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Grid Squares:
New soldiers are sent to retrieve a box of them.




Klick:
Distance




The Pit:
Marine Boot Camp Sand Pit in which lots of exercise are done for punishment.




Cattle Truck:
Semi used to drive large amount of soldiers around post.




Squid:
Navy Personnel




Maggot:
non-conforming, non-productive, stupid, lowest thing on the earth




Dudd:
no brains- can't do anything right




B-52:
what we called the Big new canopener for our C-rats it came out just before MRE's




Slop Chute:
P X or a place to buy Poggie Bait




Deck:
Floor




Irish Pennant:
The fraying strings on clothing




Gig Line:
The end of the buckle on a belt is Parallel (on top of) the top of the fly (where the button is) on uniform trousers




Gremlin:
When something went wrong with a plane it was blamed on gremlins




KISS:
Keep It Simple Stupid




CHIT:
Request for time off (liberty), paper given by medical to be excused from certain types of work or exercise, and used as money in boot




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