What's a pogue?

Question

You might be a Pouge if...
Flares scare you.
You're awarded the CAB after hitting a camel with your HUMVEE.
When you think of Dust Off, you think of canned air for your computer.
You complain about 90 degree heat.
You're a stanch advocate of the 'Ground-Guide for Forward Movement in a Vehicle' policy.
You feel there are insufficient showers & latrines in your living area.
You received more awards in theater than you fired rounds in theater.
You consider Kuwait 'The Combat Zone'

The above and below were taken from Sgt Scorpion's website.


Sgt Scorpion on Pouges

We've had a lot of people email asking what Pouges are. Pouges, (also known as REMFs or Fobbits) are soldiers who never leave the safety of the camp or "leave the wire" as we call it. Now, just because a soldier doesn't leave the wire doesn't make them a Pouge, we have many troops supporting us back here and we couldn't do our mission without them. Also, one does not choose his or her duty station, the Army does. What makes them a Pouge is when they try to act like this is a normal Active Duty base back in the States, and follow all the Army rules, not taking into consideration that we're out in the combat zone and in arduous conditions. Pouges are the ones who get on us about our uniforms after being out in the sand for a week, or load us down with paperwork, or make us do nonsensical safety training that doesn't even apply to the mission.

They are most often Officers, but there are a lot of Pouge 1SGTs and Sergeant Majors as well. They are VERY thick down in Kuwait, which is the main reason we hate going down there. Pouges are the ones that kicked us out of the chow hall down there last week because we were too dirty. Another fine example of Pougery is one time we were down in Kuwait and had a day lay over. We'd been on the road up in Iraq for a week prior. One of my soldiers found a laundry facility and was washing his clothes when a Pouge Major caught him and started bitching at him, saying it was only for Permanent Party and that he should send his laundry through the Hajjis, which takes three days. My guy explained to him that we were only there over night, and that we'd been out a week and he was out of clean clothes…but the Major didn't care. I wish I would have been there.
We despise Pouges, they have no idea of where they truly are and what we go through outside the gates.

Answer 1

LOL...that was to funny...hubby is infantry and he makes some of the same comments...thanks for the laugh

CDAT~computerized dumb a** tankers

Answer 2

POAG: People Other Than A Grunt (Grunt= Infantryman)

other good ones:

REMF: Re Echelon MotherF**ker

Crunchie: What Tankers call Infantrymen

DAT: Dumb *** Tanker

a new one I heard, but not sure what it stands for: Fobbit...

Slick Sleeve: Someone who has not been to Combat (Due to the fact if you are in Combat you wear a Unit Patch on your right sleeve, if not you do not have one)

EDIT: What you have there is what a guy considers a POAG...when I was a Combat Medic in an Infantry Unit...a POAG is anyone not Infantry...(An Infantry Medic is not a POAG, because like our CSM use to say "A Medic is just a Riffleman who knows more first aid than the others..." )what the guy is talking about is more like a REMF or a Dayho...

EDIT: Todd thanks...I thought it had something to do with a FOB, but wasn't sure...we never used that phrase...I just heard it around last year...

Answer 3

What Is A Pogue

Answer 4

I guess I might be a pogue, but I don't take offense.

BTW. 90 degrees is a chilly day in Kuwait.

Answer 5

holbrook - a fobbit is someone who never leaves the fob (forward opoerating base)

Answer 6

LOL my bf is a map guy...he understands this. As long as his mouse finger works he's good!! :)

Answer 7

Good shot, Stud...I'd damn near bet some POGUE is gonna block you. They only shoot from ambush, so get ready to duck.