Military Slang

[Targan]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

Grot contest - Drinking game where the aim was to pull the ugliest woman you could, bring them to a pre arranged place, usually a bar, and then with them at the table attempt to explain why your catch was the ugliest of them all. Usually ends in violence.

Wow, that is truly awful. It must really suck being an ugly chick, I have no idea why anyone would want to make it even worse for them by humiliating them in public. Nasty.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Yeah, definitely not a nice thing to do. Its something I heard about but never participated in - I'm just not that cruel. On long deployments they would apparently run a grot board with the photos from potential pen pals as well. I guess soldiers/sailors/marines etc will try anything to relieve boredom.

[Earthpig]

Actually I think it was one of those things you joke about but never participated in.......back then we were a bunch of bored troops out on the town, mix in some booze...well there you go

I wouldn't have the Chutzpa to do the deed.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Earthpig

Actually I think it was one of those things you joke about but never participated in.......back then we were a bunch of bored troops out on the town, mix in some booze...well there you go

I wouldn't have the Chutzpa to do the deed.

A friend of mine at Ft Stewart actually married one -- she probably outweighed him at least 1.5 to 1. Hell if I know what he was figuring -- she had a personality to match her looks!

[Earthpig]

Here is afew more:
Crunchy: any dismounted soldier to a tanker or Mech guy....it's the sound they make when you run over 'em.

Ma-Mar Ma deuce 50 cal HMG.

coffin box: long pioneer box that holds long handled shovels and other obscure "long" tools used by Engineers.

DRT: pronounced "dirt" stands for "Dead Right There"

STUMP: Stupid Tanker Under Military Protection

DAT: Dumb @ss Tanker

Cadidiot: any ROTC/Academy cadet(particularly those that think they know more than a Sergeant)

cathole: a hole you dig too pooh in and then bury it(a very personal thing to do)

P for plenty: most US demolition formulas use p for pounds as the answer..as a joke we used P for plenty to say we were putting a whole bunch of C-4 on a "target".

Triple nickle 40: a rule of thumb for cratering charges/abutment destruction 5 charges, 5 ft deep, 5 ft apart, and 40 lbs a piece.

[Legbreaker]

http://www.defence.gov.au/Army/hq3bd...nding_Army.asp

A great page for everyone who's not an Australian serviceman.

[pmulcahy11b]

Here's one we sometimes used early in my career:

Armstrong steering: The laterals used for steering the M-113A1 and M-113A2 series of APC; they use laterals, which are just long levers that you pull and push to steer, or pull both back at once to brake. You'll get a surprising workout as a driver of the M-113A1 or A2!