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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
WAVES: Women Auxillary Volunteers for Extraordinary Services.

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WC Repair Kit: Newbies sent to search for a Windshield Repiar Kit

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WETSU: WE EAT THIS S##T UP

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WETSU: we eat this shit up

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WETSU: We Eat This S%&t Up

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WETSUE: We eat this sh*t up everyday

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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT: WHAT THE F*CK

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WIIFM: What's in it for me.

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WIIFM ( pronounced ' wif um ' ): What's in it for me?

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WILLY PETE-WP: WHITE PHOSPHORUS, CALLED SMOKE ROUNDS,ALSO USED FOR CASUALITY

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WILLY PETE/WILSON PICKET: ARTY TO SEND WHITE PHOSPHOROUS MARKING ROUND

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WM: Woman Marine

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WO-1 - Warrant Officer One: Wobbly One - Same crappy status as 2LT for one year

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WOPA: Warrant Officer Protection Agency-used when a Warrant was being chastised by an RLO(Real live Officer)

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WOXOF: Very dense fog, no viz. no ceiling(for flight ops.)

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WRATGAS: Who Really And Truly Gives A Sh** - Warrant Officer wrote this on the board for me during a class break while teaching Army supply procedures.

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WTFO: What The F**k Over

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Wasted: Killed,as in we wasted every MF in our wire

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Watch your top notch: Don't know

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Watch/cover my six: watch my a**

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Water Buffalo: A rubber bladder used to hold drinking water in the field

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Water Buffalo: Tough Roast Beef

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Water King: Navy Petty Officer who was charged with the maintenance of the evaporators onboard ship. Water was a valuable substance.

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Waterline: The place where a ship sits in the water. Often what boots on a ship were sent to retrieve.

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Waterline: It's nothing to get. It's what we tell new crew members fresh out our boot camp to get. It's actually the waterline of the ship.

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Watersides: Cleaning scale out of the boilers by Boiler Technicians

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We work to please: We unload ships for the Marines

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Weekend Warrior: National Guardsman

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Wet Bread: Slow on the up-take.

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Whale: U.S. Navy Douglas A-3D "Sky Warrior" (carrier capable).

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What Air Force personnel say Army stands for:: Airforce Rejected Me Yesterday

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What The F&%K, Over?: What do you mean?

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What does APO stand for: Mailing address for the military.

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Whats the skinny: Whats going on or whats happening

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Wheels Up, Heels Up: What Aircrewmen do after takeoff.

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: What the F%#k

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over: What the F&%#, Over. Used in response to an unbelievably stupid instruction, usually over the radio.

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White Mice: Vietnamese National Policemen

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White Walls: Hair cut sides shaved

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White Whale: A General's plane--General Abrams's was a C-123.

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White socks: not using military issue od socks

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Whole Nine Yards: Length of a machine gun ammo link

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Whole Nine Yards: All of something

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Whole nine yards: When a bomber gunner used his entire belt of .50 cal ammunittion which measured exactly 27 feet on a single target..

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Wild Chicken: Wildflicken, Germany

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Willy Peat: Artillery round - white phosphorous

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Willy Pete: White phosphourus grenades-Thrown from Loaches or rockets from C Models or Cobra Heli Gunships

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Willy Peter Bag: Water Proof Bag

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Wimp Waver: A waiver from the doctor that got you out of doing anything physical

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Wing nut: Marine in the Air wing

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Wing nut: A man with one stripe

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Winger: Anyone from the airwing

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Wingnut: Air Force personnel

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Wingnut: Marine assigned to an Air Wing

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Wingnut: Airman

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Wire Dawg/Wire God: Marine Corps 2512 Field Wireman

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WireDawg: Telephone or Cable Technician

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Wobbly One: A new W1 Warrant Officer

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Wog: Naval Personel crossing equator for the first time

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Woolly Boogers: That lint that comes from those wool blankets that gathers on the floor and under the beds

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Woop-ping: The sound a new recruit's head makes in aviation AIT.(Advanced Individual Training)

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Work It!: Give whatever task was just assigned to you 110%.

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World: Term for the USA

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Worm: Name of brand new recruit at San Diego Navy boot camp.

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Wrinkle Neck Trout: Turds that were flushed overboard and floated to the surface.

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XO: The Executive Officer of a Navy unit.

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YAT-YES: YOU AINT TRACKS-YOU AINT SHIT!

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YGBSM: You Gotta Be Shi*in' Me

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YMRA SU : yes my retarded ass signed up

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YOU WANT GREASE ON THAT?: COOKS ASKING IF YOU WANT CHEESE ON YOUR BURGER.

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YRMASU: Yes My Retarded Ass Signed Up

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Yankee Station: South China Sea off of North Vietnam, area of ops for US Navy.

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Yard of Flight Line: What a new guy on the airfield goes after to bring back to his unit.

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Yard of Flightline and a bucket of Propwash: What we sent Air Traffic Control newbies out to look for to get them out of our hair.

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Yards: Native-Vietnamese U.S. allies Mountagnard people

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Yoboseyo: To get attention.

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Yoohoo: What Marine DI's called recruits

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You better shake your head: Shape up

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Your bistro is here: your food is here

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Zero: Officer.

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Zero: Stop what you are doing and listen up.

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Zero's: Navy enlisted term for Officers.

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Zero-To-Three: Marine Regulation Haircut

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Zipper Head: soldiers hair cut with part down the middle

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Zipps: Commisioned officers

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Zonk: Word yelled during morning formation when PT is cancelled for the morning.

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Zoom Bags: Flight Suits

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Zoomie: Anyone belonging to the Air Force. Used by Army people.

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Zoomie: USAF Academy graduate

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Zoomie: Any USAF Jet Fighter, an Army Term

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Zoomies: Pilots

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Zoomies: Airmen

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a.s.h. reciever: ash tray

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agent orange: chemical used to killtree,s and under brush/DIXON see va gov.com

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arty: artillery firecoming in

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ate up: Loves the Military/By the Book

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ate/eight up, aka eleven up three down: someone who cant get anything right

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ba me ba stand: beer ,car wash and house of prostitution all service facility

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back on the block: back to civilian life

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backblast remover: A 5 gallon bucket of cement that 1st Tanks had for boot 0352s to carry all over Las Flores until the 1st Shirt had pity on the boot.

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