grid Squares: | An imaginary thing new recruits are sent for. |
| Box of Ohms: | We use to send boots to COMO shack and ask for it. |
| Box Stretcher: | USAF Air Cargo Term-mythical device to stretch a piece of cargo so that it will leave no space on an aircraft pallet. |
| brain bucket: | combat helmet |
| Brass : | Officers |
| Brat: | Dependant child of a military member |
| Bravo Zulu: | Navy term meaning "well done" |
| Bravo Zulu (BZ): | Job well done. |
| Break it down Barney-style: | A basic/simple description |
| Brig Rat: | Any member of the Armed Forces who is in the brig. |
| brig rat: | marine in jail |
| Brig Rats: | Prison Inmates |
| Brig step: | Slide one foot while marching |
| Bright Work: | Polished metal on a ship. |
| Broke Di**: | A person who is always hurt |
| BROKE DICK: | SOME ONE THATS INJURED OR SICK |
| Broke Dick: | Any person who does not perform up to standards, or a sorry piece of equipment. |
| Broken Arrow: | Radio Callsign For an Over Run Unit,Requesting Air Support |
| Broken Arrow: | A missing nuclear weapon |
| Broken Legged Bird: | Surviving pilot who crashed on land |
| Brow: | Ramp from ship to shore, more correct than 'gang plank' |
| Brown bagged lunch: | MRE |
| Brown Bean: | A person that has been in Korea a while |
| Brown bean tour: | Farewell tour of the bars for a person leaving Korea |
| Brown Bomber: | CC pills/Army laxative. |
| Brown Shoe Army: | Before the Army changed the standard issue uniforms from O. D. color to green and from brown leather to black. |
| Brown shoe Navy: | Non aviation officer, chief, CWO. |
| Brownnoser: | Person who sucks up to seniors |
| BTO: | Big Time Operator |
| Bubble Head: | Submarine Sailor |
| Bubblehead: | Submariner |
| Bubblehead: | Sub-mariner |
| bubblehead: | submariner |
| Bubblehead: | Submarine Duty |
| Bubble-Head: | Submariner |
| Buck Slip: | Used to get out of certain kinds of regular duty. |
| Bucket of back blast: | New guys were sent to find a bucket with back blast, which obviously doesn't exist. |
| Bucket of Prop Wash: | Imaginary fluid new recruits sent for |
| Bucket of relative bearing grease : | Sent the new guy onboard to get one - no such thing. |
| Bucket of Rotor Wash: | Helicopter wind "newbees" are sent for when it's time to wash the helicopter. |
| bucket of slack: | what new people are sent to ask the supply sgt. |
| Bucket of Steam: | Something you send a newbee for. |
| Bucket of Steam: | Something a raw recuit was sent to fetch |
| Bucket Of Steam: | What new recruits are sent for on steam driven ships. To start the vessel. |
| Bucket of Steam: | Joke played on a new kid in the engine room |
| Bucket of Video Paint: | Non-existant. New troops are sent to the supply room to get a bucket of video paint for the RADAR scopes. |
| BUFF: | B-52 acft |
| BUFF: | Big Ugly Flying F*#@#er - The loving nickname given to the Might B-52 Bomber |
| Bug Dope: | Insect Repellant |
| Bug Juice: | Insect repelant |
| Bug juice: | kool-aid |
| Bug Juice: | Kool Aid. |
| Bug Juice: | Mosquito repellant. |
| Bug Juice: | Some type of KoolAid |
| Bug juice: | soy sauce |
| Bug Juice: | Kool-Aid |
| Bulk Head : | Wall on a ship. |
| bulk head remover: | To send new recruites after. |
| bulkhead: | marine-navy for wall |
| bulkhead: | WALLS, USED BY MARINES, NAVY |
| Bulkhead: | Walls on ships |
| Bulkhead: | Wall |
| bulkhead: | wall |
| Bulkhead: | Wall |
| Bulkhead: | wall |
| Bulkhead(s): | Shipboard terminology for the wall(s) |
| Bull Ensign: | Top Ensign onboard |
| Bull Kit: | Ash Tray. |
| Bullet Catcher: | Cobra Gunship front seater(tandem seating) |
| Bullet Hole: | unbuttoned shirt |
| Bum F**K Eguypt: | Any Bad Assignment |
| Bunk: | Your bed |
| BUPERS: | Bureau of Personnel |
| Bus Car: | Money borrowed. |
| Bus Driver : | New Air Force Recruit, long blue coat, no stripes. |
| BUSH: | FIELD, JUNGLE OR THICK WOODED TERRAIN |
| Butkit: | The bucket where cigarettes are put out. |
| Butt Can: | Ashtray |
| BUTT CAN: | CONTAINER USED TO PUT SMOKED CIGARETTES IN |
| Butt Snorkeling: | kissing A** |
| Butter Bar: | A newly commissioned LT. |
| Butter Bar: | Second Lieutenant |
| BUTTER BAR: | ARMY TERM USED FOR A SECOND LIEUTENANT |
| Butter bar: | new Second Lt. |
| Butter Bar: | Army 2nd Lt. |
| Butter Bar: | First LT. |
| Butter Bar: | Second Lieutenant |
| Butterbar: | 2nd Lt. |
| Butterbar: | U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Air Force 2 Lt...or Navy ensign. |
| Butterbar: | 2nd Lieutenant. |
| butterbar: | navy ensign |
| Butt-head: | A Naval Special Warfare BUD/S Trainee, a SEAL 'maybe-gonna-be', in training. |
| Button Chopper: | The laundry. |
| C**T Cap: | Same as a Piss Cutter. Peaked cap worn by all services. |
| C.B.P.O: | Chow, BX, Post Office |
| C-4: | Plastic moldable explosive |
| Cable Stretcher: | Fake tool used to stretch cables that are too short. |
| CableDog: | Telephone Cable Installer/Cable Construction |
| Cackle Berry or Cackle Jelly: | Eggs. |
| Cadillac: | Mop bucket |
| Cadillac: | Mop bucket with wheels. |
| Cadre: | The training contingent leading trainees at a Basic (boot) Training facility. |
| CAFB: | Clear as a F*****g Bell. Term used by pilots in lieu of CAVU or Clear and visibility unlimited |
| Cake and Wine: | Bread and Water--Part of confinement punishment at non-judicial punishment (Office hours or Captain's Mast). |
| Cambodian Cannon: | A toy cannon made from beer cans |
| Camels on fire: | Enemy closing in |
| Cammies: | Camoflage Fatigues |
| Can Bird: | Aircraft used for spare parts. |
| Can of Frequency Grease: | Something new communication soldiers are sent to retrieve. |
| Can of Squelch: | Something new communication soldiers were sent for. |
| Can of Squelch: | Something nonexistent to send newbies after to fill up my radio |
| Can of Squelch: | what newbies are sent for as a joke |
| Cannon Ball: | Grapefruit. |
| Cannon Balls and Clothes stops: | Spaghetti and Meatballs |
| CANNON COCKER: | AN ARTILLERYMAN |
| Cannon Cocker: | Gunner's Mate. |
| Cannon Cocker: | Navy personnel in the Gunnersmate rating. |
| Cannon Cocker: | Field Artillery Crewman |
| Cannon Cockers: | Artillerymen |
| Canopy Lights: | Something to send new soldiers to look for |
| Canopy Lights: | Lights that Cherry's are sent to get to add to the Parachutes for night jumps. |
| Captain Malfunction: | An almost guarantee to get promoted to Major. |
| Captain Midnight: | Gung-Ho highly skilled night time commando |
| Captain of the Head : | In charge of cleaning toilets. |
| Carbide lamp: | An actual container of Carbide, that when you spit in it, would cause a black soot for Marines to use to "Blacken" their front sight post. |
| Cattle Car: | Trailer used to transport troops (usually in Basic Training). |
| Cattle Truck: | Semi used to drive large amount of soldiers around post. |
| Cattle Van: | An enclosed military truck carrying people packed inside like cattle. |
| Caufard: | "Loud Fart," a super-brave & courageous soldier who feared nothing and no one (Term picked up by GI's from French Foreign Legion in North Africa) |
| CBPO: | Old Air Force term for "Consolidated Base Personnel Office" |
| CDAT: | Computerized Dumb Ass Tanker |
| CDAT: | Computerized Dumb A$$ Tanker |
| CG-U11: | Seagull |
| CH-47 S***t Hook: | Army CH-47 twin rotor helo |
| Chain Locker: | Area below decks where anchor chain is stored. |
| Chairborne: | Those that were office bound. |
| Chairborne Ranger: | any kind of clerk imaginable - Army |
| Chanchor Cranker: | Medic. |
| Channel Fever: | Night before a ship pulls into port |
| Charles: | Another name for Charlie, or Viet Cong |
| Charlie: | Monsoon,Rainy Season |
| Charlie: | Enemy |
| Charlie 4: | Out of commision, broken. |
| Charlie Foxtrot: | Signal Corp term- Cluster Fu## ie something that is really messed up |
| Charlie Noble: | The Navy designation for the vent used on the stove in the galley. |
| cheaf: | n/c/o,s |
| Cheap charlie #10: | Affectionate name for cheap GI by Korean hostess |
| Check: | "I agree" or "Yes Sir or Yes Sergeant" or "I concur" |
| cheese eater/cheeser: | somebody that is a kiss up! |
| Cheeser Creases: | Army, When soldiers would put creases down the back of their BDU shirts to align with the tabs on back |
| Chem Light Batteries: | Something to send new soldiers to look for |
| CHERRY: | NEW SOLDIER |
| Cherry: | First time in combat |
| Cherry: | New in country. |
| Cherry: | Soldier fresh out of basic. |
| Cherry: | a new guy in vietnam |
| Cherry Boy: | Any New Marine to the Rock "Okinawa" |
| Cherry Boy: | New In Country |
| Cherry Jump: | 1st jump after jump school (6th jump) |
| cherry jumper: | new paratrooper in unit after jump school making first unit jump |
| Cherry!!!!!!!!!: | This term was used for five jump wonders. You were called a cherry until you made your 6th jump. |
| Chewy / Chewbaka: | Unorginized/ slob soldier |
| Chief of Smoke: | NCO in Charge of Field Artillery Firing Battery Gun Section |
| Chief of Smoke: | Top commander on an Artillery fire Base |
| Chili Bowl: | Regulation hair cut. |
| Chilli-Mac: | The one thing that they always feed you before you go in the GAS Chamber so you will throw up immediately afterwards |
| China Chipper: | Dish washer on KP. |
| Chit: | U.S. Navy term for "Paperwork" |
| CHIT: | personal Marker (CHIT) left in tool box to identify person who had tool removed. |
| CHIT: | Request for time off (liberty), paper given by medical to be excused from certain types of work or exercise, and used as money in boot |
| Chockhead: | British Navy term for Aviation personnel |
| Choke & Puke: | Chow Hall |
| Choke and Puke: | Off post dinner |
| Choke and Puke: | Ham & Lima Beans C Ration. |
| choke and puke: | on base restaurant and /or beer garden |
| Choke'n Chicken's: | 101st. AB. Div, (Air mobile light) |
| Chop chop: | Eat food |
| Chop Chop: | Hurry up. |
| Chop chop: | C-Rations begged for by Vietnamese |
| Chop chop!: | Hurry up, quickly |
| chopper: | helicopter |
| chopper: | helicopter |
| Chopper: | Helicopter |
| Chow: | What they jokenly referred as food |
| Chow Hall: | Place to Eat Meals |
| Chow Hound: | First guy in chow line |
| Chow line: | Something new recruit was sent to supply to get several hundred feet of |
| Chow time: | Time to eat |
| CHS: | Can't Hear S@$# |
| CID: | Criminal Investigation Division |
| Cinderalla Leave: | A 24 hour pass |
| Cinderella Liberty: | Liberty/Pass that expires at midnight |
