Nicknames for Army posts and units - Fort Drunk - Fort Drum in the 1990's, due to the high level of alcohol related incidents
- Fort Knocks - Fort Knox
- Fort Lost in the Woods - Fort Leonard Wood, due to its remote location
- Fort Puke, Fort Poke, Camp Swampy - Fort Polk, due to name or location
- Fort Silly - Fort Sill
- Fort Useless - Fort Eustis
- Puking Buzzards - 101st Airborne Division, from "Screaming Eagles" motto
- Choking Chickens - 101st Airborne Division, from "Screaming Eagles" motto
- Great Beret Give-Away - 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.
- Leaning Shithouse - 1st COSCOM units, due to the unit patch, an arrow pointing to the 10 o'clock position [1]
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