Military Slang

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by Adm.Lee

Bloody Bucket= for the 28th Infantry Division-- shoulder patch is a red keystone. Pennsylvania National Guard, I almost ended up in this division as a ROTC cadet. They're famous for getting just about wiped out twice in 3 months in 1944.

i believe they've been the recipient of more massacres than 1/7 Cav(little big horn, ashau valley)

[dragoon500ly]

And here are a few more....

....and a wake up = as in two days and a wake up, etc. Used to refer to the amount of time before the GI gets to leave the service or the unit leaves the field and returns to barracks.

ate up = shabby, poorly maintained, "my tank is ate up."

BFR = Big F**king Rock. Often overheard on the radios as in "I'm 300 meters east of the BFR. Usually refers to any major terrain feature.

BOHICA = "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again!" Used to describe the latest command screwup.

Broke Dick = usually refers to any vehicle down for major maintenance, also used to describe those individuals that just seem to stay on the profile list.

Bumf**k = Usually used as Bumf**ck, Germany; Bumf**ck, Egypt, any cold, wet, muddy, miserable place.

CATFU = Also CATFUed or Completely And Totally F**ked Up(ed)!

Charlie Foxtrot = Cluster F**k, any situation in which total confusion reigns.

CYA =Cover Your Ass. defensive maneuver used to protect oneself from the enemy, ours and theirs!

Fart Sack = any sleeping bag

FIDO = F**k It! Drive On! What you do when escaping a Charlie Foxtrot.

FIGMO = F**k It! Got My Orders! Often used by a GI who is departing one duty station and no longer has to deal with the usual duty rosters.

Front Leaning Rest = the basic pushup.

FTA = F**K The Army! Usually found scrawled on a wall somewhere, known to drive First Sergeants berserk!

IHTFP = I Have Truly Found Paradise! (when caught), I Hate This F**king Place! (true meaning) Usually found scrawled on a wall somewhere, known to drive First Sergeants berserk!

GOBI = General Officer's Bright Idea. ANY idea that trickles down from Division and that is obviously stupid that it shouldn't be done, but is because it's the Division CO's pet project.

Kick the pig = forcing any military vehicle above and beyond its normal operational parameters.

Pog = term of affection for any non-combat arms soldier, a polite insult referencing their supposed worth.

Screw the pooch = to screw up in a major fashion, aka "pork the puppy", "bang the beagle" etc.

Sniper Check = the act of saluting an officer in the field. Used to ID those "special" individuals in the hope that a sniper is watching.

Suck, the = the field, miserable conditions, the military as a whole. A fellow soldier might tell you to "embrace the suck", i.e. stop your complaining and deal with the situation.

Swinging Dick = every male military member, usually a lower ranking enlisted men. As in "Every swinging dick had better be ready to pull out in ten minutes!" Polite form is "Swinging Richard."

Unf**k = To correct a charlie foxtrot as soon as possible and in accordance with SOP; regulations, etc.

WTFO? = "What The F**k, Over?" Implies confusion, disbelief, discontent.

[Panther Al]

Worlds best reason you havn't rolled out of the FOB?

Me: "X-ray, unable to depart this time due to delta element conducting emergency class two download."

X-ray: long moment of silence, then laughs heard in the background, "Roger, ensure de-con procedures done before roll."

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by dragoon500ly

And here are a few more....

....and a wake up = as in two days and a wake up, etc. Used to refer to the amount of time before the GI gets to leave the service or the unit leaves the field and returns to barracks.

That one reminds me of an Army tradition: "Short Boots." In a lot of units (particularly Infantry units), it's a tradition, the night before you ETS (leave the Army) to take the boots you used the most, tie them together by the bootlaces, spray paint them bright orange, then throw them over the the nearest electrical or phone wires to the unit. Everyone knows who did it, no one gets in trouble for it.

[dragoon500ly]

I was stationed in Amberg, FRG and we had a tree right outside of the kaserne....just full of short boots!

[Adm.Lee]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

That one reminds me of an Army tradition: "Short Boots." In a lot of units (particularly Infantry units), it's a tradition, the night before you ETS (leave the Army) to take the boots you used the most, tie them together by the bootlaces, spray paint them bright orange, then throw them over the the nearest electrical or phone wires to the unit. Everyone knows who did it, no one gets in trouble for it.

I remember seeing the PBS series, "Carrier." Once all the planes have flown off at the end of a carrier's deployment, the catapult officer gets to "shoot" a pair of his boots.

[natehale1971]

Originally Posted by Adm.Lee

I remember seeing the PBS series, "Carrier." Once all the planes have flown off at the end of a carrier's deployment, the catapult officer gets to "shoot" a pair of his boots.

yup. they do that. a couple of our deployments on the D.D. Eisenhower (CVN69, hoorah that magic number) had our airboss do the same thing.