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18 terms only soldiers will understand

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Soldier lingo has a tendency to reference things that only exist in the Army. Here are some terms outsiders probably don’t know.

1. Private News Network: The rumor mill or soldier gossip.

9 military terms that will make you sound crazy around civilians

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The military has its own language of insider phrases and slang terms, and if you use these unique phrases when you are out, civilians around you are probably not going to know what you are talking about.

It can be challenging to transiti…

19 terms only sailors will understand

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All sailors, from the “old salts” to the newly initiated are familiar with the following terms:

Chit: A chit in the Navy refers to any piece of paper from a form to a pass and even currency. According to the Navy history…

23 terms only fighter pilots understand

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If you’ve ever hung out with military aviators (or watched movies like “Top Gun” or “Iron Eagle”) you know they tend to use a lot of strange lingo when they talk, even when they’re out of the cockpit. Trying to hold a conversation with them ca…

23 ridiculously long military acronyms (and what they mean)

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The military is notorious for using acronyms and abbreviations, and here are 23 of them that approach YGTBSM status:

10 silly terms you’ll only hear on submarines

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Submarines are a little world of their own. With little more than 100 people aboard and submerged, running silent for months at a time, the crews of these nuclear powered undersea monsters begin to develop an entirely new culture of their own. Even …

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