Military terms

[VWE]

I still remember many weird terms from my time in the US Navy, I'll share a few and would like to hear some more from others.

Gig line: Making sure the edge of your shirt, belt buckle and zipper flap were in one straight line from top to bottom.

Geedunk: Junk food or candy.

Gud diving: Retreiving dropped personal items from a loaded toilet.

Scupper puppy: Poop in the bilge.

[JB73]

LMAO

Gud Diving....

Scupper puppy



ROFLMAO


learned "gig line" in pauly shore's movie "in the army now"

[Phaser11]

Great!
 In the Airforce we used to send the new airmen after some of these items.

1. A bucket of prop wash. (While assigned to the wash rack)
2. A yard of flightline. (Whlie assigned to a tow crew)
3. An Aluminum magnet. (While working in the LOX plant)
4. A skyhook. (While working on Aircraft)

Some times they would come back in tears! Sometimes I even felt bad, but not for long!

[JB73]

not military, but working as QC at a large photo lab, we once told a guy we were running out of matte (satin) photo paper,

sent him to the basement looking for de-glossifier spray. (building had no basement). he came back 2 hours later with red eyes, and quit.

[john9001]

i have known many , but i think the best is a metric crescent wrench.

[Furious]

Flatnoodles for the ops folks.

[lazs2]

It is allmost impossible to replace some muffler bearings without using a metric crecent wrench.

lazs

[loser]

Originally posted by lazs2
It is allmost impossible to replace some muffler bearings without using a metric crecent wrench.

lazs

And you need the left handed metric crescent wrench for the carbuerator belts.

[JB73]

Originally posted by loser
And you need the left handed metric crescent wrench for the carbuerator belts.

if it's time to change the carbeurator belts, then the blinker fluid is way over due.

[ZOSO]

Sledgehammer qualification:

Draw a circle on the ground, instruct the FNG (Forking New Guy) that he should try, while blindfolded, to hit inside the circle as many times as he can in one minute.  While blindfolding the FNG , remove his hat.  Now that he can't see, place his hat inside the target circle, start the timer, and verbally guide his swings onto the target (and his hat).  Try to stifle your laughter as you watch him pound his own cover.

Replacement hat optional depending on if the FNG is a salamander or not.  

[Raubvogel]

Army stuff:

pogie bait=junk food you take to the field so you don't have to eat MREs 3x a day.

pogue=REMF

**** cap=old dress uniform hat

koalafying=hanging upside down on a tree trunk (great on FNGs)

Chinese jump boot=those "walking cast" things

There's tons more, but thats what comes to mind right now.....I'll post more when they pop in my head.

[BlueJ1]

Few I have picked up over the past few years in the military program Im in. Got plenty more where that came from. Tried to make it alphabetical,but kept remembering others halfway through. Enjoy.

Scuttlebutt-Drinking fountian/Slang for gossip
Head- Bathroom
Deck-Floor
Passageway-Hall
Chow-meal time/food
Chow line-food line
Muster-formation for colors/orders/roll call
Rack-bed
Mess hall-place for chow, cafeteria
Aft-back end of navel vessel
Forward-front end of navel vessel
Starboard-right side
Port-left side
Abaft-to the rear of
Adrift-Scattered about;not in proper storage
All hands-All those aboard ship or station
As you were-Command,meaning resume former activity.
Beach-slang for shore
Below-to go below decks
Boondockers-U.S.M.C sland for feild boots
Bulkhead-wall
Comshaw-To obtain supplies by any means possible
Feild Day-cleaning day
Galley- kitchen
 GI can-trash can
Hit the deck-Get up "Rsie and Shine" or get your face on the ground and hope for the best.
Hit the sack-go to bed
Joe Pot- coffee pot
Ladder-stairs
Line-rope
Mae West-Pnuematic life jacket
Overhead-ceiling
Red Lead- slang for catsup
Quarter deck-Ceremonial place on main deck.
Secure-to make fast
Swab-mop
Stores-supplies

[AWMac]

Used to send new privates "Grid Squares"  for the Land Nav Course and "Risor Grease" for the parachutes.

[Lizking]

SNAFU, which has been the name of 2 of our family boats, and aptly so.

[BlueJ1]

Forgot the most important term. F.U.B.A.R...(no not the "pilot" in here)