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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
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OP Order: operation order--first thing out the window when a shot is fired

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ORF : Old Retired F--ker or Old Retired Fart

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OVERHEAD: the ceiling of a room or compartment of a naval vessel

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Office Poug: S1/S2/S3 Marine that has no idea what it is to be a grunt.

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Officer Material: A useless person

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Officers Traning Manual: Stars & Strips Comic pages

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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."

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Oh-Dark-thirty: Impossibly early wake up in the morning

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Ohms: A new recruit was sent to the tool room for a can of these

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Old Man: Commanding Officer

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Old Salt: Old school Navy personnel or lifer.

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Old Salt: Marine expression for one who has a lot of active duty like 10 years or more

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On The Bag: A production recruiter; looking for the next applicant

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On the economy: Shopping in the local stores in a foreign country, rather than on the base.

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One Wire: Avaition Electrician - Navy

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OoohRah: Marine Corps Cry

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Operation Golden Flow: The donation of urine samples for drug screening in all services.

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Operator Head Space: the Operator has his Head Up His Ass

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Operator Head Space: Refers to the empty space between your ears.

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Oscar Fox Sierra: Out-Fing-Standing!

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Oscar Mike: Leaving current location

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Outstanding!: often used sarcastically

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Overhead: Ceiling

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Overhead Buffer: Newbies usually sent to ships Supply Officer for this

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Oxymoron: Military Intelligence

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P 38: CAN OPENER

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P-51 can opener/aircraft: Besides a WWII fighter plane there is also a big brother to the P-38 can opener.

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P.F.C.: Private f*****g civilian

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P.O.V.: Privately owned vehicle

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P.O.V.: Privately Owned Vehicle

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P.R.I.D.E.: USAF term, Military Airlift Command--"Personal Responsibility In Daily Effort."

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P38: CAN OPENER

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PAC Rat: Admin clerk of S-1 ARMY

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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.

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PBR: PATROL BOAT RIVER

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PERSUPPDET: personnel support detachment (Navy)

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PFC: poor fucking civilian

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PFM: Pure F=+*^#G Magic

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PFM : Pure F**** Magic, the way you fix something that was boken and now seems to work.

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PFT: Physical Fitness Training

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PIG: Pride Integrety Guts

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PING: Raw recruit. His hair is so short that it pings when he rolls over in his sleep.

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PING JOCKEYS: SONAR MEN

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PINGERS: Air Force Term for new Airmen; Acronym for Personnel In Need of Graduation, Education, Relaxation, and more...

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PLF: Airborne term Proper Landing Fall

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POG: People Other than Grunts

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POG: Personnel Other than Grunt - Anyone who isn't the Infantry. ex: Admin, Cooks, Comm

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POG: People Other Than Grunts

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POGS: Profession Other than a Grunt.

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POGY BAIT: CONTRABAND NOT AUTHORIZED

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POL: Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants (Fuels Specialists in the USAF).

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POP ONE: Throw a grenade or shot M49 grenade

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POW: Prisoner of War.

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PT: Physical Training push-ups, sit-ups, 2 mile run

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PUDDLE PIRATE: U.S Coast Guard member. Havent seen them picked on yet!

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PUKE: TERM USED BY DI FOR A MARINE RECRUITS

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PUKE: Term of endearment for commrades of other branches of service or MOS's

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PX: Post Exchange

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PX: Post Exchange.

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PYHOOYA: Pull your head out of your ass

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Padi puller: Non existant tool for booters

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Panther Piss: PowderedLemonade mixed in G.I.can

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Paper Pusher: Navy personnel in the administrative ratings.

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Part Time Pier Queer: Anyone belonging to the Marines. Used by Army people.

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Pearl Diver: A person doing dish.

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Pecker Checker: Doc on ship

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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.

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Pecker checker: Navy corpman

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Pecker checker: navy corpsman

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Pedro: Vietnam nickname for USAF Kaman HH-43 "Huskie" helicopter.

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Peejay: Sar Jumper or Rescueman

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Penis Machinest: Navy Corpsman.

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Penquins: Used to describe Navy personnel in the white top and black trouser uniform.

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Peon: Any person of lower rate or rank in any service, someone who does make decisions.

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Peon: Private

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People Tank: The inside hull of a submarine. A bad place to have unrestircted water.

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Peter P: An Army helicopter Co-Pilot-Viet Nam

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Photo-Phantom: USAF/MC McDonnell Douglas RF-4C/RF-4B photo recon aircraft.

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Phougas - : 55-gal drum filled with napalm and C4 used as perimeter weapon also Fougasse

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Pick and Shovel: Combat Engineer

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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"

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Pickle Suit: Army Fatiques

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Piece: Rifle.

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Pier Queer: Anyone belonging to the Navy. Used by Army people.

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Pig Boat: Untidy ship.

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Pig Handler: M-60 Machine Gunner

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Pilot Popper: Aircraft mechanics responsible for proper ejection seat maintenance and operation.

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Pin in Shirt Collar: 21 days before being dicharged.

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Pineapple: People of Phillipino decent.

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Ping Jockey: Navy Sonarman

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Pinger: Male in AF basic training that his hair is just starting to grow back in. Therefore it pings as it grows.

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Piss Cutter: Garrison cap worn by Navy Chiefs and Officers in Khaki uniform.

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Pit Rats: Nike Herk Crew members 16Bs.

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Pit Rats: Nike Herk Crew men 16Ps

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Poagy Bait: Candy Bars- Choc. Bars etc/

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Pocket Rocket: USAF Missile Launch Officer badge

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Pockets: Code Name for General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Poget Bait: Candy.

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Pogey Bait: Any junk food snuck in your ruck while on deployment

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