| cinderella liberty: | Had to be back on board ship by 0000 hrs |
| Circle Jerk to the right/left: | Organized confusion |
| Circular File: | Another name for the Trash Can |
| Civys: | civilian clothing |
| Ck at supply for some canopy lights.: | This term was used for new jumpers that just completed jump school and were assigned to a section. This was told to the jumper on his first night jump. |
| Clancey: | Refueling boom operator |
| Clap: | Infection by Neisseria Gonorrhea |
| Class 1 Download: | Taking a SH_T. |
| class 1 download: | Using the bathroom |
| Clean sweep fore and aft: | Tidy up the ship |
| click: | 1000 meters |
| click: | distance |
| Click: | A kilometer |
| Click: | Distance. |
| Click: | Unknown. |
| Click: | Defines distance..as in three clicks from here. |
| click: | distance |
| Click: | Kilometre |
| click (measure of distance): | one kilometer |
| Clicks or Klicks: | Panzer Kaserne was only 20 klicks away from K-Town. Klicks/Clicks = Kilometers |
| CLIT: | CLerk-In-Training |
| Clodhopper: | Boots |
| Clothes Stop: | Short line for tying rolled clothes. |
| Cluster F***: | Mass confusion |
| Cluster Muster: | Parade Formation when medals were awarded |
| Clutch: | US Army Military Trans Driver. |
| Clutchable: | Vehicle driver |
| COB: | Chief of the Boat |
| coffin locker: | shipboard bed that opened into a compartmental locker |
| Coffin Nails: | Marlboro Cigarettes |
| Cold Iron: | The term applied when the engineering plant on a ship was secured or shut down. Cold Iron Watches were the posted. |
| Collision Mats & Monkey Dinks: | Pancakes & sausages. |
| COLONELS ORDERLY: | THE SHARPEST SOLDIER AT GUARD MOUNT |
| Com Shack: | Radio room on ship. |
| ComCenter: | Army communications center. |
| Comm: | Communications |
| Commo: | Communications |
| Commo Dick: | Communications NCO |
| Compound: | Name for Military Installation in Korea |
| comshaw: | borrow from other military troops |
| comshaw: | trading something you have in your division for something you want in another division |
| COMSHAW: | Free requisition from another command or unit between friends. |
| Comshaw Artist (Navy): | A scrounge - procurement artist |
| conacks: | metal storage shed |
| Coner: | Any non-nuke engineering personnel who work in the forward end of a submarine. |
| Connex: | Steel storage container (NOT "Conacks" as listed) |
| Connon Coker: | Field Artillery |
| Consentrated Sky Hook: | Imaginary tool new mechanics were sent for |
| CONUS: | Continental United States |
| Cook-whites: | Extremely faded Army BDUs |
| COOLY: | PANAMANIAN DEFENSE PERSONNEL |
| Corn Crushers: | Feet |
| Corn Willie: | Corned beef in tins. |
| COVER: | Cap, Hat or Helmet |
| Cover: | Headwear (for civilians - hats) |
| Cover your six: | Watch your back! |
| CPs (Under the Command of the OD): | An army unit's "Courtesy Patrol" of their unit members' behavior off base. |
| CQ: | Carrier Qualifications |
| CQ: | The "Charge of Quarters" (NCO in charge under the OD). |
| CQ: | COMPANY HEADQUARTERS DUTY |
| CQ: | Charge of Quarters |
| Crab: | A critter that lives on the beach, A civilian |
| Crank Duty: | Navy term for having to serve 3 months time in the mess hall or galley |
| crapper: | avoiding duty |
| Crap-sack: | Sleepingbag |
| Cricket cruncher or crucifier of rocks: | An Infantryman |
| Croot: | Any new recruit to a company or batallion. |
| Cross Your Hearter: | Individual That Has Betrayed The Country Dearest To Your Heart |
| Crotch Novel: | Some Reading Material |
| Crow: | Lookout Station at top of Ships Mast |
| Crow: | A petty officer in the Navy, so named because the eagle on the rating insignia (rank) looks like a white crow. |
| crowbar hotel: | cells |
| Crowd Killer: | Derogatory name for the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter (early in their service many of them came apart killing lots of Marines) |
| CRS: | Can't Remember S@$# |
| Crud: | Skin fungal infection or jungle rot |
| Cruit: | A newby in Germany |
| Cruit: | New Recruit |
| crunchy: | anybody not in a mechanized/heavy Infantry unit |
| Crunchy/tank traction: | USMC infantry |
| CSMO: | Close Station March Order. |
| CSMO: | CLOSE STATION MARCH ORDER-USMC ARTILLERY |
| CSMO: | Order given to Marine Artillery meaning Change Station March Order. Or as we said "Collect Sh** and Move Out" |
| CSS: | Can't See S@$# |
| cumshaw: | to borrow something you need |
| Cumshaw: | To trade items, normally of disproportional value. |
| Cumshaw: | Money, specifically liberty money (come ashore). |
| cut a chogey: | di di quick time |
| Cut a Chogie: | Leave. |
| Cut-a-chogy: | Get out of here |
| CYA: | Cover your a**. |
| Cycle or Cycling: | Punishment for recruits in boot in the form of strenuous exercise |
| CYCLO: | Three-wheeled Motorcycle taxicabs used in Saigon. |
| D D MOW: | LEAVE IN A HURRY |
| D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.: | Do I Look Like I Give A F***. My Platoon Sgt. actually had a name tag made up for this and wore it on his dress greens. |
| Daisycutter: | Frag Bomb |
| Damnit: | Fasteners used to hold rank on collar |
| DANAT: | Dead and no longer a threat. |
| Dark Territory: | War. |
| DAT: | Dumb Ass Tanker |
| DAT: | Dumb Ass Tanker. |
| DAT: | Dumb A$$ Tanker |
| Davey Jones Locker: | The bottom of the ocean. The place where sailors go to rest. |
| Davey Jones Locker: | The bottom of the ocean. The place where sailors go to rest. |
| Day Whore: | Anyone not working rotating shifts |
| Day-ho: | 8-5, M-F, holidays-off worker at a 24-hour ops Intel site (as opposed to the rotating shift worker known as 'trick-trash' |
| DC Punch: | What you send new seamen for(A Damage Controlman punches you) |
| 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. |
| de de mouw: | get out of here |
| Dead Bug: | Drinking game played by falling on floor with feet and arms in air. |
| Dead Head: | Floatsome |
| Dead Horse: | Loan, repayable each payday |
| Dead Soldiers : | Enpty beer cans |
| Deck: | Floor |
| deck ape: | lowly seaman |
| Deck Ape: | A term of endearment for the typical Bosom's Mate onboard ships. |
| Deck Ape: | US Navy Boatswains Mate |
| Deck Ape: | Personnel in the Boatswainmate rating in the Navy. |
| deck ape: | sailor working above deck, not in the engineering dept. |
| Deck Ape: | A NAVY Boatswains Mate or Deck Seaman |
| Deck Ape: | Boswains Mate |
| Dee Dee: | Hurry out of your location |
| Deep dark 30: | 30 minutes after midnight |
| Deep Kimshee: | Deep Do-Do, as in "You're gonna be in deep kimshee if you do that". |
| Deep Six: | To get rid of |
| Deep Six it.: | Throw it over the side.Off the Ship |
| Defunk & rerag: | Shower & change |
| Delta Sierra: | Weather Dog S*%#; Bad weather (normally referring to weather back at airbase returning too or current weather conditions of target area or other point of interest |
| DEROS: | Date of Estimated Return from Over Seas |
| DEROS: | date estimated return from overseas |
| DEROS: | Your date of return back to the world |
| deros: | every boonierats dream date to come home |
| Desk Jockey: | Admin Clerk |
| Desktop Commando: | Troop behind the desk, ate up but not really. |
| Detail Worker Bees: | Usually an Army soldier below the rank of e-5 that has to pull ANY type of detail! |
| deuce and a half : | Two and One Half ton truck |
| Deuce and a half: | Two and a half ton capacity truck |
| deuce gear: | 782 gear |
| deuce-n-half: | 2 1/2 ton truck |
| Devil Doc: | Navy Corpsman w/USMC |
| Devil's Piano: | Machine gun. |
| DFAC: | DINING FACILITY |
| D-FAC: | Dining Facility-used instead of chow hall |
| di di mao: | cut a chogey, exit double quick time |
| Di di mau: | Vietnamese for "go go fast" meaning to get the hell out of the area. |
| Di di mow: | Hurry up |
| Di-Da-Oo: | Horny |
| Diddy Bopper: | Morse code intercept specialist |
| Didi mau: | Quickly |
| Diggit Tool: | A Leatherman or similar combination tool used by engineering rates onboard ship. |
| DILLIGAF: | Does it look like I give a ...k |
| dilligaf: | does it look like i give a f*** |
| DILLIGAFF: | Do I look like I give a flying f##k. |
| DILLIRATGAFF: | Do I Look Like I Really And Truely Give A Flying Fuck |
| Ding: | Short for Ding Hao, Chinese for "OK". |
| Dinged: | Only wounded charlie |
| Dingleberries: | Dirt behind doors after "clean sweep down fore & aft." |
| DINING ROOM ORDERLY: | SOLDIER ASSIGNED ARMY MESS HALL DUTIES |
| DINK: | Double Income, No Kids- military married to military, sometimes just for the benefits. |
| Dink: | enemy |
| DINK: | NORTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIER |
| Dink: | Another name for Charlie, or Viet Cong |
| Dinkey Dau: | Crazy. |
| Dinki dau: | Crazy |
| Dinki Dau: | Crazy |
| Dinky Dau: | Crazy, Loony, |
| Dinky Dou (Dow): | Crazy. |
| Dinky dow: | Crazy |
| Dinky dow: | Vietnamese for not good, less, dumb, etc. |
| dinky dow: | word used in vietnam to describe someone was crazy |
| Dinq (Dink) List: | List of personnel delinquent in submarine qualification progress |
| Dinque Dau (Dinky Dow): | Crazy |
| Dirka: | Used to describe something made in an arabic country, such as dirka coke, or dirka water. |
| Dirt and Worms: | Chili Mac and macaroni or ground beef and macaroni in the Navy. |
| Dirt bag: | don't take shower |
| Dirt Bag: | Any useless or un-squared away person. |
| Dirt Bag: | Soldier whos uniform Very, very. wrinkle and boots that are not buffed |
| Dirt Dart: | Someone freefalling either from chute not opening or from a fatal hookup (air assault). |
| DIRTBAG: | Someone who does not shower |
| Dirtball: | Slob |
| Distance Measurement: | A click. |
| Dit Jockey: | radio operator in USCG or Navy |
| Ditty: | Cadence |
| DITTY BOPPER: | Morse intercept operator. |
| Ditty Bag: | Place where your dirty clothes are found. |
| Ditty Bag: | Bag of Toiletries |
| Ditty Bop: | Moving without noise dicipline or walk like a civilian |
| Ditty Bop: | Commo Specialists. |
| Ditty Bopper: | O5H-Morse Code Intercept |
| Ditty-Bopp: | Not marching properly |
| Ditty-Bopper: | A Morse intercept operator |
| Di-Uy: | Captain |
| DiWee: | Captain |
| Dixie Cup: | Enlisted male sailors white hat |
| Dixie Cup: | Navy enlisted white hat, or commonly called the sailor hat. |
| Dixie Station: | South China Sea off South Vietnam, area of ops for US Navy. |
| Doc: | Name used for any enlisted medic or corpsman |
| Doc (all forces): | Medic or Corpsman |
