Posted on Mar 17, 2017
What catch-phrase used by veterans instantly identifies in which branch of service they serve(d)?
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breaking starch
gig line
Brasso
Buffer
spit-shined low quarters, Cocorrans or tanker boots
Shake-and-Bake NCOs
height and weight? What about 'em?
head space and timing
khakis
didimao
cut a chogie
Spec 5, Spec 6, Spec 7
42-year old captains (OCS)
Salute, "Reporting for pay, Sir."
"two smooth–remove, rough and smooth–in the groove, two rough–not enough"
SMLM—Soviet Military Liaison Mission
Range 42/80 "Graf–Home of the Afrika Corps"
Bad Tolz— home of the SS Officier Schule
4.2" mortar, 8" howitzer, 175mm gun
ham-and-lima beans, John Wayne bar
"Who's going to pay for this? The perrson who gave me the order."
gig line
Brasso
Buffer
spit-shined low quarters, Cocorrans or tanker boots
Shake-and-Bake NCOs
height and weight? What about 'em?
head space and timing
khakis
didimao
cut a chogie
Spec 5, Spec 6, Spec 7
42-year old captains (OCS)
Salute, "Reporting for pay, Sir."
"two smooth–remove, rough and smooth–in the groove, two rough–not enough"
SMLM—Soviet Military Liaison Mission
Range 42/80 "Graf–Home of the Afrika Corps"
Bad Tolz— home of the SS Officier Schule
4.2" mortar, 8" howitzer, 175mm gun
ham-and-lima beans, John Wayne bar
"Who's going to pay for this? The perrson who gave me the order."
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PO2 Heather Ashby
My retired Navy husband and I use "gig line" for anything that is askew, not straight, crooked in any way. Love that term! Have a hell of a time explaining it to my civilian friends when I let it slip around them. Huh?
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I'm going to "punch". Term when you are about to leave a place or leave the AF.
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LCpl Darrell J. Farley Jr.
In the Marines we slept in shelter halfs we dined al fresco and wereout sport shooting!
Or where else can you get paid to hunt,camp and picnic!!!
Or where else can you get paid to hunt,camp and picnic!!!
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ok this is a very old one .. and a lot will not get it .. Nixon's Girls ... or when going thought basic with regular army No Go... yes National Guard BAMA , sea going bell hop .. old school Marine or was raised by one .. frag as in a verb towards some one .. what can I say a I was WAC / National Guard raise by a old time Marine // now for the other side of the family .. Ladies from Hell for the Scot side
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SPC Michelle Nelson - Thompson
As of '97 frag was still in use in the Army. Friendly fire that wasn't because someone was so FUBAR'd they should have been fighting for the other side.
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PO2 David M Fossum
PO3 Bob McCord - Yeah, but be prepared to lose your teeth if they hear you use the term.
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PO2 David M Fossum
PO3 Bob McCord - Me either. As a Corpsman, caring for wounded Marines in Nam, I developed a huge respect for them. They are true warriors, and have a brotherhood I always envied. If ever I was to go in combat, I'd wwnt only to be with them.
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PO2 David M Fossum
Yeah, they were good for headaches, fevers, minor aches, pains. And the not infrequent hangover we Squids suffered. I'd pop a couple, breathe oxygen until they kickrd in. One of my worst hangovers was at Little Creek in Shit City. Was an endless line of guys for innculations with the air guns. I recall taking 6 APCs just to function. But, by 4:30, I was ready to hit the beach again. Crazy times, man.
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MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy
CPT Mitch Goenner - Thanks for responding...and please be sure to connect!
POG. (n.d.). Urban Dictionary. Retrieved March 21, 2017 from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=POG
POG. (n.d.). Urban Dictionary. Retrieved March 21, 2017 from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=POG
1) People Other than Grunts (US Army Infantry) or 2) Permanently On the Ground (US Air Force, US Naval Aviation and US Army Aviation). A POG sits c...
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GySgt Thomas Lieb
Marines use POG as well. Although we all train and retrain endlessly in combat arms, infantry skills and tactics (from baker to pilot) , being a Grunt is special
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LCpl Darrell J. Farley Jr.
Gunny remember when it was Pouge for an office pouge because they got to eat pougy bait!
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GySgt Thomas Lieb
Abso-f'kin-lutely. Office pogues our nickname for 0141's But of course not often too their face. There are at least three relatively junior operators with whom one did not "screw " with in the pre-digital age. The Corpsman(who was also keeper of your shot and medication record); the paymaster (especially in the days when it was paid cash minus all those deductions ) and the righteous clerk who find or misplace your leave record, your drug and alcohol training record and even your next duty assignment (look out Nome)
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Nonner - AF Non Mission essential Personnel aka not flight line maintenance, firefighter, security forces, or aircrew.
Hooah - Army or AF Special Operations.
Latrine - AF
Head - Marines
Dorms - AF
Hooah - Army or AF Special Operations.
Latrine - AF
Head - Marines
Dorms - AF
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MSgt Jeffery Murphy
Has a couple of flight line types try to harass me as a nooner till I grounded them... was a medic
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SSgt Michael Cox
MSgt Jeffery Murphy - Not sure about the rest of the AF but at Mildenhall we had a feisty Col that would give everyone the ok to fly and she would even fly with us sometimes. Being a nonner didn't mean your job was any less important it was just a term we used for those that weren't mission essential. We did use it as a derogatory term though since it always seemed like we were one of the only people on base at all hours.
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MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy
PFC John Hopping – Thanks for responding and the colorful epithets...please be sure to connect!
REMF. (n.d.). Urban Dictionary. Retrieved March 21, 2017 fromhttp://http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=REMF
Fobbit. (n.d.). Urban Dictionary. Retrieved March 21, 2017 from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fobbit
REMF. (n.d.). Urban Dictionary. Retrieved March 21, 2017 fromhttp://http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=REMF
Fobbit. (n.d.). Urban Dictionary. Retrieved March 21, 2017 from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fobbit
Rear Echelon Mother Fucker. One who has no frontline or combat experience, and therefore makes huge errors at expense of human life. The REMF's dec...
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SGT Nicholas Williams
Fobbit only came around after there were FOBs in Iraq. During the invasion, they were still called REMFs.
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