What does "G.I." stand for? What about "U.S.O."? and "R.O.T.C." and "A.R.M.Y" doesn't "N.A.V.Y." stand for something too?? If you know anymore.... let me know that they are and what they stand for.....
2006-12-27 16:07:52 · 15 answers · asked by ♥femme fatale♥ 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
G.I. = Government Issue
ROTC=Reserve Officers Training Corps
ARMY=Origin: 1350–1400; A Derivitive of the Latin word Armada. Army is not an acronym.
NAVY=Is middle english from the Latin word navigia, plural of navigium, which means literally "ship", and from the Latin word navigare, which literally means "to sail". It is also a shorter version of the word navigate. Navy is not an acronym.
USO=United Service Organizations
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2006-12-27 16:09:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Army and Navy are WORDS, they don't stand for anything... though many things have been made up using those letters, none of the ones I know can mentioned here.
G.I = General Issue. When you are in the Army you are "ISSUED" things that you need, like a uniform, your weapons, gas mask, mess kit (that's your knife, fork, spoon, bowl, cup, etc) and your towels, sleeping bag, boots, etc.
Things that are issued generally, (i.e. everybody gets one) are listed as "General Issue Items". Your inventory slip would say "Socks, green, woolen, G.I."
Since soldiers often feel that they are "items" during WW2 they started calling themselves "G.I." as in "Conarty, Michael, Private First Class, G.I."
ROTC is the "Reserve Officer's Training Corps." It is a program you take in college. Some of the ROTC cadets get free tution and books. If you complete the program you become an Officer in the Army Reserve. It trains Officers for the Reserves, so it is called Reserve Officer Training Corps.
(The Reserves are like the National Guard. They have regular jobs most of the time but can get called up to fight if there is a war. Lots of Reserve soliders are in Iraq and Afganistan right now. The difference is that the National Guard troops belong to the State Govenor, and the Army Reserve can only be called up by the President. This is why the National Guard does a lot of emergency and disaster work.)
USO is United Service Organization. It is NOT part of the military. It is a volunteer group that helps solders, primarily by doing nice things for them. One of the things they do is have a lounge or help desk at the airport for soldiers and sailors. Another is they arrange for entertainers to take tours through the war zones where they give special shows for the troops. Bob Hope became famious for doing USO shows during the 40s, and kept doing them till the 90s. Al Franken (the liberal commedian who used to work on Saturday Night Live) is a BIG USO performer, believe it or not.
2006-12-27 16:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by Larry R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GI or G.I. is a term describing a US soldier or an item of their equipment. The term is often thought to be an initialism of "Government Issue" but the origin of the term is in fact "Galvanized Iron" after the letters "GI" that were stamped on US Army metal trash cans made from it. It was later assumed that GI stood for Government Issue and the term was applied to other equipment and the soldiers themselves. Alternative interpretations include General Issue, General Infantry, Ground Infantry, General Invasion, and Government Inductee.
The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is a private, nonprofit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military
R.O.T.C is Reserve Officers' Training Corps in the US.
"Army" comes from Latin 'armata' ("act of arming").
I have no idea wat N.A.V.Y rele has to expand to....
but i guess like ARMY, NAVY has no Expansion.......
2006-12-27 16:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by Turrey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
G.I.= Government Issue
R.O.T.C.= Reserve Officer's Training Corp
U.S.O.= United Service Organization
Army= A Really Messy Year
Navy= Never Again Volunteer Yourself
Marines= way too many and I don't wanna piss them off either
Air Force= hmmmmmm, don't have one
2006-12-27 16:21:29 · answer #4 · answered by Seattle SeaBee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
G I is a slang term that took place durring the draft. It stands for general issue. There were so many sodiers being drafted in that they sarted to call them G.I.'s when one went down there was another there to repace it. ROTC- Is Reserve Officer Training Corps. So far as USO hopefully someone else knows. i don't have that one.
2006-12-27 16:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by Rob N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GI- Gov't Issue, USO-United Service Organizations, ROTC-Reserve Officers Training Corps. Army and Navy, are just a branch of service. Any other ???, email me at nixiemailman@yahoo.com. Nixie from the Burg.
2006-12-27 16:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by nixiemailman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GI General infantry
USO United Service Organizations
ROTC Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
Don't know about navy or army...
2006-12-27 16:10:53 · answer #7 · answered by Gottlos 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm in ROTC it stands for Reserve Officer Training Corps
2006-12-27 16:10:11 · answer #8 · answered by Jessica R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
G.I. stands for government issue Army is just army
2006-12-27 16:13:15 · answer #9 · answered by olampyone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well people joke around and say ARMY means
Arent Real Marines Yet. and with the NAVY
Not Army Verified Yet. Its a joke among the branches...
and you know the rest cause every one else answered it for you.
2006-12-27 22:19:42 · answer #10 · answered by lizzy_one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