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SCOPE DOPE:
RADAR OPERATOR




FIGMO:
FORGET IT I GOT MY ORDERS




deck ape:
sailor working above deck, not in the engineering dept.




GIVE ME A " ROE":
Marlboro cigarette




03 bullet catcher:
Nickname for Marine 0311 Infantry




Anchor Clanker:
Marine name for Anyone in the Navy




US Army:
Uncle Sam Ain't Released Me Yet




U.S.M.C.:
Uncle Sam's Misguided Children




Mustang:
Naval officer who came up through the ranks




Cherry Boy:
Any New Marine to the Rock "Okinawa"




Member of the canoe club/Ring kocker:
Graduate of Annapolis




Swab jockey:
Navy deck hand




TOP:
in the ARMY it's the name you call your FIRST SGT




shaming:
to have found a way to skip out of work, skipping work




sniper:
NVA officer who infiltrates the perimimters of base camps to set charges without being detected




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