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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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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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Mad Minute:
Random firing of all perimeter defensive weapons to discourage infiltration
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Little People :
radio code for ARVNs
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Elephant Grass :
tall, sharp-edged grass found in the highlands of Vietnam
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Donut Dolly:
Women from the American Red Cross
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Daisy Cutter - :
a 15,000 pound BLU-82 bomb dropped by C130 to clear an LZ
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POP ONE:
Throw a grenade or shot M49 grenade
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Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club:
Navy Enlisted Serving in the South China Sea/Gulf of Tonkin
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Two-turnin, Two-burnin:
P2V Sub Chaser on patrol
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Bloused:
broken
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No load:
An empty catapult use on a carrier, or someone with no common sense or intelligence
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Wrinkle Neck Trout:
In the days before on board chemical holding tanks, CHTs raw sewerage was pumped directly overboard in port. Floating turds were referred to as wrinkle neck trout.
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UA the AO:
UNASS the AREA of OPERATION: Leave or get out of there.
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