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HAC:
Helicopter Aircraft Commander




Clean sweep fore and aft:
Tidy up the ship




Gunny:
Gunnery sgt




TOP:
First Sgt




Gunner:
Warrent officer slang title




Hanger Queen:
Aircraft used for spare parts




Wire Dawg/Wire God:
Marine Corps 2512 Field Wireman




Dual Cool:
Marine Who Is Scuba & Jump Trained




Unsat:
Messed Up/Unsatisfactory/F-d Up




Lance Cooley:
Marine Corps E-3, Lance Corporal




Master Guns:
Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant




Zero-To-Three:
Marine Regulation Haircut




Running Your Suck:
Mouthing Off




John Wayne:
small can opener for c-rations




D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.:
Do I Look Like I Give A F***. My Platoon Sgt. actually had a name tag made up for this and wore it on his dress greens.




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