| Dog: | One that if not trained properly or not treated for disease becomes UNFAITHFUL and RABID, As in full of rage to the point of only being good for Violence and Spreading of Violence ) |
| Dog and pony show: | doing something for the Brass or the public |
| Dog Ear: | Mechanism used to secure a hatch closed on a naval vessel. |
| dog robber: | admirals aide |
| Dog Robber: | Officers personal orderly |
| Dog Tags: | Military id tags. |
| Dog watch: | Navy watchstander's rotation watch. 1st dogwatch = 1600 to 1800. 2nd dogwatch 1800 to 2000. Prevents sailors from having to stand the same watches every day. |
| Dog Wrench: | A tool used onboard ships to tighten hatches. |
| Doggie Diner: | Foward mess deck on the Kitty Hawk |
| DOGROBBER: | ONE WHO SERVED THE BRASS |
| Doin' a Rommel: | Successfully carrying out a near-impossible mission (Army) |
| don: | don't let any of this bother you |
| Donkey Dick: | A spout for a 5 gallon "Jerry" can |
| Donkey Dick: | Flexible hose spout used in fuel cans |
| Donkey Dick: | A hose extension used to defuel wing tanks |
| dont mean nothin: | the only answer to a bad event |
| DOPE: | A term use when adjusting your sights on your weapon... Remember. It's not always the DOPE on the weapon, but it could be the dope behind the weapon. |
| Dope on a Rope: | Air assault qualified soldier. |
| DotHead or White Head: | Somebody wearing Garmet or White Towel on their head |
| Double digit figits: | Less than 100 days to go in country |
| Double nuts: | phrase used to describe two consecutive zeros |
| Double Time: | Run |
| Doughboys: | American soldiers who went to war in Europe |
| Down range: | Any forward-deployed area of operations |
| Dragonfly: | Alternative, widely-used name for USAF Cessna AT-37 ("Killer Tweet"/"Killer Tweety Bird"). |
| DRESS BLUES: | Official Military Service Formal Suit. |
| Dress Right Dress: | Keeping everything lined up and in order. |
| Dress Right Dress: | All aligned |
| Drifty as a One Winged Seagull: | Not the brightest one. |
| Drunk-Ex: | Consumption of large amounts of alcohol while on liberty. |
| Dual Cool: | Marine Who Is Scuba & Jump Trained |
| duce gear: | same as 782 gear |
| Duct Diver: | One who inspects jet engines for foreign objects |
| Dudd: | no brains- can't do anything right |
| Dumber than a Box of Rocks: | A very stupid sailor, usually very young. |
| Dumber that a box of rocks.: | Used in the Navy to describe a really dumb person. |
| DURAGLIT: | POLISH USED TO CLEAN MARINE BELT BUCKLES |
| DUST BUNNIES: | Lint under rack |
| Dust Bunny: | Wool pieces that take up residence under racks and basic trainee barracks wall lockers |
| Dust Off: | Huey helicopter medevac |
| dust-off : | medivac helicopter |
| DUTY MOUSE: | RECRUIT THAT CLEANS THE MARINE DI QUARTERS |
| Dying Cockroach: | Used for punishment by Drill Sergeants in the Army, making someone lay on their back with arms and legs outstreched |
| E.T.A: | Extract the Area |
| E.T.S.: | Estimated Time Of Separation |
| E.T.S.: | Enough of this sh*t |
| E.T.S.: | End Time in Service |
| Ears: | Recruit slang for "Listen up!" |
| Easy Eight: | Grade 8 Chief |
| Eating Cheese: | Brown-nosing. |
| eating cheese: | kissing a$$ |
| Echo Tango Suitcase: | End of Term in Service /ETS. |
| Economy: | Only applies when you are overseas. ie Living on the "economy" means not living on base or base housing; or get something on the Economy, that means not getting on base but getting from the locals |
| EDCSA: | Effective date change strength accountability |
| EFI Only: | Encrypted For Information Only. |
| Egg Beater: | Helicopter |
| Eighty-six: | Get rid of, out of item, "86 that before the CO gets here" |
| Eisenhower Jacket: | Army dress-uniform jacket. |
| Elbow Grease: | To use force when scrubbing |
| Elephant Rubber: | rubbertube used to store arty charges |
| eleven up, three down, all eight up: | thorougly confused without any hope of recovery |
| ELINT: | Electronic Intelligence |
| EOS: | Morse code lingo for "end of skid" meaning no more transmissions. We used it in general terms to mean that was all we had to say or do .b |
| ESI: | Extra Sensitive Information. |
| ETA: | Estimated Time of Arrival. |
| ETS: | Expiration Term of Service |
| EUCOM: | Assignment to "European Command" units. |
| EWAM: | Eschelons Way Above Me |
| Exhaust sample: | Army Aviation / A joke played on new aircrewman |
| Exhaust Sample: | When you tell a soldier to take a plastic bag and attempt to retrieve exhaust from a military vehicle. It's fun to watch. |
| Eyeballs: | Recruit slang for, "Look at me and pay attention." |
| Eyes in the boat: | Keeping your eyes looking straight ahead without looking around. |
| Eyes Only: | Communication meant for specifically named person. |
| F O: | forword observer |
| F T A: | F#$% the Army |
| F# OUTSTANDING: | MARINE CORPS JOB WELL DONE |
| F&#$ing A Tweetie Bird: | Absolutely, irrevocably |
| F.I.S.T.: | Fire Support Team - Artillery forward observer |
| F.N.G.: | F'in New Guy |
| FAC: | Forward Air Controller |
| Fart Recovery: | Assigned detail; Cleaning the rest room. |
| Fart Sack: | The sack type sheets we used in boot camp in the the mid 50's. |
| Fart Sack : | Mattress cover. |
| fart sack: | military cot |
| Fart Sack: | Marine Fabric Cover on Rack Mattress |
| Fart Sack: | Mattress cover |
| Fart Sack: | Sleeping bag |
| fat albert: | C 5 galaxy |
| Fat Albert: | C-5 |
| Fat Albert: | Nickname for USS Mount Whitney LCC-20. |
| Fat Body: | An overweight soldier |
| Fat Jaws or my jaws are fat: | You're really angry |
| FEATHER MERCHANT: | CIVILIAN WORKER ON BASE |
| FEBA: | False enthusiasm, bad attitude |
| FECOM: | Assignment to Far East Command (usually Korea). |
| Feet Wet: | Over water (for flyers) |
| Feets: | Heads so far up Commanders ass! (Ass Kisser) |
| fetch the left-handed "Flight-line" wrench: | no such thing USMC |
| Fich Man Pronounced "Fish": | First In Chow Hall |
| FIDO: | f### it drive on |
| field day: | clean up the barracks/ co. area |
| Field Day: | Deep cleaning of Barrack, Galley Units, and all work areas... |
| Field Day: | Reference to fully clean the barracks on thursdays in the Marines. |
| Field Day: | To clean up an area,cleaning your room each week. |
| Field Day: | Term used in Navy means to thoroughly clean the area. |
| Field Day: | Like its something fun, to clean your barracks |
| Field Day: | General Quarters Cleaning |
| Field day: | Day set aside for cleaning the office and barracks |
| Field Latrine: | A hand dug trench in a bivouc area for crapping. |
| Field Strip a Cigarette: | Strip off paper & spread tobacco around. |
| FIGMO: | F**K IT I GOT MY ORDERS - |
| Figmo: | F * * K it, got my orders |
| FIGMO: | FORGET IT I GOT MY ORDERS |
| FIGMO: | F you I Got my orders |
| FIGMO: | F@#K it, got my orders |
| FIGMO STICK: | Forget (sometimes) I got my orders |
| FIJFI: | F*** It! Just F*** It! |
| File 13: | An imaginary file that really means the waste basket |
| Filet of Mule Tool: | Sliced cold cuts in the Navy. |
| find 100 yards of flight: | helicopter flight staging area |
| find a a-s-h reciever: | ash tray in helicopter |
| Finishing Lumber: | toothpicks |
| Fire fight: | Exchange of weapon's fire with enemy |
| Fire for effect: | Artillery barrage |
| Fire Watch: | Personnel stationed in adjacent compartments next to a compartment where welding was occuring on Navy ships. |
| Fire Watch: | Night guard duty |
| Fire Watch Ribbon: | National Defense Ribbon |
| FIRST SHIRT: | FIRST SERGEANT |
| First Shirt: | 1st Sgt |
| First Shirt: | First Sgt. |
| First shirt or shirt or skirt: | First Sergeant |
| First Stud: | Air Force First Sargeant (Squadron 1st Sargeant) |
| FITREP: | Fitness Report |
| Five and Dime: | Nickname USS Eaton DDE-510 |
| FLAP: | F@#$ lazy airforce personnel |
| Flat Hatting: | military pilot flying lower than regulations allow. |
| Flick: | Movie. |
| Flight line: | Something you send newbee to aviation station assignment for. |
| Flip-Flapper: | Undecided Commander or Leader. |
| Flip-Now: | Move out! (Infantry Operation) |
| Float test: | throw over the side of a ship |
| float test: | dumping some unwanted thing over the side of a ship |
| Floating Target: | Officer in a parachute. |
| Flush the Head: | Put a chief on sea duty. |
| fly boy: | air force member |
| Fly Boy: | Officer or Enlisted Men on Flying Duties. |
| Fly boys: | Air Force |
| Flyboy: | any pilot or airman |
| Flyboys: | Helicopter Units |
| flying gas station: | Air Force refuler KC 135 |
| Flying Oil Leak: | C-121 |
| Flying Piss Pot: | Term used in the Navy to describe the insignia used on a Boiler Tender or Boiler Technician's rating badage. |
| Flyrod: | lower enlisted Air Force |
| FM: | F***ing magic, used when electronics device that wasn't working correctly starts working by itself. |
| FM: | F'ing Magic - The mysterious way equipment that was broken suddenly begins to work.... |
| FMT (Facilites Maint. Team): | F**kin Magic Team SAC Term |
| FNG: | Fu#^&^ken New Guy |
| FNG: | Fu**ing New Guy. |
| FNG: | F**king New Guy |
| FNG: | F***ing New Guy |
| FNG: | Funny New Guy |
| FO: | Artillery forward observer |
| FOAD: | F--K OFF AND DIE |
| FOAD: | F*&k off and die |
| FOB: | Forward Operating Base |
| FOB: | Forward Operating Base |
| FOBBET: | Someone who has been deployed overseas, but has never been off of the base they are on. |
| FOBBIT or FOB-GOBLIN: | A Soldier that stays on the FOB for an entire deployment (never leaves the wire) |
| Fobbit, Fobgoblin: | someone who never leaves the fob(foward operating base) |
| FOD: | Flight ops lingo for - Foreign Object Damage |
| FOD walk: | In the Marine Corps airwing--The lining-up of all of the flightline personnel to walk the flightline and pick up everything that might cause FOD(foreign object damage) to the aircraft or its engine. |
| Fog Lookout: | A new seaman assigned a bow watch for fog location by pointing a finger at its location to the bridge watch and reporting it . |
| Foo Foo Juice: | Shaving lotion or cologne. |
| Foofoo Juice: | After shave or cologne. |
| foreskins on toast: | creamed chip beef on toast |
| Form 6 : | Army Duty Roster |
| Forth Point of Contact: | You Butt, Airborne personnel are the only ones who understand this. The five points of contact upon landing are Balls of feet, Calves, Thighs, Butt, and then shoulders. |
| Forward Observer: | One who calls artillery fire for an infantry platoon |
| FOT Foreskins-on-toast: | SOS is for beef--------FOT is chipped ham on toast |
