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Ex. Military Lingo – Boonies = The Jungle in Military Speak
A Soldier Relaxing in
The Boonies- a.k.a. the Jungle
All Era Military Lingo, Jargon or Slang
Gee-dunk: Cafateria, candy store, personal supplies store.

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Gee-dunk Stand: Ice cream and soda stand.

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Geedunk: small store on base or aboard ship to buy pogey-Bate snacks or candy

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Geedunk: Place to buy snacks ie candy, chips etc.

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Geedunk: Ship's store.

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Gesturing: closed fist w/extended thumb, touching : Silent D'oh!, D'uh, my bad.

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Get Over MF: Personnel that constantly get out of work details

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Get a bucket of "Hay" and go outside and feed the : Motor Transport joke, nickname for a vehicle. USMC

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Get some payback.: Marine slang, what ever it takes, die trying effort too kill enemy for personal revenge.

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Get the FHT and move out!: f****ing heavy thing. ie: mortar plate, dragon round, fifty cal. receiver.

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Get your bore punched: Procedure used to see if you have an std.

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Get10: Do 10 push ups for a screw up

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Getting Your Ticket Punched: (For Officers) Serving in a line unit for 60 days.

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Ghost Turd: What Marine DI's called the collected dust under your bunk.

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Gig Line: That line created by your shirt, belt buckle and zipper.

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Give me a huss: Do me a favor

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Gizmo: Term used in the Marine Corps for someone who was a foul-up, or could never get things done correctly

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Go Ahead: Joke.

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Go Fasters: The name of USMC Recrutes running shoes

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Go Fasters: Running Shoes

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Go Fasters: Athletic footwear

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Go Get A Ht Punch: Sent boot camps to hull tect shop, instead of tool, they get hit.

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Go Scratch: Get away or out of here.

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Go and find the batteries for a Kem Lite: Something that you would have new soldiers go and look for.

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Go get me a "bucket of line feeds" !!!: No such thing!!!! A rookie teletypist is at times ask to produce from the Naval Storekeepers.

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Go get me a box of grid squared: Send someone new on a bogus mission

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Go get me some *sound powered phone batteries*.Nav: For new recruits ( no such Items - sound powered ! )

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Go to Geedunk to get poggie bait..: Go to canteen to get candy bar

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Goat Locker: Navy E-7 Chiefs Mess on ship or a bar off ship

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Goat Locker: Chief quarters onboard a Navy ship.

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Goat Rope: Large, unorgainzed effort that accomplishes very little.

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Goat Rope: Mass confusion see also gagglef*#k and clusterf^*k

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Goat Rope: Typically screwed up operation

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Going ARVN: When foreign soldiers trained by US military advisors cut and run during a firefight.

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Going Over: Used for a sailor going on liberty

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Going native: Marine slang,for a marine that has to be put in the Brig and forced too return to The United States.

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Going to the Big Smoke: Going to London for your two day off (Air Force Security Service)

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Gold Brick: Very Lazy Marine.

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Gold Brick: Soldier who dodges responsibility.

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Gold Bricking: To be lazy or not do your duty

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Gomer: A Marine that kept messing up. Ref: Gomer Pyle

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Gone Native: When a US Forces member starts acting, speaking, sitting, & eating Vietnamese-style.

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Gone ape shit: metally unstable

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Gonzo Station: Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf area during hostage crisis in Iran (US Navy).

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Good to Go: Ready.

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Good to go: Ready for action

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Good-to-go: The answer to everything.

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Goofing Off: Not doing the army tasks assigned.

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Gook-Charley: Sniper

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Gopher: One who goes for this and that.

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Gotta do the 5 S,s B4 going ashore: SHIT,SHOWER,SHAVE and SHINE my SHOES...

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Grab Ass: Term used in all services for frockling around, usually including wrestling.

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Grannies: Ugly female black shoes

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Gravel Agitator: Infantry.

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Grease Gun: A particular machine gun that resembled a grease gun

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Grease Pit: An in-ground trap adjacent to a mess hall for collection of messhall grease gone downdrain.

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Grease Trap Duty: A worse assignment than KP duty (for F/U's).

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Green Line: Defensive Perimeter around a LZ or Camp

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Green Weenie: Slang for the Army machine- the BIG brass;powers that be; etc.

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Green bean tour: Taking a new person in Korea on a tour of the bars

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Grey Matter: That material between the ears that mistakes are made

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Grinder: Marching field

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Grinder: Drill field

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Ground Pounder: Infrantryman

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Ground Pounder: Infantry, walking soldier.

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Ground Pounders: Slang for Army troops.

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Grovel: To suck up to...to brown nose.

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Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club: Navy Enlisted Serving in the South China Sea/Gulf of Tonkin

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Gun Bunnie: Vulcan Crew members 16Rs.

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Gun Bunnies: Field Artillery Crew

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Gun Bunnies: Field Artillery Unit Personel

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Gun Bunnies: Vulcan crewmembers 16Rs

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Gun Bunny: Field Artillery Soldier 13B

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Gun Bunny: Artillery Gun Crewman

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Gun Plumber: Air Force weapons mechanic

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Gun Plumber : Weapons technician (loader) that loaded and repaired aircraft guns and gun system

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Gundeck: Falsify maintenance records.

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Gung Ho: Overly Enthused

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Gunner: Warrent officer slang title

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Gunny: Gunnery sgt

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Gunship: Armed to the tilt huey chopper

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Gut Truck: Mobile vending truck

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H-Hour: Moment in an operation when the first troops began the attack.

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HABU: SR-71 BLACK BIRD

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HAC: Helicopter Aircraft Commander

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HANOI HANNAH: Woman broadcaster from Hanoi, North Viet-Nam

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HATCH: A door or entryway between to compartments on a naval vessel

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HAWK: Hard, cold wind

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HE: High Explosive

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HEAD: REST ROOM

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HMFIC: head Muther f&%#@r in Charge

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HOG : M60 Machinegun

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HONOR MAN: SOLDIER SELECTED TO REPRESENT A BN,CO, OR UNIT

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HOOCH .... TENT HOUSING: MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL LIVING AREA

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HOOTCH: ALMOST ANY SHELTER, FROM TEMPPORARY TO LONG TERM

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HUMINT: Human Intelligence.

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Ham and muther f......: Ham and Lima Beans

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Hang Tough: be strong

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Hangar Queen: Aircraft kept in the hangar for parts

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Hangar Queen: An aricraft that hasn't flown for 30 days or more - USAF

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