CAPT Kevin B.659426<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm in a laugh deficit mode at the moment. So many of you have been with our brothers and sisters in foreign military organizations? What slang did you think hit the mark?<br /><br />I'll start with Cambodia. I'd eat lunch frequently at the French Military Liaison Mission in Phnom Penh. They'd have meat that you didn't have to worry about. I was hanging swapping sea stories with some Brit officers. Somewhere along the line I said "GD REMFS!". The Brit Bird asked what that meant. When I told him his response was:<br /><br />"You Colonials have such a way with words. We call them TIPs. Tactically Insignificant Personnel."<br /><br />Fire when ready Gridley.What foreign military slang have you used?2015-05-11T11:58:37-04:00CAPT Kevin B.659426<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm in a laugh deficit mode at the moment. So many of you have been with our brothers and sisters in foreign military organizations? What slang did you think hit the mark?<br /><br />I'll start with Cambodia. I'd eat lunch frequently at the French Military Liaison Mission in Phnom Penh. They'd have meat that you didn't have to worry about. I was hanging swapping sea stories with some Brit officers. Somewhere along the line I said "GD REMFS!". The Brit Bird asked what that meant. When I told him his response was:<br /><br />"You Colonials have such a way with words. We call them TIPs. Tactically Insignificant Personnel."<br /><br />Fire when ready Gridley.What foreign military slang have you used?2015-05-11T11:58:37-04:002015-05-11T11:58:37-04:00MSgt Michael Durkee659428<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Beaucoup :)Response by MSgt Michael Durkee made May 11 at 2015 12:00 PM2015-05-11T12:00:02-04:002015-05-11T12:00:02-04:001SG Private RallyPoint Member659429<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I love using "Schwerpunkt" and watching the quizzical looks. I think they have figured out what it means via context now.Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 12:00 PM2015-05-11T12:00:53-04:002015-05-11T12:00:53-04:00SPC Charles Brown659436<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mian ham nida<br /><br />Not sure if I spelled it right but those who served in Korea are probably familiar with the term for various reasons.Response by SPC Charles Brown made May 11 at 2015 12:03 PM2015-05-11T12:03:53-04:002015-05-11T12:03:53-04:00SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.659446<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fig-MoResponse by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made May 11 at 2015 12:08 PM2015-05-11T12:08:15-04:002015-05-11T12:08:15-04:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member659458<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I tend to use "Operator Head Space and Timing." My wife hates it when I use that one, since she doesn't understand it.Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 12:09 PM2015-05-11T12:09:31-04:002015-05-11T12:09:31-04:00PO1 John Miller659599<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not necessarily a foreign military term, but I say no worries a lot. It's an Aussie phrase if you've been living under a rock in Afghanistan with no wifi and have never heard it before.Response by PO1 John Miller made May 11 at 2015 12:51 PM2015-05-11T12:51:13-04:002015-05-11T12:51:13-04:00CPT Bruce Beattie662363<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Beaucoup dinky dau" (Beaucoup dien cai dau!)(very crazy)," chieu hoi!" (surrender!)," di di mau!" (go fast), "Sin loi!" (Sorry about that!), " choi oy!" (Vietnamese version of the yiddish, Oy vey!), " Dai-uy" (Captain)Response by CPT Bruce Beattie made May 12 at 2015 2:01 PM2015-05-12T14:01:42-04:002015-05-12T14:01:42-04:00SGT Daniel Merriman6197095<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hit It !!!! Hint, only 4000Response by SGT Daniel Merriman made Aug 11 at 2020 6:36 PM2020-08-11T18:36:40-04:002020-08-11T18:36:40-04:002015-05-11T11:58:37-04:00