Military Sayings

[VuDuLou]

...your shit is flakey...

[RedFalcon]

Has anyone said "seen the elephant." yet?

Yeah. Some guy just after Gettysburg.

[JP43]

Infront of platoon formation, "Whats that noise I hear coming from them boots", Kiwi,kiwi

[dixierat]

"You wouldn't know your ass from an asimuth marker"

"I got more time under canopy than you got in the Army"

"Rangers eat their dead"

[Mortarman11c]

I have told my wife and kids to ruck up. She uses it as well.

I have also told my 5 and 7 year olds to Pop smoke, blow the claymores so we could bound outta here.......is that wrong?

My favorite that has already been said is "Irregardless". My favorite non-word. It's a running joke between the HH6 and I to insert it into as many conversations as we can.

"No honey, irregardless of what you think, you ain't getting none tonight!"

I also like Normanclature...as in "What is da normanclature of this here pistol private?"

Pacifically, another great non word. "Pacifically private what is the normanclature of this here pistol?"

Mens: as in "Mens, all ya'll are more fucked up that a brother screwing his sister....."

[101pfdr]

..KEEP Your Pecker Hard And Your Power Dry.

[bg]

I haven't seen "didi mau" or "andiamo". Both mean "bug out" in Vietnamese and Italian respectively.

And of course the suffix: "with a quickness" or "quick-fast in a hurry" tacked on to the end of any instructions.

"Hey John Wayne, strap that helmet!"
"Hey Luigi, fix that fuckin beret!"
"Ate up" and the extreme version "Ate slam the fuck up".

From 1SG Laye, HHC: "I cut hair for free. I offer two styles: short and long. As short as I can get it, as long as it takes me."

"Y'all look like a fuckin Christmas tree!" Referring to excessive use of chemlights during a night op.

"Are you trying to grow fuckin potatoes up here?" Referring to dust collecting on top of the locker/bunk/anywhere.

Some of these were already mentioned:
Chemlight batteries
Box of grid squares
Bucket of prop wash
Riser grease
Feed the gamma goats
BA-1100-Ns (balloons)

[Altimeter]

ID 10-T forms.
Ate up from the floor up.
Rigger! (I heard that A LOT!)
Brass tape.
Keys to the Basement.
Anything to fuck with a cherry.
I also had an E-6 that said Roids instead of Roads.WTF?

[Darksaga]

You Specialists need to be grabbed by the ankles and swung into a goddamn fire hydrant. Now unfuck yourselves before I do it for you.

- Me

[Altimeter]

Fuck you, er, sir!

[101pfdr]

Hey Private, go get me the keys to the drop zone.

See the SDNCO and feed the gamma goats.
Does your mother no your in the Army.......... Sir.

[Altimeter]

Beat your face!

[pgpd2134]

How 'bout these:

1. "Son, if you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between shit and syphyllis in the dictionary"

2. "Rule of the Six Ps: Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance"

[Buddah]

Darker than a bag full of assholes

You look like you were hit with a can of fuck

Uglier than a pail full of smashed assholes

[Mark7667]

I recently heard the 5 Principals Of Patroling described as such one time:

"Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge"