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Skin Head:
New boot after the first hair cut.




SOS (Navy):
Crumpled browned hamburger in tomato sauce gravy served on toast.




Ate Up:
To be obsessed with perfection in military service.




Tits Up:
Broken.




Foxtrot Sierra Hotel:
F**king Shit Hot Really good.




Pin in Shirt Collar:
21 days before being dicharged.




Mass Confusion:
Chinese fire drill.




Sleeping Bag:
Bunny Sack.




RPG:
Army-issued eyeglasses, not exactly stylish.




Hero:
What DI's call recruits in a sarcastic way ... usually after a recruit does something stupid.




John Wayne Bar:
Round disk shaped chocolate foil wrapped non-melting candy in C-Rats.




Flight line:
Something you send newbee to aviation station assignment for.




Stand-by to Stand-by:
Wait and keep waiting.




Hump:
To walk or to march.




Old Salt:
Old school Navy personnel or lifer.




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