| Acronym | Meaning |
| MARINE | Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Essential |
| PCP | Pork Chop Platoon (Physical Conditioning Platoon) |
| FNG | F*cking New Guy. Soldier Coming To A Unit Straight From AIT. Sometimes Pronounced Fin-gee. |
| DAT | Dumb-Ass Tanker (in The Pre-computer Era) |
| WOPA | Warrant Officer Protection Agency. An Informal Tongue-in-cheek Reference To The Fraternal Tendencies Of The Warrant Officer Corps. |
| NJB | No Job Bitch. This Term Is Used For Those Who Hold No Collateral Duty Or Position, Even Although Their Rank Suggests That They Should. |
| CS | (Charlie Sierra) Can Mean "Chicken Sh*t" Or "C*ck Sucker." |
| MARINE | My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment |
| SFUS | Standard F*cked Up Situation. |
| HANO | High-Altitude No-Opening Parachute Technique. Used To Describe Total Malfunctions During Parachute Operations, Regardless Of Actual Altitude, As Well As Any Fall. (Used In Sarcastic Reference To HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) Jumps) |