- - Refers to any tactical truck with a Gross Vehicle Weight of 5 tons.
- - Army Achievement Medal.
- - After Action Review (formerly: After Action Report)
- - Airborne
- - Army Combat Uniform.
- - Advanced Infantry Training; Advanced Individual Training (specialty training post-BCT).
- - All-Purpose Lightweight Carrying Equipment.
- - Area of Operations.
- - Armored Personnel Carrier .
- - Army Physical Fitness Test
- - Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal.
- - ARmy COMmendation medal.
- - Air Support Operations Center
- - Anti-Submarine Warfare
- - Absent WithOut Leave (ie. not at one's place of duty, and not authorized to be absent)
- - Basic Allowance for Housing (formerly BAQ)
- - Basic Allowance for Quarters
- - Bad Conduct Discharge (slang for Bad Conduct Discharge = Big Chicken Dinner)
- - Battle Dress Uniform
- - Basic Combat Training (familiarly: Basic Training or Basic), Brigade Combat Team (see also HBCT, IBCT, SBCT)
- - Bachelor Enlisted' Quarters
- - Bachelor Officers' Quarters
- - Base eXchange: Air Force name for a PX (see below).
- - CASualty EVACuation
- - Combat Infantryman Badge
- - Commanding Officer (also: Conscientious Objector )
- - Close Of Business - the end of the day or duty shift. Meaning; by the end of the duty day. Usage: "Get that to me by COB today!!!"
- - CONtinental United States
- - Charge of Quarters, an overnight desk duty.
- - Chief Warrant Officer
- - Department of the Army
- - Desert Camouflage Uniform (not official)
- or '''DoD''' - Department of Defense
- - Dining Facility (Mess Hall or Cafeteria)
- - Direct Exchange (of damaged equipment)
- - Expiration of Term of Service (scheduled date of separation from active duty).
- - Forward Area Refuel/Rearm Point/Position
- - Forward Edge of Battle Area
- - Field Training Exercise.
- - Good Conduct Medal
- - Heavy Brigade Combat Team
- - High Explosive
- - Heavy Extended Mobility Tactical Truck.
- - High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle
- - In Accordance With
- - Infantry Brigade Combat Team
- - Improvised Explosive Device
- - Inspector General
- - Individual Ready Reserve
- - Killed in Action
- - Load Bearing Vest, for carrying ammunition, water, and other tactical loads while in the field, or during an assault
- - MEDical EVACuation to an aid station or field hospital, usu. by air ambulance
- - Missing in Action; missing in a battle situation, not known if alive or dead.
- - Multiple Launch Rocket System
- - officially, Massive Ordnance Air Blast (''slang'': mother of all bombs)
- - Military Occupational Specialty—formal job classification, usually expressed as a number or number/letter combination—e.g., 11B Infantryman.
- - Mission-Oriented Protective Postures
- - Military Police.
- '''ns or: Meal Rejected by the Enemy)
- - Non-Commissioned Officer: an enlisted person with command responsibility over soldiers of lesser rank; a corporal (grade E4) or any grade of sergeant (grades E5 - E9); see also ''Specialist''.
- - nuclear, biological, chemical
- - order of operations
- - Outside CONtinental United States, includes Alaska and Hawaii
- - Officer Candidate School
- - Oak Leaf Cluster (signifying subsequent awards)
- - Operations order
- - One Station Unit Training; combination of BCT and AIT where the Soldier remains in the same unit for both training portions
- - Permanent Change of Station, reassignment, usually to a different duty station
- - PERSonell COMmand, short for United States Army Personnel Command. Now known as HRC, or the Human Resources Command
- - Parachute Infantry Regiment .
- - Parachute Landing Fall
- - Preventive Maintenance, Checks and Services
- - Privately-Owned Vehicle, a soldier's personal automobile.
- - Prisoner of War
- - Prisoner of War
- - Physical Training. Used in the plural (PT's), it refers to the PT Uniform.
- - Post eXchange. A multipurpose store which usually includes a barber shop and a convenience store.
