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11 body bag, 11 bullet catcher, 11 bang bang - pejorative term for MOS 11B, Infantry rifleman. Usually used by 11C's (mortarmen)
4th point of contact - 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
... and a Wake-up - 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")
Ate up - something that's messed up or not up to the standard.
Battle Rattle - Full combat gear.
Bennie - benefit, a good surprise
Bird Colonel - 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."
Blast - 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.
Black Hat - airborne instructor
Blanket party - 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.
Blue Falcon - someone that screws others over for their own comfort or convenience. A more acceptable way of calling someone a "buddy fucker"
Bo-Koo - a lot (from French beaucoup)
Brass - Colonels and generals
Brown Hat - Drill sergeant
Brown Round - Drill sergeant's hat
Buck Sergeant - Sergeant (E5)
Bugout - a hasty retreat
Bunk - Bunkbed
Butter Bar - the insignia for a Second Lieutenant; from the appearance of the individual yellow bars on each shoulder or lapel.
Cannon cocker - artillerymen
Cannon fodder - (what cannons eat), infantry
Chief - unofficial form of address for any Warrant Officer (WO1 to CW5)
Chow - food, or "breakfast/lunch/dinner". Example: "Is it time for chow yet?"
Class A uniform - the dress uniform (jacket and tie) sometimes worn in office-type work, always when wearing a uniform on leave.
Class 1 Download - Taking a shit.
Cock Holster - term used to refer to someone's mouth. "Shut your cock holster."
Cookie - mess sergeant
Cracker box - ambulance mounted on a pick-up truck frame
Cunt cap - garrison cap, due to its shape
DA Form ID-10T - 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.
Dash Ten - an operator's manual for any piece of military equipment, vehicle or aircraft
Deuce - common utility truck (2-1/2 ton truck—from "deuce-and-a-half") Same as "six-by"
Dickskinner - term for your hand
Digitals - the new ACU and MARPAT digitial camouflage uniforms, which consists of a pattern of pixelated squares
Doc - any medical professional from Doctor to medic
Drill - Drill sergeant
Enlisted personnel [man] [woman] - Generic term for anyone who is not a warrant officer or commissioned officer.
Farmer armor - see Hillbilly armor
Fatigues - archaic term for the work/combat uniform
Fatigue Jacket - the shirt of the fatigue uniform. The outer jacket is called a Field Jacket.
Field-grade (officer) - the ranks of major, lt. colonel, and colonel
First Lieutenant, Second Award - a Captain, so named because the insignia of grade consists of two parallel silver bars
First Shirt - First Sergeant
Flak Jacket - A vest first introduced in WWII for bomber crews, designed to protect the torso against shrapnel.
Front-Leaning Rest - the push-up position
GI - Government Issue; originally used for government supplied equipment, often used by Soldiers to refer to themselves.
GI Party - after hours barracks cleaning detail
Gig line - a straight line on fatigues formed by the fatigue jacket (actually a shirt), the belt buckle, and the fly of the fatigue pants
Gold Brick - someone who habitually avoids work details
Gore-Tex - the camouflaged, hooded outer jacket which has largely replaced the traditional field jacket, so named because of the material used in construction
Grade - pay grade of a soldier, currently E1-E9 for enlisted personnel, W1-W4 for warrant officers, O1-O10 for commissioned officers. Each grade may translate to several ranks; i.e., Grade E4 may be a corporal (command position) or specialist (non-command).
Greenie Beanie - Green Beret
Ground pounder - see Grunt
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.
Gut Truck - food vendor on wheels, esp. in training areas
High Speed - 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.
Hillbilly armor - aka Farmer armor. Improvised vehicle armor.
Klicks - kilometers; .6214 mi each
John Wayne - (1) the act of improperly wearing a helmet with the chinstrap unfastened, (2) a can opener
John Wayne Bar - Chocolate and toffee candybar found in C-Rations/MREs
Jump boots - Combat boots with a "toe" and no treads, worn in Airborne units instead of "low quarters" with Class-A uniforms
KEVLAR - the ground troops ballistic helmet, so named because it is made of Kevlar material
Leg - 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)
Lifer - Career military person.
Light Colonel - A Lieutenant Colonel; see Bird Colonel above.
Ma Deuce - the Browning .50 caliber machinegun, a staple of U.S. forces since WWII. Comes from the weapon's actual designation, the "M2."
Mess - meal
Mess hall - dining facility
Mosquito Wings - E-2 rank insignia (one stripe)

Mud Puppy - military policemen
Muzzle Monkeys - 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.
Orderly Room - Administrative centre of the unit, controlled by the Chief Clerk, First Sergeant/CO's offices are normally close by
Platoon Daddy - Sergeant First Class with a platoon
Poge - 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
Pogey Bait - snack food
Quarters - (a) military family housing, or (b) doctor's direction to stay home from work, i.e. "he went to sick call and got quarters."
Rank - named title of soldier with a particular grade and responsibility, such as Private, Specialist, Staff Sergeant, Captain, etc. See also grade.
Rack - Bed
Re-up - to reenlist (officers don't reenlist, they do the opposite, they resign)
Real World - return to civilian life; or: return to USA from overseas
Recruit - new soldier in training; esp. basic training. Once the description of the lowest rank, which is now simply Private.
Sandbox or Box - training area
Sergeant Major - the First Sergeant's wife
Shadow Clerk - a non-clerk serving unofficially as a company clerk
Shamming - goofing off, feigning illness
Sham Shield - Specialist rank insignia
Shitter - toilet
Short Colonel - Older referance to a Lt. Colonel, especially when causally discussing Unit Organization.
Short - soon to be released from service; usually 90 days or less (ie a 'two-digit midget')
Shower shoe - a Soldier who has just come to the forward unit from boot camp. Essentially the modern equivalent of "FNG/Fucking New Guy"
Side-Straddle Hop - jumping jacks
Smaj - Sergeant Major
SOS - Shit On a Shingle. Creamed chipped beef on toast/biscuit; a breakfast staple
Soup Sandwich - When something is messed up or not to standard. Ex: "This formation looks like a soup sandwich
Sparky - radio operator
Stir-fried Shit - When something is very unclean or unorganized
Tanker Boots - Combat boots that close with straps and a buckle instead of laces
The Word - Used to describe 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 - Down Range
Top - First Sergeant
Top Kick - First Sergeant
Trooper(s) - Used in lieu of "Soldier" when referring to Airborne Soldiers or Cavalrymen
Tube Steak - hotdog (or penis)
Turtle-head - New recruit; still in training
Un-ass the AO - to quickly leave the immediate area
Willie Pete - white phosphorous, used to generate smoke in smoke grenades and cannon shells
Wolf Pussy - the description for strong body odor, specifically after P.T. or a field exercise. Ex: "It smells like wolf pussy in here."
Yard Bird - (Original meaning: chicken) a soldier without direction or motiviation
Zoomie - Pilot, ground support, usually A-10

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