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MILITARY LINGO
Do you remember all of the slang, jargon & lingo that was used in the Military? How often would you get a good laugh out of those words! Check out the full Collection today and share yours!
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Go get me a "bucket of line feeds" !!!:
No such thing!!!! A rookie teletypist is at times ask to produce from the Naval Storekeepers.
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Sparks:
A Naval Radio Operator, A Radioman by military trade.
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WAVES:
Women Auxillary Volunteers for Extraordinary Services.
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Bulkhead(s):
Shipboard terminology for the wall(s)
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Short Hand Inspection:
A Naval terminology for venereal disease check upon getting up in the morning prior to urinating or using the urinals.
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Cattle Van:
An enclosed military truck carrying people packed inside like cattle.
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Sixty nine:
Shipboard sleeping procedure in which sailors are bedded head/foot alternately in their same level of bunk beds.
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Fog Lookout:
A new seaman assigned a bow watch for fog location by pointing a finger at its location to the bridge watch and reporting it .
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COMSHAW:
Free requisition from another command or unit between friends.
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Sea Bat:
Fictitious bat inside a box supposedly captured at sea.
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ASSUME:
Ass U Me (Make an Ass of You and Me)
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GRUNT:
WWII phrase - Ground Replacement Usually Not Trained
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DC Punch:
What you send new seamen for(A Damage Controlman punches you)
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coffin locker:
shipboard bed that opened into a compartmental locker
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Turn Two (Commonly shown by rotating the peace sig:
Get to work
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