- - Rocket Propelled Grenade
- - Reserve Officer Training Corps, often pronounced ("ROT-SEE")
- - Stryker Brigade Combat Team
- - Special Operations COMmand
- - Standard Operating Procedure
- - '''STR'''ategic '''A'''rmy '''C'''orps; STRAC units were those designated to be on high alert to move anywhere in 72 hours or less; as slang, tight, together, by the book or when said with sarcasm by a combat unit about a REMF unit it refers to stupid troops running around in circles
- - '''SIT'''uational '''REP'''ort
- - Situational Training Exercise
- - Tank Commander
- - Temporary Duty
- - Task Force
- - US Army Europe (HQ: Heidelberg)
- - UneXploded Ordnance
- - Executive Officer (officer second-in-command to the CO)
- - Very Respectfully. The standard closure line on official mail/e-mail
- - Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device
- - Warning Order
- - White Phosphorous
- - Zone of Interior, the United States. See also CONUS, which is more commonly used
- - Distinguished Conduct Medal
- - Military Medal
- -Special Operation COMmand. This is the military organization that oversees the activities of such elite units as the US Navy SEALs and US Army Delta Force among others.
- - Visually Distinguishing Mark
- - (Alpha Whiskey Romeo) Allah's Waiting Room. When engaged, {Link without Title} have a tendency to flee to the same building (the AWR), at which point the troops radio in an air strike.
- - Ate the Fuck Up. When someone/thing is not up to the Army standard.
- - Birth Control Glasses. Refers to the standard issue eyeglasses, generally not known for being exceptionally stylish.
- - Boots On Ground. Number of soldier's available
- - Been There Done That
- - Cluster Fuck
- - Dumb Ass Tanker
- - Fuck It, Got My Orders (aka "Short-timer's Disease")
- - Fucking New Guy - soldier coming to a unit straight from AIT
- - Fuck The Army
- - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
- - Fuck You, Buddy, I'm Shipping; used toward the end of a tour of duty to indicate an attitude of general apathy and contempt; see also FIGMO
- - Government Issue; originally used for government supplied equipment, often used by Soldiers to refer to themselves.
- - periodic one-day duty assignment for lower grade soldiers to do mess hall work, ranging from helping to prepare food to cleaning out the grease traps (literally "Kitchen Patrol" or "Kitchen Police").
- - Leather Personnel Carriers, or combat boots. Generally used when describing a mode of travel (ie. "we'll be taking our LPCs over to the range")
- - No Civilian Opportunities. This is a jab at NonCommissioned Officers who are said to stay in the Army because they couldn't get another job, not because they want to be soldiers or are good at their job.
- - Parachute Landing Fall.
- - Rear-Echelon Mother Fucker (ie. someone in the supply line who doesn't give a damn about how his actions mess up life for those at the sharp end)
- - Retired On Active Duty (ie. "ROAD warrior)
- - Situation Normal: All Fucked Up
- - Same Old Shit; Shit On a Shingle: creamed chipped beef on toast/biscuit, a breakfast staple
- - Same Shit, New Day
- - Slang for the vehicle used to remove human waste from the Port-A-Johns meaning "'''S'''hit '''S'''ucking '''T'''ruck"
- - Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. A close approximation
- - Tanker Withou A Tank. Used for tankers who are performing infantry duties. Mainly used by Infantry in Iraq.
- - Warrant Officer, Junior Grade. Informal reference to lowest grade of Warrant Officer (WO1). Also called "spot" or "crouton" because of the insignia of grade (a single black square on a silver bar).
- , '''11 bullet catcher''', '''11 bang bang''' - pejorative term for MOS 11B, Infantry rifleman. Usually used by 11C's (mortarmen)
- - Term for MOS 11C, Mortarmen, refers to the fact only a chump would hump a mortar setup. Usually used by 11B and 19D (Cavalry Scouts)
- - As in "you guys had better get off of your 4th points of contact ..." Reference to the buttocks, which impact the ground following the feet, calf, and thigh when properly executing a Parachute Landing Fall (see PLF, above). Term comes from Airborne units, but is understood by all
- - the day you leave an ongoing duty assignment; usu. in conjunction with leaving a combat zone or leaving the service. Used as a means of counting down to the transtition. For example, if today is Monday and you leave the service on Friday, if someone were to ask when you get out, the answer would be "three days and a wake-up." (Tuesday to Thursday, with Friday being "the wake-up")
- - something that's messed up or not up to the standard.