| Four Seater: | Outhouse with four holes |
| Foxtrot Sierra Hotel: | F**king Shit Hot Really good. |
| Frag: | A grenade |
| frag: | to eliminate the person in charge after a cluster f**k |
| frag ("to frag", or "fragged"): | Removal of inept command by subordinate personnel (bottom up) rather than top down chain of command |
| Free Bird: | Jet Flying Back Top U.S.A. |
| Freeboard: | Something "strikers" were sent searching for. |
| Freedom Bird: | The plane that takes you back to "The World". |
| freedom bird: | plane flying gis back to the states |
| Freedom Bird: | The airplane that took you home from Viet Nam |
| Freedom Bird: | Air Plane Leaving The Nam returning GI's Back to the World ( USA) |
| Frequency Grease: | A Term used for boots new in the Communications Field |
| Frequency Grease: | A made up term to send new communications soldiers to hunt for! |
| Front Leaning Rest: | push-up position |
| Front Leaning Rest: | Pushup Position |
| Fruit Salad: | One who has many many ribbons. |
| FTW: | F The World - Expression of general disgust with one's circumstances. |
| fu**sation: | total state of confusion and chaos |
| FUBAR: | F$*ked Up Beyond All Recognition |
| FUBAR: | F$*ked beyond all recognition |
| FUBAR: | F*&*ed up beyond all recognition. |
| FUBIGAR: | F_ _ K YOU BUDDIE I'M JUST A RESERVE |
| FUBIJAR: | F U Buddy I'm Just A Reservist. |
| FUBIJAR: | F You Buddy I'm Just A Reservist |
| FUBYOYO: | F*** You Buddie, You're On Your Own. |
| Fuel Bunny: | 77F Fuel Handler, Army |
| Full Bird: | Navy Captain |
| Full Bird: | Colonel in the Army, Marine Corp, & Air Force |
| Full Bull: | A bird Colonel |
| FUMF: | Fat Ugly M*&#*@F*@!$# - B-52 |
| G. I. Party: | Clean up the barracks and polish the floors every friday night |
| G.I.: | Government Issue |
| G.I. Shower: | To grab an unbathed & stinking comrade and wash him down in the shower, using floor brooms and laundry soap |
| G-1: | Officer in Command of Personnel allocations. |
| G-1: | Officer in command of military intelligence. |
| G-2: | Officer in Command of Military Intelligence. |
| G-3: | Officer in Command of training army personnel. |
| G-4: | Officer in Command of Army Supply logistics. |
| GAF: | Give A F**K...who cares! |
| gaggle: | mass confusion |
| Gaggle F*#!: | To walk in general disarray I.E. not in formation or a straight line |
| Gaines Burgers: | Mystery meat burgers served in VietNam |
| Gallopin' Crud: | A particularly virulent form of Gonnorea, venereal disease |
| Galloping Ghost of the Arabian Coast: | The flagship of Commander Middle East Forces, painted white to reflect the not sun. |
| Gangplank: | Ramp from dock to ship |
| Gas passers: | Refueling boom operators |
| Ge Dunk Truck: | Truck that sold Candy and other sundries on the pier. |
| Gear Adrift: | Navy - Something not in its proper place, usually during inspections. |
| Gear Dog: | Carrier arresting gear personnel |
| Gedunk: | Ice cream. |
| Gedunk: | Ice Cream. |
| gedunk machine: | vending machine |
| Gedunk stand: | The PX |
| Gedunk wagon: | Chow truck |
| geedunk: | ice cream |
| Geedunk: | Place to buy snacks ie candy, chips etc. |
| Geedunk: | Ship's store. |
| geedunk: | junk food |
| geedunk: | Junk food |
| Geedunk: | Candy and garbage food or a place to buy it |
| Gee-dunk: | Cafateria, candy store, personal supplies store. |
| GEE-DUNK: | Any junk foods (chips candy etc). |
| Gee-dunk Stand: | Ice cream and soda stand. |
| gee-dunk truck: | food truck that came to batallion areas |
| General Confusion: | Whose in charge when everything is gong wrong |
| Gesturing: closed fist w/extended thumb, touching : | Silent D'oh!, D'uh, my bad. |
| Get a bucket of "Hay" and go outside and feed the : | Motor Transport joke, nickname for a vehicle. USMC |
| Get the FHT and move out!: | f****ing heavy thing. ie: mortar plate, dragon round, fifty cal. receiver. |
| Get the key to the "Basement": | all the units I been at didn't have any basement. USMC |
| get up those wooden hills: | go up the stairs |
| Get your bore punched: | Procedure used to see if you have an std. |
| Getting Your Ticket Punched: | (For Officers) Serving in a line unit for 60 days. |
| GG: | Good to Go. |
| Ghost Turd: | What Marine DI's called the collected dust under your bunk. |
| Ghost Turd: | A ball of fuzz, dust, etc., found under your bunk in the barracks if you haven't swept in a few days |
| Ghostin: | Avoiding duty |
| GI drink: | bowel softener |
| GI Party: | "Squaring away" a non-confroming soldier |
| GIB: | guy in back. back seater in F-4 fighter |
| gidunks pronounsed geedunks: | snacks or junk food |
| GIFA: | The Great Iraqi F*** All (British Army term for the Iraqi desert) |
| GIG LINE: | Shirt button line runs vertical with zipper line "smart appearance" |
| Gig Line: | That line created by your shirt, belt buckle and zipper. |
| 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 |
| GIRB: | GI Rat Bas**rd - regular guy, just one of the guys |
| Gitmo: | Guantanimo Bay |
| GIVE ME A " ROE": | Marlboro cigarette |
| Giving/Getting a "Case of the Ass": | Getting mad or making someone mad. |
| GIZMACHI: | Odds and ends, anything you can't give a name to |
| Go Ahead: | Joke. |
| Go and find the batteries for a Kem Lite: | Something that you would have new soldiers go and look for. |
| Go Fasters: | The name of USMC Recrutes running shoes |
| go fasters: | running shoes |
| Go Fasters: | Running Shoes |
| Go Fasters: | Athletic footwear |
| go get 10 yards of flight line for me: | a joke a booters who didn't know that the flight line is where planes take off from |
| Go Get A Ht Punch: | Sent boot camps to hull tect shop, instead of tool, they get hit. |
| Go get me a "bucket of line feeds" !!!: | No such thing!!!! A rookie teletypist is at times ask to produce from the Naval Storekeepers. |
| Go get me a box of grid squared: | Send someone new on a bogus mission |
| Go get me some *sound powered phone batteries*.Nav: | For new recruits ( no such Items - sound powered ! ) |
| Go Grab A Piece Of Flight Line: | Newbees in Squadrons are sent to get this. It isn't a thing to get, it is where planes taxi back to their Squadrons. |
| Go Over-The-Hill: | Run away, AWOL |
| Go Scratch: | Get away or out of here. |
| Go to Geedunk to get poggie bait..: | Go to canteen to get candy bar |
| Goat Locker: | Chief quarters onboard a Navy ship. |
| Goat Rope: | Mass confusion see also gagglef*#k and clusterf^*k |
| Goat Rope: | Typically screwed up operation |
| GOB: | Enlisted Naval personnel |
| Going ARVN: | When foreign soldiers trained by US military advisors cut and run during a firefight. |
| Going Over: | Used for a sailor going on liberty |
| Going to the Big Smoke: | Going to London for your two day off (Air Force Security Service) |
| Gold Brick: | Very Lazy Marine. |
| Gold Brick: | Soldier who dodges responsibility. |
| Gold Bricking: | To be lazy or not do your duty |
| GOLDEN FLOW: | LAB WORK FOR DRUGS |
| Gomer: | A Marine that kept messing up. Ref: Gomer Pyle |
| Gone Native: | When a US Forces member starts acting, speaking, sitting, & eating Vietnamese-style. |
| Gonzo Station: | Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf area during hostage crisis in Iran (US Navy). |
| Good Enough For Government Work : | When a task was completed close to standard |
| Good to Go: | Ready. |
| Good to go: | Ready for action |
| Good-to-go: | The answer to everything. |
| Goofing Off: | Not doing the army tasks assigned. |
| Gook-Charley: | Sniper |
| gooks in the wire: | Enemy approaching |
| Gooms or Goums: | Algerian Infantry Units, real bad guys around women |
| GOONEY BIRD: | C-47 TYPE OF AIRCRAFT |
| Gooney Bird: | Seagull |
| gooney bird: | C-47- aiplane rused in many configurations |
| Goonie Bird: | USAF term for C-47 Skytrain Aircraft. (Military Version of the DC-3) |
| Gopher: | One who goes for this and that. |
| GQ: | Navy General Quarters |
| Grab Ass: | Term used in all services for frockling around, usually including wrestling. |
| Grab Ass: | Soldiers messing or screwing around; usually involves wrestling |
| Grand Central Station: | More than one set of railroad tracks (creases) on your pants. |
| Grape: | Freshly shorn head of new recruit |
| Grapes: | Personnel who refueled aircraft on carriers. Named so because their shirts were purple. |
| Gravel Agitator: | Infantryman. |
| Gravel Agitator: | Infantry. |
| Gravity Check: | Dropping equipment |
| Grease Gun: | A particular machine gun that resembled a grease gun |
| Grease Gun: | .45 Cal Sub-machine gun |
| Grease Pit: | An in-ground trap adjacent to a mess hall for collection of messhall grease gone downdrain. |
| Grease Trap Duty: | A worse assignment than KP duty (for F/U's). |
| Green: | New recruit or untrained |
| Green bean: | Taking a person to run the bars in Korea |
| GREEN BEAN: | NEW AIRMAN, USAF JUST OUT OF BASIC |
| Green bean tour: | Taking a new person in Korea on a tour of the bars |
| Green Card: | Military ID |
| Green Line: | Defensive Perimeter around a LZ or Camp |
| Gremlin: | When something went wrong with a plane it was blamed on gremlins |
| Grenade: | explosive |
| Grey Matter: | That material between the ears that mistakes are made |
| GRF: | Giant Rat F**k...Large scale operation against VC/NVA. |
| Grid Squares: | New soldiers are sent to retrieve a box of them. |
| Grinder: | Drill field |
| Grinder: | Parade Field |
| ground guides: | new soldiers are sent to go get a (box of ground guides) |
| ground pounder: | Infantry |
| Ground Pounder: | Infantry, walking soldier. |
| Ground Pounder: | Infantry |
| Ground Pounder: | What Artillery men call Infantry men |
| Ground Pounder (USAF): | Non-rated/non-flying personnel of Air Force. |
| Ground pounder..: | A recruit! ! ! |
| Ground Pounders: | Slang for Army troops. |
| groundpounder: | infantryman |
| groups: | A measure of distance. |
| Grovel: | To suck up to...to brown nose. |
| GRUNT: | Ground Replacement Usually Not Trained. |
| GRUNT: | Stands for (Ground Replacement Usually Not Trained) |
| GRUNT: | WWII phrase - Ground Replacement Usually Not Trained |
| Grunt: | Army 11B Infantryman |
| Grunt: | AKA groundpounder 0311 infantry Marine |
| Grunt: | Infantry Soldier |
| GTD: | General Tightening Down, as in conforming exactly to regulations |
| GU11: | Designation used by old salts in the Navy to get boots to look for an aircraft, but really a sea gull. |
| GUIDON ..... UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS: | CARRIES AND BEARS UNIT'S COLORS ON POLE |
