And they just keep a'pouring out!
Air Watch = the rear facing loader on a tank is supposed to watch for aircraft, but any good loader can brace himself and sleep for hours!
Basic Load = For tankers in Germany, the morning ritual of counting the four boxes of MREs, the four rucksacks of NBC gear and the forty-five rounds of main gun ammo that was carried in the ammo racks of all tanks east of Ansbach!
Belly Robbers = ANY mess sergeant/specialist.
Boo coup = GI slang for lots and lots.
Chogie = Korean for go faster!
God Box = The M-151 jeep and trailer that the Chaplain used.
Hermann = the local German armed guards, drunk AND armed!!!!!
Hoffman = that lovely little multi-barrel main gun simulator that bolted to the gun tube, usually right over the driver's head. Supposed to simulate the main gun firing...its real purpose was to make sure the driver was awake!
Kaserne = Germany barracks, many of them dated back to WWII and had those odd marks where the engineers had chiseled off the Nazi eagle.
Party Can = the ammo can that holds the main gun firing pin and the end plates of the tanks machineguns....it's time to party!
Piss Hatch = the belly escape hatch on the M-48/-60 series tank.
SIW = Self Inflicted Wound, that social disease that the weekend commandos seemed to catch...every weekend.
The Monthly aka the Curse = Specific to USAEUR, the monthly alert that always seemed to start at 0230 with the kaserne siren blaring and the troops running around in MOPP Gear and LBE getting ready for a move.
Warpath = That act in which the 1st Sergeant tears through the barracks citing issues, always results in a massive GI Party!
Weekend Commando = Stateside, referred to the National Guard and Army Reserve. In Germany, referred to the various members of the unit that only showed up to get thier weekend pass and to hit the gausthaus for social interaction with the locals.