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Originally Posted by Earthpig
Hmmm it say's funny papers for a topographical map......we used that term for our SOI(used to be CEOI){Signal Operating Instructions(Communications Electronics or Equipment Operating Instructions)} basically our Code book, password and callsigns book
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The National Guardsmen were called "No Go."
Especially in Korea, the local thieves that would steal from positions at night were called "Slicky Boys."
Of course, when the parachutes don't open, the vehicle, equipment, or person "Burns in."
Most tracked APCs are simply called "Tracks," especially the M-113 series.
All that extra stuff you almost never take with you that you get issued -- the air mattresses, the extra heavy inserts for the field jackets, the fleece-lined Gore-Tex head covers -- these are "snivel gear."
The extra civilian food almost everyone takes to the field with them -- that's "pogey-bait," or just "pogey."
If you screw up something simple, you just had a "Brain Cramp," or "Brain Fart."
When you really pull off a good ambush, you "lit them up like a cheap cigar."
If you tend to be at the aid station a lot, you are a "Profile Child." (The equivalent in the Marines is a "Sick Bay Commando.")