such as, "if it flies it dies" etc..
2006-09-16 12:18:21 · 19 answers · asked by andyfox1979 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Kill your pants....German Navy saying WW2
Aluminium Overcast....An army saying in WW2 when reffering to planes overhead.
When British come,Germans Hide.When Germans come,British hide,When Americans come,everybody hide! Normandy beaches saying.
Sheet Metal Necktie...German slang for the Iron Cross worn at throat.
Cauliflower,knives and forks...The Oak Leaves and the crossed swords decoration worn over the Iron Cross
Wooden Overcoat..Coffin.German slang
Fruit Salad...Campaign ribbons worn on chest
Scrambled egg...The braiding on an officers hat...Some medals from WW2 also had this slang name
Balls to the wall...Not as rude as you might think.It refers to the round knobs on top of throttle controls.Full power meant pushing them froward all the way to the "wall"
I had "if in doubt,wipe it out "painted on my bike helmet
2006-09-16 12:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Semper Fidelis (Always faithful)- USMC
Der Oppresso Liber (Liberate the oppressed)- US Special Forces
Odrint Du'um Metuant (Let them hate me so long as they fear me)- Royal Navy
Legio Nostra Patri (The Legion is my country) - French Foreign Legion
"Nuts" - Uttered by American commander in beseiged Bastogne in response from German commander to surrender during Battle of the Bulge.
"We're not retreating, we're merely attacking in the opposite direction" - Korean war
"It was a close run thing" - Duke of Wellington after his victory at Waterloo
2006-09-17 05:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puttin Warheads on Foreheads!
2006-09-17 01:28:29 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember the Alamo
2006-09-16 19:45:36 · answer #4 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Good to go" has a military origin.
So does "the whole nine yards". Machine gun bullets came in bands which were nine yards long. So to go the whole nine yards meant to fire all the bullets in the belt.
Snafu is another popular one - "Situation normal - all fouled up" (or your favorite f- word.)
2006-09-16 19:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by Jim H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hooah - US Army for - anything but NO.
Oorah - Marine for "kill" but is actually Hoorah, which is the Navy form of the Army's Hooah.
If it hurts, it works. - Any branch when marching with Garands or 1903s.
2006-09-16 21:29:36 · answer #6 · answered by ansem7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"High speed, low drag" if you're doing well, "Low speed, high drag" if you're doing not so well. My hubby teases me all the time and calls me High Speed when I say or do something stupid, and even when I've done something even he didn't think of and I "surpass his 'high' level of thinking"!
LPC's - Leather Personel Carrier- Your combat boots, as in "you could always use the LPC's istead of a cab!"
2006-09-20 19:13:08 · answer #7 · answered by afafae25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One shot one kill!---Marine corps snipers.
fallow me----Army rangers.
Enemy to the front, enemy to the rear, enemy to the left and to the right. S@#t we got em rite where we want em--Unknown marine corps officer, Korea
If it aint raining we aint training--USMC camp lejune.
Death from above--Army airborne.
USMC--Uncle Sams Missguided Children.
Kill em all let god sort em out.--unknown Viet Nam.
2006-09-17 15:47:24 · answer #8 · answered by scotty w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its not broke, fix it
RTFM: Read the f^*$#%^ manual
every day is better than the next (sums up Iraq)
its groundhogs day again. its groundhogs day again.
with out POL (petroleum, oil and lubricants), pilots are pedestrians
2006-09-17 15:02:21 · answer #9 · answered by dan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Militarys #1 Motto Is ... " HURRY UP AND WAIT "
2006-09-17 18:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by Army♥Wife 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