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DO YOU BIC:
DO YOU UNDERSTAND




slicky boy:
common thief




Soogie:
To clean things.




Puddle Pirate:
Coast Guardsman




SKY LARKING:
GOOFING OFF, LOOKING INTO THE SKY.




THE FOO DEE ROO.:
U.S.S. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.




Hanger Queen:
Aircraft used for spare parts.




Check Six:
Used when aviation squadrons return from cruise




B.D.U.s:
Bad Dude Uniform




grunts with a shovel:
12 Bravo Combat Engineers




Left Handed Crescent Wrench:
Something to send the new guy after from the toolroom.




DEROS:
Date Estimated Return Over Seas




Bilge rats:
New guys on a ship in the engine room or boiler crew who got to clean the bilges




Short Timer:
Less than 30 days to serve.




wall watch:
Recon plt in Berlin on patrol of the wall




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