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Irish Pennants:
Loose/attached stings on uniforms




FIGMO:
FU** it, Got My Orders




beat your face:
do pushups




shut your nasty suck:
stop talking




click:
distance from one area to another




Grannies:
Ugly female black shoes




SNAFU:
Situation Normal, All Fouled Up!




PLF:
Airborne term Proper Landing Fall




Two Handled Truck:
Army Wheel Barrow




Flying Box Car:
C-119 Aircraft




Jar Head:
Marine




Cherry:
Brand New Paratrooper




Get10:
Do 10 push ups for a screw up




Bird Sh*t:
Paratrooper




Bucket of rys:
Used by landline/radio teletype operators to as a newbie to find. RYs are actually holes in tape and resulting chad used to diagnose equipment problems.




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