- - someone who claims to know all the regulations and UCMJ by heart. Threatens to use them against the chain of command regularly. Similar to "jailhouse lawyers."
- - someone who stays at the barracks and never goes out.
- - Full combat gear.
- - benefit, a good surprise
- - a full colonel, from the eagle insignia of grade, to distinguish from the one-grade-lower ''Lieutenant Colonel'', whose insignia is a silver leaf. Also known as a "Full Bird" Colonel, or simply, a "Full Bull."
- - a parachute jump. First parachute jump after Parachutist (Jump) School, i.e the sixth parachute jump, is a "Cherry Blast." A person qualified to wear the Master Parachutist Badge is a "Master Blaster." "Hollywood Blast" is a parachute jump, usually done simply for pay purposes, without all the emcumbering equipment necessary in real or simulated airborne assaults.
- - airborne instructor
- - the act of beating someone sensless in their bunk after lights out by throwing a blanket over their head so they can not identify the perpetrators.
- - someone that screws others over for their own comfort or convenience. A more acceptable way of calling someone a "buddy fucker"
- - a lot (from ''French'' beaucoup)
- - Colonels and generals
- - Phonetic spelling used to discribe a "buddy fucker" or someone who does things to screw over fellow soldiers.
- - Drill sergeant
- - Drill sergeant's hat
- - Sergeant (E5)
- - Someone who does things that either intentionally or unintentionally get other soldiers harmed in some way.
- - a hasty retreat
- - Bunkbed
- - the insignia for a Second Lieutenant; from the appearance of the individual yellow bars on each shoulder or lapel.
- - artillerymen
- - (what cannons eat), infantry
- - a paper-pusher with jump wings
- - unofficial form of address for any Warrant Officer (WO1 to CW5)
- - food, or "breakfast/lunch/dinner". Example: "Is it time for chow yet?"
- - the dress uniform (jacket and tie) sometimes worn in office-type work, always when wearing a uniform on leave.
- - an unorganized group of soldiers
- - Taking a shit.
- - term used to refer to someone's mouth. "Shut your cock holster."
- - Corporals (Specialist and Corporal are both E-4's but Corporals are NCOs, Specialists are just enlisted.)
- - Used in leau of a soldiers name to get their attention. i.e. "Hey Combat, get over here."
- - mess sergeant
- - ambulance mounted on a pick-up truck frame
- - garrison cap, due to its shape
- - Snipe Hunt for new soldiers. New soldiers are told to get a DA Form ID-10T from an NCO. Invariably, the soldier says he/she doesn't know what that is, and is told to just write it down, and show an NCO. The new soldier usually doesn't realize he has written "IDIOT" and procedes to show it to an NCO and asks where he can find one.
- - an operator's manual for any piece of military equipment, vehicle or aircraft
- - common utility truck (2-1/2 ton truck—from "deuce-and-a-half") Same as "six-by"
- - term for your hand
- - the new ACU and MARPAT digitial camouflage uniforms, which consists of a pattern of pixelated squares
- - any medical professional from doctor to medic
- - any active combat zone
- '''Drill - Drill sergeant
- - Generic term for anyone who is not a ''warrant officer'' or ''commissioned'' officer.
- - see ''' Hillbilly Armor '''
- - sleeping bag
- - archaic term for the work/combat uniform
- - the shirt of the fatigue uniform. The outer jacket is called a '''Field Jacket'''.
- - the ranks of major, lt. colonel, and colonel
- - a Captain, so named because the insignia of grade consists of two parallel silver bars
- - First Sergeant
- - A vest first introduced in WWII for bomber crews, designed to protect the torso against shrapnel.
- - a soldier who rarely leaves the perimeter of his fire base (fire base hobbit)
- - the push-up position
- - The complete set of combat gear.
- - Specialist (after Full Bird Colonel)
- - This is usually used sarcastically to discribe someone who trys to be a hero. This is because rifle ranges are often named after soldiers who get killed in combat or Medal of Honor winners. Can be used like this- "Don't you go trying to get a range named after you."
