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Blanket Party:
Unofficial punishment of company goof off.




Raunchy:
Really bad condition of uniform. ie: a piece of lint on collar




Sh** Bird:
A Dysfunctional Enlisted Man




High and Tight:
Fresh Hair-Cut




Vert-Rep:
Helo supply replenishment at sea from ship to ship.




Brown Shoe Army:
Before the Army changed the standard issue uniforms from O. D. color to green and from brown leather to black.




FOD:
Flight ops lingo for - Foreign Object Damage




Bug Juice:
Kool-Aid




HPWIC:
Head Person Whats In Charge.




Midnight Requisition:
Going into another company's area to get brooms and mops to clean your own barracks after someone has swiped yours.




S.O.S.:
Sh** on a Shingle, aka Chipped beef gravy on toast




Top:
High ranking enlisted soldier




Ate Up:
Something that is messed up




Highspeed:
Motivated Soldier




New-bee:
new join to a unit




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