| Gum Gardner: | Navy Dentist |
| Gun Bunnie: | Vulcan Crew members 16Rs. |
| Gun Bunnies: | Field Artillery Unit Personel |
| GUN BUNNIES: | Artillery personnel. |
| Gun Bunnies: | Vulcan crewmembers 16Rs |
| Gun Bunny: | Artillery Man |
| gun bunny: | Army 11C Indirect fire (mortar) infantry |
| Gun bunny: | any 13B |
| Gun Bunny: | Artillery Gun Crewman |
| gun deck it: | let it slide, no big deal |
| Gun Plumber: | Air Force weapons mechanic |
| Gun Plumber : | Weapons technician (loader) that loaded and repaired aircraft guns and gun system |
| Gundeck: | Falsify maintenance records. |
| Gung Ho: | Overly Enthused |
| gung ho: | was a lifer |
| Gungy: | Enthusiastic, motivated |
| Gunner: | Warrent officer slang title |
| gunnie : | gunnery sergant |
| Gunny: | Gunnery sgt |
| Gunship: | Armed to the tilt huey chopper |
| gut truck: | mobile snack vendor seen around post area |
| gut truck: | food truck or van parked outside the barracks |
| gut truck: | meal truck |
| Gut Truck: | Mobile vending truck |
| Gut Truck: | Catering truck |
| H&I: | Harassment & Interdiction. |
| HABU: | SR-71 BLACK BIRD |
| HAC: | Helicopter Aircraft Commander |
| Hajee: | a person of middle eastern ethnicity or a local Iraqi citizen |
| HALO: | High Altitude Low Opening |
| Ham and Mother fu***ers: | K rations: Ham and Beans |
| Ham and muther f......: | Ham and Lima Beans |
| Handy Billy: | Fire pump aboard ship to pump sea water. |
| Hang the Dog Out: | Getting totally drunk during an inport period in Olongapo City, Philippines. |
| Hangar Queen: | An aricraft that hasn't flown for 30 days or more - USAF |
| Hanger Basement: | A place to send new bee's for generator brushes. |
| Hanger Queen: | A/C setting in the hanger and used for parts. |
| Hanger Queen: | Equipment or aircraft used for spare parts |
| Hanger Queen: | Aircraft used for spare parts |
| Hanger Queen: | An aircraft used for spare parts AKA hanger b**** |
| Hanger Queen: | Aircraft that stay in the hanger 30+ days |
| HANOI HANNAH: | Woman broadcaster from Hanoi, North Viet-Nam |
| Happy Hour: | Running the Grider for an hour with your rifle over your head, after messing up in Boot Camp. |
| Hardball : | Concrete or Pavement |
| hat up: | let's go, let's get out of here, leave |
| Hat Up!: | Let's go! (Air Force) |
| Hatch: | Door on ship/sub (also used on land by Navy personnel) |
| HAWK: | Hard, cold wind |
| Haze Gray and Underway: | In the Navy, shipboard duty, or to be at sea on a ship. |
| Haze Grey & Under Way: | Freshly Painted Ship and Sea Bound |
| HazMat: | Hazardous Material |
| HazMat Tool: | A Racheting Wrench and Socket used to open and close Hazardous Material Barrels |
| HE: | High Explosive |
| He: | An Air Force Security force member pulling stingermissile duty in korea |
| head: | Bathroom |
| Headspace and Timing Alignment: | Someone/thing/mission that ain't going well and needs work. |
| Heave out & Trice up!: | Get up and make your rack/bed. |
| Hello Mc Fly!: | Idiot. |
| Helo: | Helicopter |
| Helo Pad: | Landing area for Helicopters |
| Here comes the general: | In coming screw up |
| Herky: | C-130 |
| hermans: | germans |
| Hero: | Anyone in the military |
| Hero: | What DI's call recruits in a sarcastic way ... usually after a recruit does something stupid. |
| Hershey bars: | stripes |
| He's " OUT THERE ": | crazy |
| HEY: | Nick name of USS Harry E Yarnell CG-17. One of the first ships to have personalized ball caps. |
| Hey Joe!: | Foreign nationals trying to sell just about anything to a serviceman overseas. Yells out "Hey Joe, look see, cheap." |
| High & tight (to Airborne Personnel): | A good military haircut |
| High and Tight: | A haircut used mostly Marines and super gung-ho Army guys. |
| High and Tight : | Not a fresh haircut but a Marine corps cut, hair worn HIGH on the top and TIGHT on the sides. Resembling the lid on a jar. Therefore the name JARHEAD. |
| High and tight: | A type of hair cut not a fresh one |
| High and Tight: | Fresh Hair-Cut |
| High Angle Hell: | Incoming Mortar Fire |
| High Speed Low Drag: | Squared Away, Knowledgeable, Capable |
| High Speed, Low Drag: | Pretty cool |
| High-Bird: | Walking outside and flipping the "bird" to Russian Satillites |
| Highspeed: | Motivated Soldier |
| Hit the bricks: | formation |
| Hit the pit: | Go to bed |
| Hit the rack: | Get in your bunk/bed. |
| Hit the sack: | go to bed |
| Hit the skids - Navy: | Sumarine term for hitting the rack - some racks were on the torpedo loading skids |
| Hodgie: | Any iraqi |
| HOG : | M60 Machinegun |
| Hogg: | Army - slang name for a 98H (Morse Intercept/Locator). |
| hogs: | refueling aircraft |
| Hoist the main brace: | Going for a drink |
| Hold Overs: | Military personnel awaiting orders |
| Holiday Routine: | Holiday for some, Routine for the rest of us// light holiday hours |
| Hollywood Shower: | A shower taken onboard a Navy ship where the water was left continously running during the shower...A big no no. |
| Holy joe: | Inter office envelope |
| Honcho: | Boss. |
| Honcho: | The one in charge |
| Honey Bucket: | Plywood toilet with 55 gallon cans to Crap in |
| Honey Bucket Brigade: | Burn crap & p--- in half/55gal. barrels w/diesel fuel |
| Honeyco: | A term of endearment for a sidewalk sweetheart in the Philippines. |
| Honor Man: | The top graduate in a military school. |
| HONOR MAN: | SOLDIER SELECTED TO REPRESENT A BN,CO, OR UNIT |
| Hooah: | Army, cheer and an affirmitive response |
| Hooah: | Army for I agree or yes sir |
| Hooah: | Actually it is an acronym, HUA (pronounced Hooah) for Heard, Understood, Acknowledged |
| HOOAH: | (who-a) adj.[slang used by soldiers] referring to or meaning anything and everything except "no". |
| Hoo-ah!: | Marching behind cavalry: watch your step (horse dung) |
| Hooahhh: | Battlecry/statement/question/Great/Message Received/Understood/Glad to meet you/Welcome/I don't know but I'll check on it/Thanks/You've taken the correct action/Next Slide/Amen! |
| hooch: | panama local |
| Hooch: | A tent made by ponchos, rods and string. |
| hooch: | bunk |
| Hooch: | Living quarters |
| HOOCH .... TENT HOUSING: | MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL LIVING AREA |
| Hooch, Steam, Bright Penny, Holy Water: | Homemade illegal booze made in the field in small stills |
| Hooker: | U.S. Army 67U personnel. CH-47 Chinook aircrewmembers |
| Hootch: | Sleeping Quarters GP Medium or Smaller |
| Hootch: | Place where GIs slept. |
| Hooyah: | Affirmative |
| Hope to Shit in your Flat Hat: | Navy term used to express emotion about something they really believed to be true. |
| Horse cock: | Lunch meat sandwich |
| Horsecock: | Baloney Sandwich |
| Hosed up: | Person or situation that is royally screwed up |
| Hot LZ: | Chopper landing zone being guarded by enemy. |
| Hot Rod: | Loach with Mini-Gun |
| houch: | barracks |
| House Mouse: | Maid |
| House Mouse: | The shortest military person. Helped NCO's in Boot Camp. |
| Household 6: | Slang for the wife, as opposed to S-6 (command) |
| HPWIC: | Head Person Whats In Charge. |
| HUA: | Heard, Unstood and Acknowledged |
| HUA (hoo-ahh): | Heard, Understood, Acknowledged |
| HUA(pronounced Hooah): | Term used by USAF Forward Air Controllers in Korea. It means "Heard-Unoderstood-Acknowledged". This term is USAF in origin and was stolen by the other US military services. |
| Hubba Hubba: | In a hurry, move |
| Huey: | Bell Workhorse Helicopter of Viet-Nam |
| Hum Bik: | I don't understand |
| HUMINT: | Human Intelligence. |
| Hump: | To walk or to march. |
| Hump: | Hiking long distances |
| Humping: | Guarding alert aircraft |
| HumVee: | Not a Hummer |
| Hundred P Alley: | Area of Gia Dinh near Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam--Any possible deviant act available there for 100 Piastres (200 P Alley was closer to Saigon) |
| hus: | a favor - as in "Give me a hus." |
| Hut, Hootch: | Dwelling |
| I D 10 T: | Idiots (used to send the new guys (newbees) to supply to pick up "I D 10 T's"). |
| I.D 10 T Form : | made up form . Person doesn't know it till they spell it out |
| IF YOU'RE NOT A HEAD YOUR A LEG: | AIRBORNE |
| IHTFP: | I Hate This F@#!ing Place. |
| Impact Area: | Area that Artillery aimed for while practice firing |
| IM-SHEE IM-SHEE: | MOVE QUICKLY , ARABIC LINGO |
| In coming: | Look out receiving artillary round fired and coming |
| In Country: | Those serving on land or river patrol in VietNam. |
| In the bush: | on patrol off the base in enemy country |
| In the rear with the gear: | Back in a relative safe area like a base camp or depot but still in hostile area |
| In the Rear with the Gear: | Someone who gets to stay away from the front lines or out of the field. |
| In Your Lap: | To discuss or talk about personal problems |
| Incoming: | VC/NVA Rocket Attack |
| Ink Stick: | A pen |
| Ink stick: | Pen |
| Ink-stick: | Pen |
| Inside Skinny: | What is really going on. |
| INT WTF: | Interrogative WhatTheF%$# (communications jargon for What's happening?). |
| Irish penit: | String on you uniforms that stick out |
| Irish Pennant: | Any string or thread hangin from cloth such as clothing, bedding, flags, pennants, etc |
| Irish Pennant: | The fraying strings on clothing |
| It is 5 klicks north of here: | Do not know |
| ITR .... SAN ONEFRE, CAMP PENDLETON, CA.: | MARINE CORPS INFANTRY TRAINING REGIMENT |
| It's only a flesh wound : | They almost blew my freaking arm off |
| it's only a flesh wound : | they almost blew my freaking arm off |
| Itty Wah: | Come here in Korea |
| Itty-wa Shoes: | Sandles, flip flops. |
| Itty-Waah: | c-ratrion can opener USMC 60's |
| Ivan: | Plastic target of enemy at range qualification, originally was the bad Communist Russians |
| IYAAYWOT: | "If You Ain't Ammo, You're Waiting on Them!" Predominately used by AF Weapons personnel. Play on Ammo's motto "If You Ain't Ammo, You Ain't Sh@*!" |
| J-5: | MENU CODE FOR STEAK - NAVY SUBS |
| JABFU: | Joint American/British Foul Up. |
| Jack of the dust: | Guy in charge of dry stores on ship |
| Jacked Up: | Soldier or missions all messed up |
| JANFU: | Joint Army/Navy Foul Up. |
| Jar Head: | Marine |
| Jarhead: | U.S. Marine. |
| Jarhead: | Marine. |
| Jarhead: | Marine. |
| Jarhead: | A Marine |
| jeep : | low ranking military person, usually young recruit |
| Jeep: | A raw recruit |
| JEEP: | New troop fresh out of basic training |
| Jeep: | Air Force for new guy out of school first assigment |
