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Does GI stand for general infantry? An elite force doesn't seem "general" to me. -- nm

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Aug 6 '09, 20:34

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"Get 'im!" -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 21:09
gastrointestinal joe. - mafic Aug 6, 20:37
GI = General Issue -- nm - Stephen Aug 6, 20:36 46
- I thought you were in the millitary before??? -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 20:49 31
  - He was. And he's still 350% more intimidating as a Drill Sgt. Sceire than the real-life drill sgt. I had in NROTC. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 20:59 1
    - I was in charge of drill for my crew in Sea Scouts, we always took first at Regattas. -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 21:01
  - military people use acronyms all the time without knowing exactly what they stand for. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:53 28
    - that's fubar -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 6, 20:54 27
      - We're Oscar Mike. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 20:56
      - I've finally got a handle on Army talk and some AF. Navy is just insane in every way. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:55 25
        
        Don't know what a skivvy waver is, do you? -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 20:58 9
        
        I'm still traumatized by the Neptune stories. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:00
        
        Spoils? -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:59 7
        
        That is a Quartermaster...signals with flags and flashing light. -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 21:02 6
        
        Are all Navy personal required to know how to read signals? -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:06 5
        
        No, just Quartermasters...we also had to know ship handling and navigation - BAD Aug 6, 21:09 4
        
        I hear you have to practice putting out a real fire during basic. That true? - Redmond Aug 6, 21:11 3
        
        In NROTC, we had to repair a simulated hull break below the waterline, and prove we had the swimming ability to avoid ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 21:32 1
        
        We had to jump off the bridge deck in our gumby suits... - Stephen Aug 6, 21:33
        
        (Not Navy...)but, for my Watercraft Operator license I had to go through a fire control and damage control tank. - Stephen Aug 6, 21:22
        
        That's Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Echo Delta -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:58 14
        
        I think everyone should be required to use radio alphabet. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:02 12
        
        I agree. Radio talk is kinda hot ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 21:05 1
        
        it works SO MUCH BETTER on the phone than just saying the letters. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:06
        
        Lima Oscar Oscar Seirra India Lima Uniform, India Seirra, Charlie Romeo Alpha Zulu Yankee -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:04 9
        
        Oops I before E except after C. Sierra -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:04 8
        
        And weekends, and holidays and all throughout May. -- nm - BB Aug 6, 21:26
        
        that rule always annoyed me because my name breaks it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:06 6
        
        Spell it with a "Y" like normal Lucys -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:14 1
        
        there are no normal Lucys. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:15
        
        So does the word Weird. -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:07 3
        
        vein, skein, deity, feign, reign, heir, heinous... -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:09 2
        
        That's really wierd -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 21:10 1
        
        I think all of those words are french origin, though. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 21:12
        
        lmao -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 20:59
- Is it "general" or "government"? I always forget. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 20:49 5
  - It's government, Dano's question blended with my answer. - Stephen Aug 6, 21:14
  - government issue. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:51 2
    - my dad has tons of GI dehydrated food for emergencies, would last him about a year. -- nm - Stacy Aug 6, 20:57
    - Ding! and Ding! below -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:52
  - government -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 20:50
- General Infantry -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 20:46 7
  - Wrong. I was a radio communications soldier and I was a GI. If it was only for infantry which is MOS 11B then more than half the army wouldn't be GI -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:49 6
    - I guess I'm wrong....I was in the Navy... -- nm - BAD Aug 6, 20:52 5
      - You had better uniforms -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:54
      - squid! -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 20:53
      - NICS JOE -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:53 2
        
        Bah! Typo NCIS -- nm - Redmond Aug 6, 20:53 1
        
        related: The other day I found out that our alternat print shop (when ours has a backlog) is Navy Yard. My co-workers went there to pick up a job. - loosilu Aug 6, 20:59

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