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Shellback:
Navy Personel that crossed equator in ship




TAD:
Temporarily Assigned Duty (Travel Around Drunk) same as TDY




YRMASU:
Yes My Retarded Ass Signed Up




dust off:
chopper picking up troops from field




fragging:
use a grenade to eleminate a bad officer or non com




ID10T FORM:
USED TO SEND NEW MEMBER ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE




P38:
CAN OPENER




klick:
kilometer




chow line:
I just sent the boot (new Marine) to supply to get 50 feet of chow line.




Hoo-Rah!:
Also used by Sailors not just Marines to acknowledge an order that draws out excitment in doing ones job!!




fart sack:
sleeping bag




The Screaming Chickens :
What a jump qualified Marine calls the Armys 82nd Airborne




canned pickles:
basic trainees after name tags were sewed on uniforms




dinky dow:
crazy or very crazy




Sin Loui - spelling not correct:
sorry bout that (Vietnam)




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