| Jeep: | U.S.Air Force newbee |
| JEEP: | Just Enough Education to Pass |
| Jeep: | a low ranking enlisted person/new to the military |
| Jeep: | A new arrival from basic training (USAF) to 1st PCS |
| jeep: | rookie air force security specialist. |
| jeep: | new, low ranking troop in outfit |
| JEEP: | JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION TO PASS |
| Jeep or Beep-Beep: | Brand-New Airman fresh from basic training with no hair |
| Jelly Fish: | Superior Without A Backbone. |
| Jerry Can: | 5 gallon container for transporting gas, diesel or water |
| Jerry-Built: | Any device, machine, or structure put together haphazardly from junk or spare parts |
| Jet Jockey: | Any fighter pilot |
| Jettison: | To throw something into the water. |
| Jewish Navy: | US Coast Guard during WW2 |
| JFK's: | Exercise normally performed at morning quarters by Navy personnel initiated by President Kennedy. |
| Jodie: | That worthless, no good, bast*rd that was home with your gal, while you were away on duty. |
| Jody: | Singing Cadence to Airborne personnel |
| Jody: | That guy back home that's sleeping with your girlfriend while you're in basic/ AIT/ OSUT |
| Joe Sh** the Rag Man: | A Soldier that doesn't conform to military standards [ie: Doesn't polish his boots or press his uniform etc.] |
| Joe sh** the rag man: | (Army) a soldier who uniform is all nasty and dirty BDU's |
| Joe shit the rag man : | A unclean soldier |
| Joe Shit the Rag Man: | Person of unknow identity in the Navy, as in, I don't know you from Joe Shit The Rag Man. |
| Joe Tucker: | Every Mother F****r |
| Joe Willies: | Exercise used for punishment during physical training |
| John Wayne: | Risky or reckless act |
| John Wayne: | Can Opener (same as P-38) |
| john wayne: | c-rat opener |
| John Wayne: | Can opener for opening c-rations (P-38) |
| JOHN WAYNE: | MORE COMMON NAME FOR A P-38 C-RAT OPENER |
| John Wayne: | small can opener for c-rations |
| John Wayne: | P-38 can opener |
| John Wayne: | Same as P-38, can opener |
| John Wayne: | P-38 government issue compact can opener |
| john wayne: | can opener |
| John Wayne - Used by Marines: | C-ration can opener |
| John Wayne Bar: | Round disk shaped chocolate foil wrapped non-melting candy in C-Rats. |
| John Wayne Bar: | Chocolate Toffee candy in C-Rations |
| John Wayne Paper: | Toilet Paper: "Rough and Tough and don't take sh#@ off nobody!" |
| John Wayne Paper: | Used to describe the toilet paper within an MRE, (Rough, Tough and wont take sh** off of nobody!) |
| Jughead: | Unknown. |
| Juicer: | A boozer |
| Jump Through Your Apex: | Airborne term for a Panic Response |
| Jungle Bunny: | US Marine |
| Junior Jet Head: | New air force trainee. |
| Junk on the bunk: | Clothing and equipment inspection (USMC) |
| Jury Rig: | To perform an unapproved repair on equipment, or to piece together equipment in order to make it work. |
| Jury Rig: | To perform an unapproved repair on equipment, or to piece together equipment in order to make it work. |
| K P: | Kitchen police - Term used for a junior enlisted assigned mess duty. An Army term. |
| K.I.L.L : | Kaned ,Index, Leave, Liberty |
| K9: | Military Police Dogs. |
| Kabar: | USMC fighting knife (made by Kabar & other companies). |
| Ka-bar: | 7-inch fighting and utility knife carried into battle by Marines since WWII. |
| Kaserne: | German word used meaning barracks. |
| key to the mast crank: | Booters sent to the bridge to ask the OOD for the key to the mast crank to lower the mast before it hits a bridge. |
| Keys to the DROP ZONE: | Something a paratrooper sends a cherry trooper to get (no such thing). |
| Khaki Convention: | Two or more chiefs/officers standing around shooting the breeze. |
| Khaki's: | Term used in the Navy by E-6 and below to designate Chiefs and Officers. |
| khum beit: | I don't know s--t |
| KIA: | Killed in action |
| Killer Tweet/Killer Tweety Bird": | Cessna two-seat AT-37 aircraft. |
| King Neptune: | The senior Shellback onboard. The person with the earliest initiation date for crossing the equator. |
| KISS: | Keep It Simple Stupid |
| Kit Carson: | An ex- Viet Cong that is a scout for the U.S. troops |
| Kitchen Pass: | Being allowed to go to the club on Friday night by spouse. |
| Kitchen Police KP Duty: | Mess hall attendant. |
| Klick: | Distance. |
| Klick: | Distance |
| KMA: | Keep Me Advised, but any resourceful radio operator knew it meant, Kiss My Ass. |
| KMAG YOYO: | Kiss My Ass George You're on your own (said by shortimers) |
| kraut: | German citizen |
| Krauts: | Derogatory name for German Army Personnel |
| kuuk: | enemy |
| L.B.J.: | Long Bin Jail - the name of the military jail near saigon. |
| L.P.C: | Leather Personal Carrier (A.K.A your boots). |
| L.T Fuzz: | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Ladder: | Stairs |
| ladder well: | stairs, used by Marines, Navy personnel |
| Lance Cooley: | Marine Corps E-3, Lance Corporal |
| LANCE COOLIE: | LANCE CORPORAL IN MARINES |
| Land of the Big PX: | USA |
| Land of the Round Door-knobs: | Good old USA (while in Europe/Middle East) |
| lanyard: | Thread hanging from your uniform |
| Lanyard Grease: | What you send a new artillery recruit to get from supply |
| Lariot Advance: | All Personnel Report for Readiness Alert |
| Latrine: | Bathroom |
| Latrine: | Bathroom |
| Latrine: | Bathroom. |
| Latrine: | Bathroom. |
| Latrine: | Head, Bathroom |
| Latrine: | Air Force term for toilet |
| Latrine: | Army Bathroom |
| Latrine: | The toliets/bath facilities |
| latrine queen: | Person in charge of shining up the latrine for inspections. |
| Launch the Alert Five: | Get the ready fighter plane started and flying. |
| LEAD SLED: | F-4 |
| Lead Sled: | F-105 Thunderchief Fighter Bomber |
| Lead Sled: | F-100 jet fighter airplane |
| Leaning Rest (to Airborne Personnel): | Push up position |
| Leatherneck: | Marine. |
| Left or Right Handed Squegee Sharpener: | Used to send boots on a wild goose chase for a fake tool. |
| Left-Handed Cresent Wrench: | An imaginary tool "boots" are sent to fetch. |
| Leg: | Not an Airborne Paratrooper. |
| Leg: | Non-Airbourne |
| Leg: | Any non-airborne qualified infantry soldier |
| Leg: | Soldier that is not Airborne qualified |
| Leg: | Anyone that is not a paratrooper. |
| Leg: | Non-infantry Army soldier |
| Let's Book: | Get going or leaving /making time -to our destination |
| Liberty Call: | Getting off the ship in port. |
| Libs: | Short for "Liberty", which is the time available to enlisted service members for personal use (i.e. deployment prep, sleep/R&R, recreation, etc. |
| License plate: | Tag left from the cleaners |
| Lickin Chicken Ho Chi Minh: | Loud and Clear |
| LIFER: | Lazy, Inefficient F*** up, Expecting Retirement. |
| Lifer: | Person staying in the military to retire. |
| Lifer: | Any serviceman eligible for retirement benefits or has re-enlisted with the intention of staying in long enough to become eligible for retirement benefits. |
| LIFER: | lazy incompetent Fuc*er expecting a retirement |
| Lifer: | Career military |
| Lifer: | Anyone who has re-enlisted in the Military |
| Lifer Juice: | coffee |
| Lifer-juice: | Coffee |
| Light Bulb Repair Kit: | Newbies sent in search of |
| Light Colonel: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Light Colonel: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Light Commander: | Lieutenant Commander |
| Lima Charlie: | I can hear you loud and clear |
| lima lima : | liquid lunch (getting drunk during lunch) |
| Line: | Rope |
| Line dog: | Term for 16Ps, chap Crewmembers. |
| line doggie: | Army 11B direct fire infantry |
| link trainers: | hotdogs in the mess hall |
| Little Friend: | USAF fighter escort for heavy bomber over Europe. |
| LOACH: | Light Observation And Command Helo |
| Load Toad: | USAF Weapons personnel who load bombs onto the aircraft |
| lobo: | platoon |
| Loch: | 4 Man Low Observation Helicopter |
| Lock It Up: | Shut up and listen. |
| Locker Louis: | Person who would close themselves in their wall-lockers on Sunday to get out of work. (Usually sleeping) |
| LOHICA: | Look Out Here It Comes Again! |
| Lolly gag: | loafing around, doing nothing or the situation goofy, SNAFU |
| Lolly Gag: | To not pay attention or be slow in performing. |
| Long Eye, Shooter, Scoper: | Sniper |
| Long tabber: | Someone who has earned the "Special Forces" tab, which is longer than airborne or ranger tabs |
| LOP: | Local Operating Procedures |
| Low Speed, High Drag: | A Soldier who is FUBAR in his duties |
| lower than whale shit: | lowest of the low |
| LPC: | Leather Personel Carriers. Another name for boots. |
| LRRP: | LRRP - Long Range Recon Patrol. |
| LT: | Lieutenant |
| Lucky Bag: | Master of Arms collecting loose items - Coast Guard. |
| Lucky Lady: | U-2 Aircraft |
| LURP: | Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols |
| Lurp: | LRRP...Long Range Reconisance Patrol |
| LURP or LRRPS: | long range reconnaissance patrol |
| Lurps: | Long Range Recon Patrol |
| LUVIN IT: | Looking for a way to go home. |
| LZ: | HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE |
| M A R I N E : | MY ASS RIDES IN NAVY EQUIPMENT |
| M.O.S. : | US Army Job listing ie: 45J2F Door Gunner |
| M.R.E: | Morale reduction element. |
| M.R.E.: | Meal Ready to Eat |
| M1 : | getting your thumb caught in the breech |
| M3P: | vehicle mounted .50 cal machine gun capable of firing up to 1100 rounds per minute. |
| Ma Deuce: | Twin 50 cal machine gun |
| Ma Duce: | 50 caliber machinegun |
| MAAG: | USAF Air Aid Group helping RVN-VNAF, 1958-64 |
| mac: | person whose name you don't know |
| MAC - Many Authorities Confused: | MAC - Military Airlift Command |
| MAC V: | Base. |
| Mae West (to Airborne Personnel): | An inverted parachute |
| maggie drawers: | missed target completely |
| maggies drawers: | missing the whole target at the rifle range. |
| Maggie's Drawers: | Missing entire target at firing range. |
| Maggot: | Lifer USAF |
| MAGGOT: | TERM USED BY MARINE DI FOR RECRUIT |
| Maggot: | non-conforming, non-productive, stupid, lowest thing on the earth |
| Maggot Wagon: | Food Catering Truck or Van |
| Maggot Wagon: | Snack Truck |
| Maggot Wagon: | Roach Coach |
| Maggots: | Lowly term for Marine Bootcamp recruits |
| Magic Hot Rock: | Reactor Core on Nuclear Vessels |
| Magies Drawers: | Red flag if a miss on firing range. |
| Magnetic North: | What boots had to get from supply for the field training for their compass. |
