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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
RBF: Recon By Fire.

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re-con: recreation

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RE-UP: RE-Enlist

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Read Ya Lima-Charlie: Hear you loud and clear

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Rectal Occulitis: A shitty outlook on life.

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Red Ass: Very irrated or someone who is very irrated.

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Red Ball: Used in AF to alert ground crew of aircraft malfunction during crew pre-flight

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Red Current Jam: Commies Jamming Radio Frequencies

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Red Eye or Red Lead.: Ketchup.

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RED HORSE or PRIME BEEF: USAF Combat Engineer

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Red Leg: artillerymen (from the red stripes on the artillery soldiers during the Civil War)

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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.

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Red Tail: In Korea: The Norhwest Orient Contract Rotation Aircraft

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Red Wrench: Cutting torch

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Redhat: USAF Combat Arms Training and Maintenance troops

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Rekki Puke: RF-4 Recon Pilot

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relative bearing grease: something to find for a newbee in the navy

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Relative Bearing Grease: A Joke to send a boot for who works either on the Bridge or Combat Info center on Navy ships

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REMF: Rear Echelon Mother F*%$@ er

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REMF: Rear echelon Mother F-----

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REMF: Safe area head-quarters soldier

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REMF-: Rear echleon mother F***er

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remington raider: worker in operations

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Remington Raider: Desk Clerk

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Remington Raider: Clerk-Typist.

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Remington Raider: What we called Office Pogues or Non-Combatants

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Repo depot: The place army recruits go to fill other units replacement depot.

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Requisition: To steal, USAF Air Cargo Term

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Retread: Army Warrant accepting a commision

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Retread: Marine who gets out and then reups.

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Retreat Formation: Last Army "formation" of the day, in ranks, for posting of the colors.

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Reveille: Army's first (and only) wake-up call in the morning.

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RFN: Right F----ing Now

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RFPF, also ruff puffs: Vietnamese regional defense forces

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Rice-steamer: Steel helmet

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RICKY: TERM USED FOR MARINE CORPS RECON PERSONNEL

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Rider - Navy: Anyone on a submarine that wasn't filling a function or qualified on a watch station

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Rigger: Parachute packer

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roach coach: the snack truck that always showed up wherever you were, whether it was the M-16 range, the PT test site, or even during breaks between classes when you were in AIT

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ROAD: Retired On Active Duty

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ROAD: Retired On Active Duty.

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Road: Retired On Active Duty

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Road Soldier: Retired on active duty (Road)

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roadkill cafe: mess hall

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Rock in a box: 0311 term for a lazy Amtracker.

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Rockets UP: Bring rocket squad up.

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Roger: acknowlegement

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Roger: signing off

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Roger Ram Jet: U.S. Air Force

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Roger Tango: Right, Thanks (Person to Person Radio Communications)

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Roger that!: I understand

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Roger, Tango: Right, Thanks

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Rolling Zippos: US Sherman Tanks, from the way they exploded and burned out quickly if received a direct hit

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RON: Remain over Night

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Ronnies Rocket Ranch: Grand Forks AFB SAC Missle Base, Cold War, Ronald Reagan

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Roof: Flight Deck Of Carrier

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Room Dawg: someone you shared a barracks room with and cleaned together.

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Rootie Tootie !!: A Sunday out at sea consisting of no duty.

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Rope Yarn Day (Navy): Half day off from duty.

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Round brown: An ass hole

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Round Steak: Balonga (Baloney to some)

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Rouse step: Walking quickly

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ROUTE STEP: MARINE CORPS FAST MARCH

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Routine Stamp : In Air Force Communications - its a non existent stamp used to process classified messages.

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Royal Baby: Onboard ship, when crossing the equator, a person usually with a large belly, dressed as a baby with a greased gut, who all the Polly Wogs had to kiss his belly.

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Royal Order of the Blue Nose: Navy personnel initiated when crossing the Arctic Circle

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RPG: rocket propeled grenade launcher.

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RPG: Army-issued eyeglasses, not exactly stylish.

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RPS: Registered Publication System.

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RTB: Return to base, go home

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rubber lady: air mattress

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RUMINT: insider term of HUMINT units describing the status of intel collected, from time of collection until hard confirmation established

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run up the FIFI FLAG: F---- it forget it

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Runner: Escort

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Running Your Suck: Mouthing Off

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Ruptured Duck: Pin given to Vets after WWII to wear on uniforn untill you got home

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S H I T: Super High Intensity Training for soldiers in Basic or Boot.

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S squared, D: squared: Same Shit, Different Day

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S T Ones or ST1: Stones (used to send the new guys (newbees) to supply to pick up "S T Ones".)

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S _ _ t in a Seabag: Stuffed Green Peppers

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S%&#- On A Shingle: Chipped or ground beef in white gravy

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S**T Burner: One who burns off the Human waste from a field latrine.

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S**t disk: Popular name for the round C-rat candy bar. Thought to contain Exlax (and tasted the same) seemed to counteract the effect of C-rat cheese and crackers.

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S**t Hotel: Very good

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S**t Shirt: Navy plane captain wearing a brown felt deck jersey at sea.

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S*O*S ( shit on a shingle ): cream chipped beef or mystery meat on toast

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S.H.*.T.: Short Haul Island Transport, name given to the C-117 the Navy flew from Manila to Clark AB to Subic Bay, Philippines.

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S.O.S: SAVE OUR SHIT

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S.O.S.: Ground Beef on toast not chipped beef

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S.P.O.R.T.S.: Slap, pull, observe, release, tap, squeeze. Used as an acronym for troubleshooting an M-16.

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S.T.R.A.C.: Stupid troopers running around in circles

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S.T.R.A.K.: Troops not in the "bush"-starched fatigues

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S2: Sh#t Squared

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S@!$ Shaker: Helicopter.

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saddle up: lets go

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saddle up: get ready to move out

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salt and peppers: Standard navy uniform. (white shirt, black pants)

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Salt and Peppers: Navy uniform comprised of white shirts and black pants.

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Salty: Been in Corp a long time.

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Salty, Old Salt: A person who has been in the Navy awhile with experience.

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