- - after hours barracks cleaning detail
- - a straight line on fatigues formed by the fatigue jacket (actually a shirt), the belt buckle, and the fly of the fatigue pants
- - someone who habitually avoids work details
- - A commander's favorite subordinates or subordinate unit
- - Clique that "runs" a unite. Always kiss up for promotions and schools.
- - the camouflaged, hooded outer jacket which has largely replaced the traditional field jacket, so named because of the material used in construction
- - pay grade of a soldier, currently E1-E9 for ''enlisted soldiers'', W1-W5 for ''warrant officers'', O1-O10 for ''officers''. Each grade may translate to several ''ranks''; i.e., Grade E4 may be a ''corporal'' (command position) or ''specialist'' (non-command).
- - Green Beret
- - see Grunt
- - an infantryman. Historically associated with the sound a Soldier makes when shouldering his field pack. Grunts takes immense pride in the nickname. To non-infantrymen grunts are often referred to as "Crunchies," "Nugs," or "Ground pounders." The last three are never used self-referentially by grunts.
- - food vendor on wheels, esp. in training areas
- - a squared-away and highly motivated soldier. Often used sarcastically when a Soldier is motivated but doesn't really know what he's doing. As in "Slow down High Speed." Often used in conjunction with "Low Drag," essentially meaning the same thing.
- - aka '''Farmer armor'''. Improvised vehicle armor.
- - Discribes the hurry to get ready and the early wake up times that lead to sitting around for hours with nothing to do. Many times the waiting is caused by "the word" not coming down from command. SEE ALSO: The Word
- - kilometers; .6214 mi each
- - Flip flops. See also Shower Shoes
- - individual who steals a soldier's wife or girlfriend while he is deployed
- - (1) the act of improperly wearing a helmet with the chinstrap unfastened, (2) a can opener, (3) Someone who trys to be a hero. (4)Shooting a rifle from an the hip/ (5)toilet paper from the MRE because it is "rough, tough, and takes no shit off anyone's ass."
- - Chocolate and toffee candybar found in C-Rations/MREs
- - Combat boots with a "toe" and no treads, worn in Airborne units instead of "low quarters" with Class-A uniforms
- - the ground troops ballistic helmet, so named because it is made of Kevlar material
- - An area that can be fired upon, but commonly used to discribe an area that lower enlisted troops are not supposed to be. i.e. on a floor that is highly waxed and not supposed to be walked on.
- - derogatory term used in Airborne units meaning a person or a military unit that is not qualified for parachute operations. The "sanctioned" term is NAP (Non-Airborne Personnel)
- - Career military person.
- - A Lieutenant Colonel; see '''Bird Colonel''' above.
- - the Browning .50 caliber machinegun, a staple of U.S. forces since WWII. Comes from the weapon's actual designation, the "M2."
- - meal
- - dining facility
- - Inflatable black rubber boots used for very extreme cold weather mostly in Ft. Carson, in Germany, and in Korea.
- - Raw skin on the butt or inner thighs caused by long runs or road marches.
- - E-2 rank insignia (one stripe)
- - military policemen
- - perjorative term for artillerymen; derived from the fact that artillerymen would sometimes have to hang from the howitzer barrel as a counterweight so the gun could be turned. Usually used by infantrymen.
- - Administrative centre of the unit, controlled by the Chief Clerk, First Sergeant/CO's offices are normally close by
- - urinal
- - Sergeant First Class who is the lead NCO in a platoon
- - pronounced with a long "o". Derogatory term - A soldier who spends all his time back at camp and never on maneuvers. Alternately, any non-combat arms soldier, and to infantryman, any one who isn't infantry. Variation: POG - Permanently On the Ground, used esp. by aviation personnel for those who do not fly. The term POG also is used as People Other than Grunts by the infantry to discribe anyone who is not an infantryman.
- - snack food, someone frequently singled out for unwanted attention
- - Private or Specialist who tries to act with authority they do not have
- - Cheat with another soldier's wife or girlfriend
- - (a) military family housing, or (b) doctor's direction to stay home from work, i.e. "he went to sick call and got quarters."
- - named title of soldier with a particular ''grade'' and responsibility, such as ''Private'', ''Specialist'', ''Staff Sergeant'', ''Captain'', etc. See also ''grade''.
- - Bed
- - To go to sleep.
