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Angles:
altitude




FIGMO:
F you I Got my orders




Flyboy:
any pilot or airman




Cluster Muster:
Parade Formation when medals were awarded




Mustang:
NCO who has accepted a commission




Crunchy/tank traction:
USMC infantry




M3P:
vehicle mounted .50 cal machine gun capable of firing up to 1100 rounds per minute.




Winger:
Anyone from the airwing




Red Wrench:
Cutting torch




Midrats:
Food served at midnight watch change over




Sliders:
Hamburgers served at chow




Thousand yard stare:
shock, fatauge,war weary, seen too much




Rain locker:
shower




Ground Pounder:
What Artillery men call Infantry men




EOS:
Morse code lingo for "end of skid" meaning no more transmissions. We used it in general terms to mean that was all we had to say or do .b




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