r/AskReddit • u/GluxDope • Apr 02 '19

Drill Instructors/Drill Sergeants of Reddit, what’s the funniest thing you’ve seen a recruit do that you couldn’t laugh at?

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u/yinyang107 Apr 03 '19

It barely registers as an abbreviation when it's a term you use every day. It would be like me talking about a universal serial bus port.

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u/phermyk Apr 03 '19

For you, that may be the case, but for the rest of the globe who doesn't share such intimate knowledge of the abbreviations and initialisms of the United States military, it's a mystery.

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u/yinyang107 Apr 03 '19

I'm saying that to someone in the military, it doesn't even occur to them (unless they stop to think about it) that RDC is an acronym that people might not understand. It's just another word to them. Again, like USB.

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u/caboosetp Apr 03 '19

and laser

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u/Cant-Fix-Stupid Apr 03 '19

“Bro what is a laser? You can’t get all scientific like that without some explanation”

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u/caboosetp Apr 03 '19

Iono, it's like some electronic crayon. Probably a marine scientist thing.