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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Would any of these be correct?
"Are you a:
Zoomie (USAF)
Swabbie (USN)
Jarhead/Leatherneck (Marine)
Screaming Eagle (101st ABN Paratrooper) lovingly known as the "Puking Chicken" by the 82nd ABN
All Americans (82nd ABN Paratrooper) lovingly known as Alcoholics Anonymous by the 101st ABN
"Are you a:
Zoomie (USAF)
Swabbie (USN)
Jarhead/Leatherneck (Marine)
Screaming Eagle (101st ABN Paratrooper) lovingly known as the "Puking Chicken" by the 82nd ABN
All Americans (82nd ABN Paratrooper) lovingly known as Alcoholics Anonymous by the 101st ABN
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Green Machine, Semper Fi, Marines also used Navy references ie Bulkhead, deck, scuttlebutt, overhead, port, hatch, topside starboard, ladderwell, etc. Also butt kit, field strip your cigarette butts, P.I., maggot, military alignment (gig Line), jarhead, 782 gear, haversack, butter bar, brown bagger, fruit salad, devil Dog, leatherneck, cover, Ground Pounder, Wing Wiper, Geedunk, roach coach, Dipsy Dumpster, hump, grunt, K-Bar, lifer, maggie's drawers, bam, water buffalo, shitbird, squid, Pogybait, Office Hours, rack, smoking lamp, donkey dick, Jerry can and many more I have forgotten or just haven't thought of.
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PO1 Oscar the Veteran Submariner
Answer is: the Manhattan Project boys had a sense of humor. Mae West was a popular Hollywood star with rather large breasts. If you graph the atomic weight vs the amount of elements made in a nuclear fission, you get a pair of boobs.
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PO1 Oscar the Veteran Submariner
A "barn" is another thing the boys came up with. As in "can't hit the side of a barn"! A "barn" is a unit of measurement for area, 10 to the minus 28 meters squared.
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