Question for the Marines

[Trey Wickwire]

Greetings,

I don't have the honor of being a Marine but my grandfather was during WWII. I'm a writer whose working on a military sci-fi comicbook series called Mamluk and would like to make it as respectful and authentic as possible. Some of my inspirations are David Drake, John Ringo and Robert Heinlein.

I'm currently working on a scene involving Boot Camp and was hoping I could get some good examples of the verbage DIs use when dressing down recruits.

Also, I'm always looking for test readers who can offer advice and feedback on the military aspects of the story.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, all of you and the rest of the armed forces are the real heroes of the world, keep doing the hard job for the rest of us.

Thanks guys,

Trey

[CplKJSpevak]

Well let's see, here are some translations:

flashlight is a "moonbeam"
athletic shoes are "go fasters"
pen is "ink stick"

*DI's curse a hell of a lot, but when the officers are around the curse words get changed to substitutes like "Doggone, Freakin," often used to describe recruits as "Freakin Nasty!"

looking at a DI might get you "quite eyeballing me!"

watch that video it is pretty accurate too....

[drillinstructor]

I could go on forever on this post but.ah where do I even begin.....

[darkgreen0311]

A bed is a- Rack
Toilet Paper is- **** Paper
Drinking Fountain- Scuttlebutt
A Wall- is a Bulkhead

I'll let the rest of the brothers comment on some of the other treminology that we use in the Corps.



:marine:Semper FI 4 Life
Give me liberty or i'll get it myself!!!

[ecfree]

Bolagna=Horse cock
A recruit=Whale ****,and that's on the bottom of the ocean......:banana:
Bath room=Haed
You=ewe
Floor =deck

[SlingerDun]

Recruits say aye or aye aye, but when addressing Marines recruits never say 'I'. Example: Sir I have to go potty. Recruits always refer to themselves in the third person, like arrogant celebrity's but for different reasons. When requesting permission to talk recruits do so by reciting the boys title and last name followed by the mans title, rank and last name surrounded by sir ...and wait for a response to proceed or shut it! Never does the recruit say 'you'. Example: Sir do you mind if i step out of formation for a smoke and a latte. See, Ewe are female sheep and that don't go over well with the hats and invites a routine tune up.

*If any of this has changed over the years, dismissing said infractions...well that just ain't righthttp://www.leatherneck.com/forums/images/icons/icon6.gif

[Buckeye]

Your Mouth..."Cock Holster...or ...Soup Cooler"
Your Hands...."Dick Skinners"

[JRHD72]

Go to the thread favorite DI sayings. You can pick up a lot there!

[BigAlHolmes165]

Choke Ass and Donkey Dick Sandwiches - Bologna and Cheese

[Haffner]

Going along the lines of 'dick skinner' for hands, some DIs call the fat ones' hands 'sandwhich grabbers' lol

Also, for mouth 'cum dumpster.'

And every piece of gear a recruit has is at some point referred to as 'trash' IE your cover is laying on the deck, a DI, in my experience, would replace cover like 'hey, freakin' dog-gone Recruit, pick that trash up off my deck'

[Trey Wickwire]

Wow, thanks for all the responses! It's really nice to be welcomed. Does anyone have any favorite terms for the recruits themselves?

[darkgreen0311]

Maggots
Scum
Mob








:marine:Semper FI 4 Life
Give me liberty or i'll get it myself!!!

[ecfree]

Maggots
Scum bags
Whale S*it
Ugly mother f**ker
Dick head
Use your imagination Trey.

[Haffner]

I admit to losing my bearing when my DI referred to me and my rackmates as "reach-a-rounders." We were always helping each other out with anything and everything we could (which is one of the goals, mind you, to get team work) and one DI goes, "God damn, Haffner, I don't even have to ask if you'd give him the reach around: you just REALLLLLY care about his well being. You little f'n reach-a-rounders."

Point of story: DI's are very, very creative. Many have posted the general terms like maggot, scum, etc etc, but through deficiencies many recruits earn titles like the one aforementioned. (For example, we had a recruit that wore a LG cover [RARELY do you meet a Marine that wears one that big] and he was henceforth known as Recruit Headquarters). If you combine sarcasm, anger, a deficiency/deformity, a DI and humor, you get an unlimited amount of names that recruits shall be referred to as.

[Petz]

Well let's see, here are some translations:

flashlight is a "moonbeam"
athletic shoes are "go fasters"
pen is "ink stick"

*DI's curse a hell of a lot, but when the officers are around the curse words get changed to substitutes like "Doggone, Freakin," often used to describe recruits as "Freakin Nasty!"

looking at a DI might get you "quite eyeballing me!"

watch that video it is pretty accurate too....


for all those super boots out there.... all those high speed words that are used above such as moonbeam, well those are the Navajo way of describing things... codetalker lingo.

semper knowledge.

[Buckeye]

Rocks.....

[Petz]

"hey recruit!.. pick up that rock!"
"Aye, sir!"
"recruit, now put that in your pocket."
"Aye, sir!"
"recruit, that is you I.D. card, you will show that to anyone who asks for your I.D. card. You'd better have that I.D. card on you if I ask to see it!"
"Aye, sir!"
"get out of my face you rock."
"Aye aye, sir!"

[jarheadlady]

A Rock = anything under the rank of Cpl.

[SSgt Blue]

Your as smart as a football bat

[jarheadlady]

It was a joke. Take a deep breath.

[NowArmyMP]

A bed is a- Rack
Toilet Paper is- **** Paper
Drinking Fountain- Scuttlebutt
A Wall- is a Bulkhead

I'll let the rest of the brothers comment on some of the other treminology that we use in the Corps.



:marine:Semper FI 4 Life
Give me liberty or i'll get it myself!!!
remember REMF and FNG lol

[Trey Wickwire]

Many thanks to everyone for the help! This is great material.

[outlaw3179]

When asking a question for example to go to the bathroom it would go like this.


"Sir This recruit requests permission to speak to Senior Drill Instructor Smith Sir!."

"Speak Thing!"

"Sir this recruit requests permission to use the head sir"

"Permission granted , go away"


Obviously there a million different variables but generally went something like that. Now there will be some discussion because I made a "sir sandwich" sir in the beginning and in the end. I swear thats how I remember doing it.

[usmchauer]

There literally are hundreds of ways a Drill Instructor would verbally trash a guy. Still fresh in my mind is "I wanna crawl up your nose and tear your fukin' brains apart".

[FistFu68]

:evilgrin: YOU LIKE ME YOU FUCING MAGGOT? LIKING LEADS TOO LOVIN,LOVIN LEADS TOO FUCING,AND YOU AIN'T FUCING ME YOU FUCING MAGGOT,GET DOWN AND GIVE ME 50!!!:evilgrin::iwo:

[bkk0258]

Once Our D.i. Called Me A Freak Nasty.he Had A Saying : You Freaks Wanna Play Games, I've Got More Games Than Milton Bradley. Quarter Deck Maggots !!!!!!!!!!