- - to reenlist (officers don't reenlist, they do the opposite, they resign)
- - return to civilian life; or: return to USA from overseas
- - new soldier in training; esp. basic training. Once the description of the lowest rank, which is now simply Private.
- - A Drill Sergeant or his/her hat.
- - Ribbons and medals. Named for the color differences just like a salad.
- or '''Box''' - training area
- - the First Sergeant's wife
- - a non-clerk serving unofficially as a company clerk
- - goofing off, feigning illness
- - To goof off. i.e. "We are going to sham out for awhile."
- - Specialist rank insignia
- - toilet
- - used very commonly to discribe a slacker or a Buddy Fucker.
- - Older referance to a Lt. Colonel, especially when causally discussing Unit Organization.
- - soon to be released from service; usually 90 days or less (ie a 'two-digit midget')
- - a Soldier who has just come to the forward unit from boot camp. Essentially the modern equivalent of "FNG/Fucking New Guy"
- - jumping jacks
- - an establishment filled with the wives and girlfriends of deployed soldiers.
- - Sergeant Major
- - When something is messed up or not to standard. Ex: "This formation looks like a soup sandwich
- - radio operator
- - Group of Specialist who use unorthodox methods to help NCO's square away soldiers that are deficient in their duties.
- - When something is very unclean or unorganized
- - Burining feces in a burnout latrine
- - Combat boots that close with straps and a buckle instead of laces
- - Used to discribe commands from higher, usually in a durogatory way. It is joked about being the one thing all soldiers (E-1 to E-4) look for on a daily basis but never actually find. Common usage: "I am waiting on the word." SEE ALSO - Hurry Up and Wait.
- - First Sergeant
- - First Sergeant
- - Used in lieu of "Soldier" when referring to Airborne Soldiers or Cavalrymen
- - hotdog (or penis)
- - To strike someone's kevlar helmet with yours
- - New recruit; still in training
- - A recruit in basic training who has not qualified with their weapon yet. This refers to troops being able to put on the camo cover for their helmets after they qualify and the turtle-shell like appearance of the helmet without the cover.
- - to quickly leave the immediate area
- - To fix something or someone.
- - white phosphorous, used to generate smoke in smoke grenades and cannon shells
- - the description for strong body odor, specifically after P.T. or a field exercise. Ex: "It smells like wolf pussy in here."
- - A poncho liner often used as a blanket.
- - (Original meaning: chicken) a soldier without direction or motiviation
- - Pilot, ground support, usually A-10
- - i.e. "Giving or receiving the good news", the art of beating or getting beaten sensless.
- - a portable (chemical) toilet
- - physically in a combat zone, it is also used to describe an imaginary place all soldiers are headed to but never actually reach
- - a soldier who doesn't leave the Forward Operating Base (var. of "Hobbit")
- - soldier's dwelling in-country, from hut to barracks (originated in Vietnam)
- - an Iraqi (Literally means a Muslim that has gone on the Haj but US Soldiers use it for all Iraqis in general)
- - physically in a combat zone, see also "Down Range"
- - Term used by troops during the Balkan missions to discribe locals. It comes from the locals teeth decay, which was explained by saying that they ate rocks making their teeth fall out.
- - Iraq, particularly the southern part
- - theives that sneak into bivouac sites, mainly in Korea
- - a cook or someone who serves food as their job
- - Fort Benning Trainees call it this because of the long wait to begin infantry school
- - Fort Drum in the 1990's, due to the high level of alcohol related incidents
- - Fort Knox
- - Fort Leonard Wood , due to its remote location
- - Fort Polk , due to name or location
- - Fort Sill
- - Fort Eustis
- - 101st Airborne Division , from "Screaming Eagles" motto
- - 101st Airborne Division, from "Screaming Eagles" motto
- - 82nd Airborne Division . Light infantry units typically used this, because previous to the army switching to berets, this was the only division-sized unit that wore berets. Infantrymen thought it insulting that even admin clerks in the 82nd wore berets.
- - 1st COSCOM units, due to the unit patch, an arrow pointing to the 10 o'clock position {Link without Title}
- - National Guard soldiers
- - Fort Jackson
- - 36th Infantry Division Comes from the "T" on thier shoulder patches
- - The Big Red One or First infantry Division.
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