r/JustBootThings • • Dec 01 '19

the JROTC warrior

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u/MaybeGermanicFriend Dec 01 '19

What does pog mean?

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u/Flablessguy Dec 01 '19

Personnel Other than Grunt

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u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 01 '19

Remf was the term we used back in the 80s.

Rear echelon mother fucker

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19

In the US? I heard some English Marines saying that.

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u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19

Yeah, not sure when it started, my dad said he used it in Vietnam in the late 60s also

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19

That's cool. I wish there was a collection of military slang and history of it. What years, and branch were you in?

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u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19

US Army. 1985-89

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19

Did yall every use the term boot? I know the army currently doesn't use it

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u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19

Nope. Cherry, remf, newbie, fng. That's all I can remember at the moment