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MILITARY LINGO
Do you remember all of the slang, jargon & lingo that was used in the Military? How often would you get a good laugh out of those words! Check out the full Collection today and share yours!
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Get the key to the "Basement":
all the units I been at didn't have any basement. USMC
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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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fetch the left-handed "Flight-line" wrench:
no such thing USMC
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"Go ask Gunny for the box of "ST-1:
box of ST-ONES, get it? Marine Corps
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bottle of head space.:
an imaginary item to correct problem on a 30 or 50 cal. machine gun. New guys sent to armory to retrieve.
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BUFF:
Big Ugly Flying F*#@#er - The loving nickname given to the Might B-52 Bomber
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FM:
F'ing Magic - The mysterious way equipment that was broken suddenly begins to work....
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Awash to the gunwales (pronounced "gunnels"):
Very, very drunk
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BOHICA:
Bend over, here it comes again!
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Dog watch:
Navy watchstander's rotation watch. 1st dogwatch = 1600 to 1800. 2nd dogwatch 1800 to 2000. Prevents sailors from having to stand the same watches every day.
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Skivvy-waver:
Navy signalman skilled with semaphore flags.
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Gundeck:
Falsify maintenance records.
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WM:
Woman Marine
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Trusty Shellback:
Person who has completed Shellback ceremony and possesses a Shellback card and doctrine signed by King Neptune himself.
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Wog (Pollywog):
Person who has not yet crossed equator and gone through Shellback Ceremony
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