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Hoo-Rah!:
Also used by Sailors not just Marines to acknowledge an order that draws out excitment in doing ones job!!




fart sack:
sleeping bag




The Screaming Chickens :
What a jump qualified Marine calls the Armys 82nd Airborne




canned pickles:
basic trainees after name tags were sewed on uniforms




dinky dow:
crazy or very crazy




Sin Loui - spelling not correct:
sorry bout that (Vietnam)




grinder:
parade ground




pogey bait:
candy




chow um:
Virtnamese for hello




Geedunk:
small store on base or aboard ship to buy pogey-Bate snacks or candy




Jack of the dust:
Someone who breasks out chow from storerooms for the gally on a navy ship




F4 Tape:
Rubber Vulcanizing Tape, used to stop hydrallic leaks on F4s




ID 10 TANGO:
idiot




DONKEY DICK:
FORCED JETTISON PREVENTION SLEEVE ON AERO 27 BOMB RACK ON AN F4 ACFT




FOOD STAMP:
MEAL CARD




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