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6 BY or 6x6:
Like a 4x4 only much bigger and 2 extra axles




fu**sation:
total state of confusion and chaos




Dixie Cup:
Enlisted male sailors white hat




Squared Away :
Wearing Uniform Properly (Marines)




Slop Chut:
Enlisted Club




John Wayne:
Can Opener (same as P-38)




LANCE COOLIE:
LANCE CORPORAL IN MARINES




FIRST SHIRT:
FIRST SERGEANT




bulkhead:
WALLS, USED BY MARINES, NAVY




ladder well:
stairs, used by Marines, Navy personnel




Repo depot:
The place army recruits go to fill other units replacement depot.




Dead Soldiers :
Enpty beer cans




ground pounder:
Infantry




HE:
High Explosive




Red Leg:
artillerymen (from the red stripes on the artillery soldiers during the Civil War)




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