U.S. MARINE TERMINOLOGY

Check fire – order to stop firing due to a mistarget or error.

Blooper OR Thump Gun - grenade launcher

Back on the block – behaving like a civilian

AHA – Ammunition Holding Area (where ammo is stored).

Broke Dick – Marine off duty for medical reasons

Call out OR Drop a dime– issue a challenge with incriminating evidence

Civ div – return to civilian life

C & S – Clean and sober

D & D – drunk and disorderly

DI – Drill Instructor

EAS – end of active service or discharge

GI shower – bathing with wipes or limited water

Good to go – satisfactory

Grab-ass – horse play

HE – high explosives

Head – bathroom

Inkstick – pen

Nuts to butts – standing in line extremely close

O-dark thirty – very early hours before dawn

OOB – Out of Bounds

OM – Oscar Mike – On the move

Pucker factor – high level of anxiety in stressful situations

Rack or Sack – bed

Sandbox – desert

Scullery – where dishes are washed

Secure – put away or lock up as in secure the area

Secret squirrel – intelligence personnel or activities

Shit-brick – useless or ignorant person

Snot locker – nose

SSDD – same shit different day