What catch-phrase used by veterans instantly identifies in which branch of service they serve(d)?

I ran one of the five big ($1000+ in the late 60's) regular poker games on our ship. I maintained the ship's classified materials library, so I had an office down on the flag deck with the document safe in it. It was set up so materials could be read/studied without being taken out (read "had a table"). Wasn't hard filling the seats because almost nobody ever went to the flag deck, so we were never bothered. Ops Boss knew about it and told me I was on my own if we/I got caught, but he would not interfere unless documents were compromised, then he'd be the first one to crawl up my ass. He was a black shoe LtCdr.

Hoo ya is more in the Seal Community and the small boat crews.

Elephant feet to dog down equipment

A true Seabee would never shout all that meaningless Oorah, "All The Way sir, etc. like some mind numbed robot. We would say "F@@kin A" or other obscenity or "you gotta be S@@tin me".....

Bos'un and AMFIB, huh? I bet you cox'ned one of those damn Papa or Mike boats that kept us jarheads swamped even before we hit sand. Glad to know one who gets the joke (also glad I wasn't one of those WWII Marines who had to make a living in one those "watercraft" and I use the term "craft" loosely

Let's not forget Stand A$$HOLE TO BELLY BUTTON make that recruit in front of you smile!!!

Gunny Lieb. I'm an 1833 BravoCo 3rdTracs 1stMarDiv

LCpl Darrell J. Farley Jr. - Glad to meet ya, I was Shore Party. We rode your stuff a few times (what was your "era" P-5s or LVTP-7s or earlier or later??)

LCDR Gordon Brown – Thanks for sharing, Sir!

"Midnight Rations". (n.d.) Acronym Finder. What does MIDRATS stand for?
MIDRATS stands for Midnight Rations (US Navy). Retrieved June 16, 2017 from http://www.acronymfinder.com/Midnight-Rations-(US-Navy)-(MIDRATS).html

PO3 Bob McCord - Not in the Goat Locker. On amfib shipping back in the day, even us Marine SNCO's rated steak (when available) with a "steward" standing midwatch to cook it to order

Gunny Lieb do you remember brown side out green side out?

Guilty Also most often for my last name Only 4 letter root word for nice or love in German but nobody seems to get the spelling until you" Lima, India, Echo, Bravo"

I love talking phonetics.

I have had operators try to correct my Military Phonetics to "Law Enforcement" Phonetics.. Ah... good times.. when I refuse.

When somebody asks me to spell my last name, my reply is usually "Jump, as in Up and Down" ... or "as in Out of an Airplane" ... or "same as you learned to spell it in the second grade". That seems to work pretty well for me.

I’ve actually had to use phonetics to spell my last name out for somebody. How difficult is “Smith” to understand? {:•|)

The sea bag drag, rack race!

Right shoulder footlocker!!!

THE BIG GREEN WEENY STRIKES HARD FAST AND OFTEN!!!

Here's one for all the old timers in all branches...
Gentlemen, The Eagle Shits Today!!!
Pay day when you still got a check or cash money and you had to sign the Book!!!

NO one has said FUBAR

Anything that flies has bulkheads and big birds have hatches.

WTFO: "What the Fuck, Over" (pronounced "wit fo" or "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Oscar" using the phonetic alphabet): colorful way of asking what just happened, ie, "What the Fuck?"

Say Again!!! Instead of REPEAT unless you want steel rain in the wrong AO

I get perturbed, when people misuse door and hatch.

SFC William Hawes – Thanks for responding!

SFC William H. respect is still there many years later.

PFC Goff: Maybe STRAC covers that?

While I was in guys were saying that someone who looked really sharp in their uniform was looking "Strack".

PFC Roger Goff - No K
Strategic Amy Corps usually 82nd, 101st, 2nd Inantry (Ft Benning) 1st Infantry
Normall the entire Corps would deploy on Swift Strike Operations every year

I'm from the Army of the early and at Bragg STRAC meant Strong Tuff Ready Around the Clock!

I'm from the Army of the early and at Bragg STRAC meant Strong Tuff Ready Around the Clock!

Back in the 80's STRAC was used as a term to describe certain Army MP units.

SMSgt Thor Merich - I've been called a "Mop Pusher" as I was writing up a officer fore speeding I almost added 10 mph to the D.R.

PO3 Bob McCord - That's 21 and a wake up.

"I'm so short I've gotta stand on a nickel to pi$$ on a dime"....

Once I was going down the hall in the barracks and saw a guy's orders on his door and printed on it was "PHYGMEAUX". For a second I thought, "WTF?"; then I got it. BTW, we were an intel unit with lots of linguists.

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