| Mail Bouy Watch: | A fictitous Watch Boot enlisted and officers are sent on to look for the Mail Bouy in the Navy |
| Mail Bouy Watch: | A Fresh out of Boot Camp Sailor is placed on this while on Ship, to see how smart he is, or to break him in to ship's crew |
| Mail Bouy Watch, Bucket of Steam, Motor Whale Boat: | Jokes played on new sailors coming out of boot camp to a ship. |
| Mail buoy: | A non-existant entity that new recruits on board ship were told to go out and watch for |
| Mail Buoy Watch: | Something for a new recruit to do onboard ship, such as "Keep an eye out for the mail buoy." |
| maintenance gnomes: | those responsible for doing or undoing maintenance when there is no logical explanation |
| Make a hole, Regular Navy!: | Step or move aside, I'm coming through. |
| Malasian Fly trap: | a trap made by VC out of trees that literally swatted you like a fly |
| Mama San: | Korean Madaam |
| Man with the fuzzy balls: | Unit Commander |
| Mandatory Fun: | When a unit/base requires you to be at an event even if you have the day off and makes you stand in formation for accountability: for example = company picnic. |
| Maneuvers: | A field exercise simulating battlefield conditions. |
| Many Airmen traped in Sh**: | MATS Military Air Transport System |
| Marching Party: | A punishment, usually at night after taps, for a recruit who screwed up bad during the day. |
| MARINE: | My Ass Ridin' In Navy Equipment |
| Marine Bib: | 13 button frontal flap on a sailor's pants |
| MARK YOUR HEAD: | HELM COMMAND/ INFORM OOD COMPASS COURSE YOU ARE ON. |
| Mass ass chewing: | Scolding the whole group in formation |
| Mass Confusion: | Chinese fire drill. |
| master blaster: | jumpmaster |
| Master Guns: | Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant |
| MASTER OF ARMS: | ARMY TERM FOR BOUNCER OR CARE TAKER |
| Mattel knife: | Our short bayonet---useless |
| Mattel Toy: | M16 |
| Maulen!!: | Go Very Fast!! in Marsailles French & Vietnamese |
| MCP0C: | In the Navy, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Command, pronounced Micpock. |
| MCPON: | Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. pronounced Mickpon. |
| MCRD : | MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT |
| MDI: | Mess Deck Intelligence |
| MDI: | Mess Deck Intelligence. |
| MDS: | Material Data Sheet |
| meat and worms: | C-Rations form of spaghetti and beaf |
| Meat Grinder: | The parade grounds for marching and ceremonies. |
| Meat Wagon: | Military Ambulance |
| Member of the canoe club/Ring kocker: | Graduate of Annapolis |
| Mess Crank: | Enlisted person (not a cook) who has kitchen duty |
| Mess Deck Intelligence: | Rumors that are passed around on the Mess Deck of a Ship or in the Dinning Hall. |
| Mess Hall or Chow Hall: | The place to go on base to eat breakfast, lunch &/or dinner |
| Mess Kit: | An aluminum vessel with a lid containing aluminum knife, fork, spoon, for eating field rations (meals) from. It fits into olive drab pouch. |
| Mess Sergeant : | NCO in charge of mess hall operations. |
| MESS TENT: | Chow hall, Dining Tent |
| Metric Crescent Hammer: | Another Ficticious tool for Nubs to look for.... |
| Metric Crescent Wrench: | Imaginary tool for newbees to find. |
| MIA: | Missing in action. |
| MI-AN-HAJJE: | GI Slang for Korean Mi-an-ham-ni-da (I am sorry, or Sorry about that) |
| Mickey mouse.: | Any thing that was no good. |
| Mid Rats: | Midnight meal while underway at sea. |
| mid rats: | midnight rations given during watch |
| Midnight Requisition: | Stealing equipment from others in any service. |
| Midnight Requisition: | Going into another company's area to get brooms and mops to clean your own barracks after someone has swiped yours. |
| MidRats: | Meal provided to those on Mid(night) Watch |
| Midrats: | Food served at midnight watch change over |
| MIJI report: | Meconning, Intrusion, Jamming or Interference report in communications. |
| MIS: | MISION |
| Mo rik tik: | soon/shortly |
| Mohawk: | Fast US Navy Propeller-Driven tri-tail counterinsurgency aircraft--fire support use--Adapted by USAF in Vietnam. |
| Mom: | Mess Hall |
| Monkey Patrol: | Slang for the Military Police "MP" |
| Monkey Shit: | A sticky substance used in the Navy to stop up holes or make something watertight. |
| Moonbeam: | Flashlight |
| Moonie: | Short Takeoff & Landing Aircraft made in Texas, used by CIA in missions to Laos & other tricky places. |
| mop gear: | term used for chemical warfare clothing |
| Mosquito Wing: | E-2 USAF |
| Mosquito Wings: | One stripe (at the time, a PFC/Private First Class) |
| most ricki tic: | very fast |
| Most riki-tic: | Very quickly |
| Mother-in-law: | Sewing kit (used in the Marine Corps/Navy) |
| Motor Pool: | Parking lot on Army post for military vehicles. |
| MOUNT MOTHER F#####.. CAMP PENDLETON, CA.: | MARINE CORPS HILL USED FOR TRAINING |
| MOUNT SMOKEY ... SAN ONEFRE, CAMP PENDLETON: | MOUNTAIN USED FOR VILLAGE & BOOBY TRAP TRAINING |
| Mox Nix: | Don't matter |
| Mox Nix: | German for "means nothing" or of little importance in GI. |
| Mox Nix: | German for --it doesn't matter, its ok,,etc,,,, |
| MoxNix: | GI way of saying Macht Nicht (matters not) |
| MP: | Military Police. |
| MP: | Multi Purpose |
| MP: | " Multiple Purpose " for Military Police |
| MP (Military Police): | Multi-Purpose. |
| MPC: | Military Payment Certificate |
| MPC: | Military payment certificate |
| MRE: | Meals Rejected by Ethopians |
| MRE Speed Ball: | Mixture of Water, Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa, Chicklett. |
| Mud Marine: | Ground Marine |
| Mud Puppy: | Army military police person (MP). |
| Muddy Water: | Cup of coffee |
| Muffler Bearing: | Imaginary part for newbees to find. |
| Muffler Bearing: | Imaginary part new mechanics were sent to get from the parts room |
| Muffler Cooled water bearing: | motor pool sending the new gye out for a fake part |
| MUFIN: | Most Useless F&$kers In the Navy |
| Mule Tool: | Cold cuts in the Navy. |
| mustang: | field promotion |
| Mustang: | Naval officer who came up through the ranks |
| Mustang: | NCO who has accepted a commission |
| Muzzle Blast: | Things "gun bunnies" sent newbees to find in the motor pool. |
| muzzle fu#&*r : | gunners mate |
| N.F.G. ( None Functional Gear ): | No F'ing Good |
| NAVY: | Never Again Volunteer Yourself |
| NAVY: | Never Again Volunteer Yourself |
| Navy Shower: | Two minute wash and rinse. |
| Navy Shower: | A shower taken onboard ship to conserve water: Turn on quickly and wet down, turn off and soap down, turn on just long enough to rinse. |
| NCO Club: | Non Commissioned Officers Club. |
| NCOIC: | Non Commissioned Officer in Charge |
| NEGETS: | NEGATIVE |
| neppy: | Neptunes Rex |
| Networking: | TO steal but if anyone asks you are not stealing just acquiring basically a five finger discount |
| New-bee: | new join to a unit |
| Newbees: | Fresh from boot. |
| Newbie: | Brand new to an overseas unit |
| Newby: | New boy, new to a unit or fresh from Replacement Depot (ETO) |
| NFG: | none functional gear , "No F'n Good" |
| NGFS: | Naval Gunfire & Support. |
| NIP: | JAPANESE SOLDIER |
| NODS: | Night Vision |
| non com: | any sargeant |
| Non Hacker: | Any person not up to the task at hand, be it work or fun. |
| NON HACKER: | TERM USED FOR SOLDIER WHO DOESN'T MAKE IT |
| Noncom: | Non-commisioned officer |
| Non-qual or non-qual puke: | Non-submarine qualified crew member |
| Not Busting Grapes: | Avoiding working |
| NOUC-MAM: | A STRONG-SMELLING SAUCE,MADE FROM FISH,USED BY THE VEITNAMANESE |
| November Juliet: | coffee |
| NUB: | Non-Useful Body. |
| NUB: | NONE USEABLE BODY(unqualified submariner) |
| NUB: | Non Useful Body |
| NUG: | New Useless Guy |
| numb nuts: | stupid |
| Numba (Number) One: | Very Good |
| Number 10: | Bad |
| Number 10 Damn Thousand: | Worsest of worser. |
| Number One or Number Ten: | Very good or very bad. |
| Number Ten: | Something that was pretty bad or smelled bad. |
| Nut to Butt: | Very close formation. |
| nut to butt: | keep line tight and moving |
| Nutt Cracker: | Suspended Harness in Jump School |
| O / A: | OUT OF ACTION |
| O dark thirty takeoff: | Early morning takeoff (before the sun is up) |
| O.K: | 0 kills in action |
| OD: | Officer of the Day - in charge. |
| ODs: | Oliver Drabs (Army Dress Uniform). |
| Office Poug: | S1/S2/S3 Marine that has no idea what it is to be a grunt. |
| Oh Stupid Thirty: | Like "zero dark thirty" I.E. Very early in the morning. Used as: "Man, my guard duty starts at Oh stupid thirty in the morning." |
| OHG: | Operator Head Gap |
| Ohms: | A new recruit was sent to the tool room for a can of these |
| Old Blood & Guts: | Nickname for General George S. Patton, Jr. |
| old man: | company comander |
| Old Man: | Commanding Officer |
| Old Salt: | Old school Navy personnel or lifer. |
| Old Salt: | Marine expression for one who has a lot of active duty like 10 years or more |
| omgwtfbbq: | oh my god what the f**k barbeque |
| On The Bag: | A production recruiter; looking for the next applicant |
| On the economy: | Shopping in the local stores in a foreign country, rather than on the base. |
| On your six: | On your rear-end |
| ONE CLICK: | 1000 METERS |
| One Wire: | Avaition Electrician - Navy |
| OO-Rah!: | The Marine cheer |
| OP Order: | operation order--first thing out the window when a shot is fired |
| Operation Golden Flow: | The donation of urine samples for drug screening in all services. |
| Operation Golden Flow: | Army drug-detecting urinalysis testing |
| Operator Head Space: | Refers to the empty space between your ears. |
| Oscar Mike: | Leaving current location |
| ouda loop: | observe, understand, decide act |
| Out in the Boondocks: | Out in the field on bivouacs |
| overhead: | ceiling |
| Overhead: | Ceiling |
| Oxymoron: | Military Intelligence |
| P 38: | CAN OPENER |
| P.C.S.: | Permanent Change of duty Station |
| P.F.C.: | Private f*****g civilian |
| P.O.V.: | Privately Owned Vehicle |
| P.R.I.D.E.: | USAF term, Military Airlift Command--"Personal Responsibility In Daily Effort." |
| P.T.: | Physical training |
| P-38: | Small can opener for C-Rations |
| PAC Rat: | Admin clerk of S-1 ARMY |
| PACIFIC BUG JUICE: | Illegal alcohol made from green coconuts-Drill a hole in them, stuff hole with cloth, bury for 6 days, and drink slowly. |
| Padi puller: | Non existant tool for booters |
| Panther Piss: | PowderedLemonade mixed in G.I.can |
