Water Buffalo - A large water tank on wheels. Military mess workers abbr. Egg, fruit, and a small bag of potato chips; often. Irish pennant or IP — loose thread, string, or strap on a uniform or equipment that detracts from a perfect appearance. Smedly - An enlisted man who caters to officers and staff nco's in the mess hall. Garrison — in addition to the traditional meaning, an adjective referring to not being deployed or deployable, such as buildings at a unit's home base.
L. - ladder well — stairway or ladder connecting different decks of a ship, so named because naval stairs tend to be so steep as to almost be vertical. 4th Class deficiency report. TRAM — Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose.
Squadbay — living quarters with open rooms and shared head, as opposed to the more common barracks that offer individual rooms. Shake and bake: First used during the Vietnam War and revived in Iraq to refer to attacks using a combination of conventional bombs, cluster bombs (CBU) and napalm. Fuel tankers and trucks that could carry 20- and 40-foot containers were available. Electrical Engineering. CS — tear gas or 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile, a white solid powder commonly used for NBC training. Devil dogging — correcting another Marine's minor deficiency, often in public with implied humiliation. Mess hall duty army lingo definition. NJP — NonJudicial Punishment, a legal proceeding much like a court-martial of much smaller scope. General Wallace M. Greene Jr., 23rd Commandant of the Marine Corps (1964-1967), forbade the practice of suffixing the unnecessary word "hours" after each indication of time of day ("1330" or "thirteen-thirty" instead of "1330 hours"); the practice of saying "oh" instead of "zero" for hours before 1000 has diminished as well. Muj (pronounced: Mooj): Short for Mujahideen. SALUTE — mnemonic device for a situation report, denotes: Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, and Equipment. Sea story — story, tale, or yarn calculated to impress others, often contains exaggeration or even outright lies. MOTS - Marine Operational Training Squadrons. In Iraq, a sailor playing a part that is not a normal Navy role.
Military lexicon is no exception. Under canvas — living under temporary sheltering, such as a tent. 782 Gear - Also "Deuce" gear; includes pack, canteen, poncho, ammo pouch, etc. Mess hall duty army lingo watch. MTO — Motor Transport Officer, the Marine in charge of maintenance and operation of a unit's trucks. Swab — mop; also pejorative for sailor, so named because sailors of wooden ships had to swab the decks to keep them from warping. Bag Nasty - bag lunch handed out at the chow hall. Homeslice — person, often a sarcastic overture to civilians from a drill instructor; from the terms homie and homeboy. OPTEMPO — OPerational TEMPO, or the pace of operations and activities for a given unit. CLP — a teflon-based cleaning and lubricating fluid used for maintaining small arms, stands for "Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative".
Fire watch — sentry on duty specifically guarding a person, place, object, or area in a non-combat area (such as a barracks); considered under arms but usually unarmed. Head — bathroom or latrine, a nautical term from the days of sailing ships when the designated place to defecate and urinate was forward, at the bow or "head" of the ship. UA - Unauthorized absence. Cowboy - A cadet taking equitation (Archaic). Military Jargon from Iraq and Afghanistan. VMF(N) - Marine Night Fighter Squadrons. High-speed — new, interesting, or cool; often used to sarcastically denote that the subject looks good, but performance is dubious. Fart sack — sleeping bag; linen a mattress is inserted into. Green Zone: Heavily guarded area with several former Presidential Palaces in central Baghdad where U. S., coalition and Iraqi authorities live and work. Red on red: Enemy-on-enemy fire.
"It's better to give than receive". VMU - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron. Pinning — promotion by pinning the new rank insignia onto the MCCUU collar; also a form of hazing by striking the pins into the wearer's chest. Request mast — appealing to increasingly higher links in the chain of command in order to seek satisfaction for a grievance the requester feels was not adequately handled at a lower level; DoN orders permit any Marine to request mast up to the individual's commanding general without repercussions. Unfulfilled duty crossword clue. Swaggar stick — antiquated symbol of authority long out of style. It is inappropriate to abbreviate an enlisted Marine's rank (Staff Sergeant or above) as "Sergeant, " nor can the nickname "sarge" be used.
Fire watch medal — pejorative for National Defense Service Medal, so named because even recruits rate it despite firewatch being thier most important duty. Liberty — authorized free time ashore or off station, not counted as leave, known in the Army as a "pass". Stick out your chest, i. e., "Good Job". MWCS - Marine Wing Communications Squadron.
Coolments - "Cool" veneer. Seabag or sea bag — duffel. VMMT - Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron. See also beer-thirty. Heavy hat — junior drill instructor who performs more discipline and punishment tasks than his peers.