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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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Gig Slip:
A demerit slip of paper we had to keep on out person in case we got some sort of minor infraction during a spot inspection. In OTS in 1970, I once got a Gig Slip for not having a gig slip on me.
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Church Key :
Ration can opener
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Smoker:
Boxing match
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flap jacks:
something newbies were sent to get on the flight line
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hot rack:
sharing a rack/bed with another guy (submariners)
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shellback:
navy personal that have passed the equater
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Pungi stakes:
Booby trap of sharpened lengths of bamboo, smeared with human excrement
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Arc Light Mission:
B-52 high altitude bombing mission
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Oh-Dark-thirty:
Impossibly early wake up in the morning
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Fear Gear:
Steel pot & flak jacket
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NUG:
New guy in-country
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Are you tracking it?:
Asking if you understand it or do you have upto date information.
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Too easy:
Used in army to mean you can do the task.
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Tien Bing:
Chinese for Sky Soldier; appears on my 173rd Airbone Brigade
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Phougas - :
55-gal drum filled with napalm and C4 used as perimeter weapon also Fougasse
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