| Paper Pusher: | Navy personnel in the administrative ratings. |
| Part Time Pier Queer: | Anyone belonging to the Marines. Used by Army people. |
| PBR: | PATROL BOAT RIVER |
| Pea Shooter: | Bazooka. |
| Pearl Diver: | A person doing dish. |
| PECK** CHECK PETE* PARADE: | FORMATIONS FOR VD CHECK |
| Pecker checker: | navy corpsman |
| Pecker Checker: | US Navy Corpman |
| Pecker Checker: | An affectionate term for the Naval Hospital Corpsman that rams a wire loop into your private part to retrieve a sample for the presumptive diagnosis of Clap. |
| pecker checker: | navy corpsman |
| Pedro: | Vietnam nickname for USAF Kaman HH-43 "Huskie" helicopter. |
| Peejay: | Sar Jumper or Rescueman |
| pencil pusher: | admin clerk |
| Penis Machinest: | Navy Corpsman. |
| Penquins: | Used to describe Navy personnel in the white top and black trouser uniform. |
| Peon: | Any person of lower rate or rank in any service, someone who does make decisions. |
| Peon: | Private |
| People Tank: | The inside hull of a submarine. A bad place to have unrestircted water. |
| PERSUPPDET: | personnel support detachment (Navy) |
| Peter P: | An Army helicopter Co-Pilot-Viet Nam |
| PFT: | Physical Fitness Training |
| Phantom Bites: | The scrapes on your back from the F-4. |
| Photo-Phantom: | USAF/MC McDonnell Douglas RF-4C/RF-4B photo recon aircraft. |
| Pick and Shovel: | Combat Engineer |
| Picket Fence: | Radio terminology for the woods or forest if you were by the woods, you'd tell them to look for you over by the "picket fence" |
| Piece: | Rifle. |
| Pier Queer: | Anyone belonging to the Navy. Used by Army people. |
| PIG: | Pride Integrety Guts |
| PIG: | 60 Caliber machine gun |
| Pig Alley: | The Rue Pigalle in Paris, France--Full of houses of prostitution |
| Pig Boat: | Untidy ship. |
| Pig Handler: | M-60 Machine Gunner |
| PIING!: | Put It In, New Guy (razzing a Newk) |
| Pilot Popper: | Aircraft mechanics responsible for proper ejection seat maintenance and operation. |
| Pin in Shirt Collar: | 21 days before being dicharged. |
| pine apple: | a recruite from Hawai |
| Pineapple: | Serrated Hand Grenade |
| Pineapple: | People of Phillipino decent. |
| Pineapple : | Slang for hand grenade. |
| Ping: | Freshly shaved headed recruit.... new hairs "pinging" out |
| PING: | Raw recruit. His hair is so short that it pings when he rolls over in his sleep. |
| Ping Jockey: | Navy Sonarman |
| Pinger: | Male in AF basic training that his hair is just starting to grow back in. Therefore it pings as it grows. |
| PINGERS: | Air Force Term for new Airmen; Acronym for Personnel In Need of Graduation, Education, Relaxation, and more... |
| Piss Cutter: | Garrison cap worn by Navy Chiefs and Officers in Khaki uniform. |
| Piss Pot: | Standard United States Army Helmet |
| Pit Rats: | Nike Herk Crew members 16Bs. |
| Pit Rats: | Nike Herk Crew men 16Ps |
| plank owner: | first crewmembers of a newly commissioned vessel |
| pocket rocket: | RPG |
| Pocket Rocket: | USAF Missile Launch Officer badge |
| Pockets: | Code Name for General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| POD: | Plan of the day |
| POG: | Persons Other Then Grunts |
| POG: | People Other than Grunts |
| POG: | Personnel Other than Grunt - Anyone who isn't the Infantry. ex: Admin, Cooks, Comm |
| POG: | People Other Than Grunts |
| POG: | People Other than Grunts |
| Poget Bait: | Candy. |
| Pogey Bait: | Any junk food snuck in your ruck while on deployment |
| pogey bait: | candy/sweets |
| pogey bait: | all the snacks and goodies you could fit into your ruck during field rotations |
| pogey bait: | candy [navy talk] |
| pogey bait 6th: | candy |
| Poggie Bait: | Candy-Junk food that you buy at a geedunk |
| Poggy Bait: | Junk food, chip, candy and etc |
| POGS: | Profession Other than a Grunt. |
| Pogue: | Anyone whose MOS kept them in the "rear" |
| Pogue: | Another version of REMF |
| Poguey Bait: | Popcorn.Potatoe Chips etc |
| pogy bait: | candy junk food |
| Pogy Bait: | Candy. |
| POGY BAIT: | CONTRABAND NOT AUTHORIZED |
| Pointed cap worn by the Air Force, Army, & Marines: | We in the Air Force called it a c..t cap |
| Pointy End: | The bow section of a ship. |
| Pointy Head: | USAF Avionics Systems Specialist |
| POL: | Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants (Fuels Specialists in the USAF). |
| Police Call: | Cleaning an area of Cig. Butts, And trash IE; Parking Lot |
| Police the grounds: | pick up all garbage |
| Polly Wog: | Personnel who had not crossed the equator and been properly initiated in the world of Shellbacks. |
| poop tube: | M79 grenade launcher |
| Pop a cap: | Fire off a round or two with your weapon |
| Pop Smoke: | To get the hell out of Dodge |
| Pop Smoke: | Leave in a hurry undetected. |
| poping smoke: | leaving the area |
| Porgy bait: | candy |
| PortHole: | Window |
| Possible: | Bullseye or a perfect score at a particular distance |
| Pot Walloper: | Dish washer. |
| POW: | Prisoner of War. |
| Pric-25: | Army portable radio. |
| Pric-E7: | Something to send a boot after usually to the comm shop. |
| Prick: | AN/PRC-77 backpack radio. |
| Prick 24: | PRC 24 Port. Radio |
| profile: | the one who can never do anything because he has a doctors note |
| Prop Head: | Air Force personnel. |
| prop top: | Air Force member |
| Prop Wash: | A joke term given to new airman to go find a bucket of for a jet engine. There is no such thing. |
| Prop Wash: | Recruits new to the squadron were told to find a bucket of prop wash. No such thing! |
| Prop Wash: | Thrust of air coming from propeller. We used to send the new guys on the flightline to get a 5 gallon bucket of prop wash. |
| Prop Wash: | Wind generated by a propeller - Get me a bucket of . . . by new Navy airmen on flightline. |
| Prop Wash: | Propeller cleanser Boot sent out to get |
| Prop Wash: | Newbee's to the Navy flight line are sent for a bucket of this |
| Protect Family Jewels: | Used to remind one about chute harnes in crotch area. |
| provide air cover: | air support |
| PT: | Physical Training push-ups, sit-ups, 2 mile run |
| Pud Knocker: | Any soldier that can't keep his Sh*t together |
| Puddle Jumpers: | Slang for small aircraft. |
| Puff or Puff the Magic Draggon: | C-47 gun ship |
| Puff the magic dragon: | the Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship, an American military plane used during the Vietnam War |
| Puff The Magic Dragon: | *AKA Spooky* A wicked a** gun ship which can either be your friend and a VC and NVA worst enemy. |
| Puff, Dragon Ship, Nightstalker: | Various Fixed Wing Gunships |
| PUKE: | TERM USED BY DI FOR A MARINE RECRUITS |
| PUKE: | Term of endearment for commrades of other branches of service or MOS's |
| Pull Chocks: | Let's get out of here (Or, the actual meaning of pulling chocks to let a plane or piece of equipment be moved. Chocks are placed on each side of a wheel to keep it from moving.) |
| pull pitch: | take off in helicopter by increasing pitch in rotorblade |
| pulling chocks: | getting ready to leave |
| Purple-Suiter: | Someone assigned to a Joint Staff made up or Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Personnel |
| Put a wrench on that.: | Aviation term fix the current problem or situation |
| Puzzle Palace: | Any headquarters battalion or higher. |
| PX: | Post Exchange. |
| QRK: | Pronounced Querking followed by a number - used in Comm such as signal QRKing 5by (best signal). |
| Quack shack: | Sickbay on the ship |
| R H I P: | Rank has it's privileges |
| R O A D: | Retired On Active Duty |
| Rack: | Your Bunk or bed |
| Rack: | Your bed |
| Rack or Bunk: | Bed |
| RagBag: | Sloppy looking troop. |
| Rail Apes: | Chap Crew members 16Ps. |
| Rail Apes: | Chapparila Crewmembers 16Ps |
| Rail Road Tracks: | Captain |
| Rail Road Tracks: | The insignia for O-3's in any service. Captain in Army, Marine Corp, or Air Force. Lieutenant in the Navy. |
| Rail Road Tracks or Tracks: | Captain's Rank in the Army, Marine Corp & Air Force |
| Railroad Tracks: | Captain |
| Railroad Tracks: | A Lieutenant in the US Navy, or Captain in the Marines or Army. |
| Railroad Tracks: | More than one set of creases on a pair of pants. |
| Rain Bird: | Nurse who has graduated from Walter Reed. |
| Rain locker: | shower |
| Rainbow: | Air Force Basic trainees that have yet to receive military uniforms (still in civilian clothes). |
| Rainbow: | A newbie in basic before they get their uniforms; still in civies |
| Rainbow: | New Air Force recruit, prior to uniform issue |
| Rainbow Flight: | Newbees at boot that haven't gotten uniforms yet. |
| Rainbow gear: | Civilian clothing used for PT in the Marines. |
| Raisen Head: | new boot camp person "USS NAVY" |
| Ralphing: | Throwing up the contents of one's stomach. |
| Ralphing or Shotgunning: | One member of US Forces taking a big swig of Marijuana smoke from a "roach" and blowing it down the barrel of an M-16 Rifle directly into the lungs of another US Armed Forces member. |
| Ramp Rat: | Aircraft Security Guard |
| rat in the nest: | there is a spy in the squad, platoon, ect. |
| Rate: | This in not you job in the Navy, it is your enlisted paygrade. |
| Rate: | What job you have in Navy |
| Rat-f***ed chow: | C-Rations with all the good cans taken, leaving only the bad ones |
| Rating: | The specific job classification of Navy enlisted personnel. |
| Raunchy: | Something that is nasty or dirty. |
| Raunchy: | Really bad condition of uniform. ie: a piece of lint on collar |
| RAUNCHY GEMOKE: | GUYS A LOSER |
| RAW LINSEED OIL....MARINE CORPS: | M-14 RIFLE WOOD TREATMENT, HAND BURNED IN |
| RBF: | Recon By Fire. |
| Read Ya Lima-Charlie: | Hear you loud and clear |
| Realm of the Artic Circle: | A certificate for which all sailors receive when crossing the Artic Circle. |
| Recki: | Check out a situation |
| re-con: | recreation |
| RECON HILL..... CAMP PENDLETON, CA.: | HILL USED FOR HUMPING AND LOADING SANDBAGS |
| Red Ass: | Very irrated or someone who is very irrated. |
| Red Ball: | Used in AF to alert ground crew of aircraft malfunction during crew pre-flight |
| Red Current Jam: | Commies Jamming Radio Frequencies |
| Red Eye or Red Lead.: | Ketchup. |
| Red Leg: | artillerymen (from the red stripes on the artillery soldiers during the Civil War) |
| Red Tagger: | Recruits that wear red dog tags due to either fake or real medical reasons that required them to march in the back of the formations. |
| Red Wrench: | Cutting torch < |