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Sea legs:
Sailors learn to walk vertical, while the ship pitches from side to side




left turning monkey wrench:
motor pools way of greeting new arrivals if they fell for the gag.




Canary USMC:
Boot wearing yellow sweatshirt in Boot Camp usually first week...




YAT-YES:
YOU AINT TRACKS-YOU AINT SHIT!




What Air Force personnel say Army stands for::
Airforce Rejected Me Yesterday




backblast remover:
A 5 gallon bucket of cement that 1st Tanks had for boot 0352s to carry all over Las Flores until the 1st Shirt had pity on the boot.




Rectal Occulitis:
A shitty outlook on life.




Terminal Rectal Defilade:
When ones head is so far up his arse that one needs a pane of glass in ones stomach!




Tow Critter:
USMC 0352s name given by Tankers when the 0352s had jeeps




TJ Raider:
Caught the clap in Tijuana




AWOL:
absent without official leave.




remington raider:
worker in operations




3 up and 2 down:
Gunny




H-Hour:
Moment in an operation when the first troops began the attack.




Gizmo:
Term used in the Marine Corps for someone who was a foul-up, or could never get things done correctly




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