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Drifty as a One Winged Seagull:
Not the brightest one.




Khaki Convention:
Two or more chiefs/officers standing around shooting the breeze.




Rope Yarn Day (Navy):
Half day off from duty.




Poget Bait:
Candy.




Gedunk:
Ice Cream.




B-1RD:
A fictional Research and Development, of the B-1B "Lancer".




Balls to the Walls:
Aircraft either on take-off, or engine run at full throttle.




Swelly Belly:
Sweaty belly-button.




Hootch:
Place where GIs slept.




Shake and Bake:
NCOC Graduate.




Bagnasty:
Fast food option at chow hall, hot dogs or hamburgers.




55 gal Drum of Rotor Wash:
Send newbees to tool shed to get to wash helicopters.




All the Way:
You fully understand what the drill Sgt has told you at Ft Jackson S.C.




Woop-ping:
The sound a new recruit's head makes in aviation AIT.(Advanced Individual Training)




POW:
Prisoner of War.




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