army, air force and navy nicknames?

Question

I remember an officer once telling us what some nicknames were for the armed forces, but I can only remember that one of the ones for the air force was the "fly-boys" anyone know any other names?

Answer 1

We called the AirForce guys 'zoomies' and when they weren't around, 'the post office in uniform'. Marines were 'jarheads' or 'grunts', their shaved haircuts were "hi 'n tight's' , Army guys were 'grunts' or 'groundpounders'.

Being in the Navy we were usually called 'squids' , although guys on ships are called 'fleeties' by the shore crowd and persons stationed ashore were called 'sand crabs'. Naval Air Squadron guys were called 'airedales'.

Some special ones: when something is REALLY fouled up, detsroyed, unorganized or broken, the Navy and Marines called it 'Fubar' (f**ked up beyond all recognition), whereas the Army and AirForce used 'Snafu' (situation normal, all f**ked up). A piece of equipment that was broken (in the Navy) was said to be 't*ts up' (as in: flat on it's back, dead).
Hamburgers were called 'sliders' (they're greasy, they slide in, and later they slide out). ''F**kin' A Dittybag" meant 'yes, of course, that's right", and "haze gray and underway" was a phrase used to indicate that you were indeed a true sailor, and that you were on a ship, and at sea.

So an actual navy conversation could go like this:

"what're you up to, sand crab?"
"bite the big one fleetie, why ain't you floatin' somewhere?"
"ah, we were scheduled to be haze gray and under way by now, but our radar is t*ts up, man, it's fubarred!"
"so, lets go get some sliders and mess with the jarheads"
"f**kin A dittybag!"

- and everyone would know what was said, and no one would be surprised to hear it. Cool!, huh?


There's literally 100's more, hope that gets you started.

Answer 2

Navy Nicknames

Answer 3

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army, air force and navy nicknames?
I remember an officer once telling us what some nicknames were for the armed forces, but I can only remember that one of the ones for the air force was the "fly-boys" anyone know any other names?

Answer 4

Army: Groundpounders, G.I.s, or Joes Marines: Leathernecks or Jarheads Navy: Swabbies or Squids Air Force: Flyboys or Chair Force Coast Guard: Puddle Pirates, Boaties, or Coasties National Guard: Nasty Guard or National Girls Reserves: Weekend Warriors or Armchair Soldiers

Answer 5

Would you be talking about official type or unofficial
Army Sports teams are the Black Knights
But soldiers are called dog faces
Marines of course are Jar head
Navy are Midshipmen for sports But squids or swabbys otherwise
Air force are usually zoomies.

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army, air force and navy nicknames?
I remember an officer once telling us what some nicknames were for the armed forces, but I can only remember that one of the ones for the air force was the "fly-boys" anyone know any other names?

Answer 7

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Marines = Jar Heads, Army Washouts, etc. Air Force = Desk Drivers, Jocks, etc. Navy = Swabbies, Squids, etc. Army = *** Kickers, Groundpounders, etc.

Answer 8

here is a short list for you
army
air defense = duck hunters
infantry = dog face
artillery = birth control
air ambulance = dust off

navy
sailors = blue jackets
divers = bottle babies
construction battalion = sea bees
aviation = (once was) brown shoe(s)
sailors = deck apes
communications = sparks or ditty chasers
amphibious fleet = gator navy
air force
airmen = fly boys
billeting for airmen = the hilton (s)

marines
marine = jar head, ground pounder (same for army)

Answer 9

Navy personnel are sometimes called squids, who call Air Force people zoomies and also, wing nuts.

Answer 10

The Navy Midshipmen (for football and sports)