Marine Corps, Navy) Someone who is suicidal, implying that they should dive off the third deck. Marine Corps) The 'First Civilian Division', the (fictitious) division made up of Marines who leave the military and go back to civilian life.
Some of these terms have been considered gregarious to varying degrees and attempts have been made to eliminate them.įor the purposes of this article, 'military slang' includes slang used by any English-speaking armed forces (armies, navies, air forces).Ĭontents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĠ - 9 1st CivDiv (U.S. Military slang is also used to reinforce the (usually friendly) interservice rivalries. They are often abbreviations or derivatives of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or otherwise incorporating aspects of formal military concepts and terms.
Military slang is a set of colloquial terms which are unique to or which originated with military personnel.
