In the Army, when you pick up trash, it's called a police call. I figured I'd catch on to it eventually, but now that I've been in for two years, I still have absolutely no idea why they call it that. It seems like a police call would be when you call the police. Does anyone have any idea where this term came from?
2007-09-05 17:05:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Police is an older term from WWI to pickup or make ready (think about Prohibition and making things right at a speak-easy when they were about to make a raid).
Oh by the way Manda - TMP menas Transportation Motor Pool.
2007-09-06 00:57:03 · answer #1 · answered by andrew.runde@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well seeing that you've been in for 2 years, you should know that the army makes so damn sense what so ever... haha. But which brings me to a question, do you know what TMP stands for? Cause everyone I've asked has no idea. Haha. "hooah"... or the same with that word...
2007-09-06 03:35:47 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Mommy Cakes♥ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Police also means the regulation of sanitation according to my dictionary. It's a play on words like sanitation engineer.
2007-09-06 04:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You arguuueinnn with me, questionnening me?
If it don't grow there it don't go there!!!!!
Get moving or I will burn yur young merican azz and yur pokkettss will not be ah jangling no mo!!!
Wish I could remember the guys name, he could be very funny in a mean kinda way. Was our Plt. Sgt. in AIT.
SSG US Army 73-82
2007-09-06 00:38:17 · answer #4 · answered by Stand-up philosopher. It's good to be the King 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Theres war in the streets and war in the Middle east!!
Instead of war on poverty, they got war on drugs so the police can bother me! - Tupac
Self explanatory
2007-09-06 01:08:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
you are policing(looking) for trash or whatever.
2007-09-06 00:09:50 · answer #6 · answered by AmericanPatriot 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In basic we called it elbows and a@@holes!
2007-09-06 00:12:08 · answer #7 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