List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions

• QRF –
  MEDEVAC
  purposes.
• Quarter Deck – A location of prominence in a barracks or office; in
  abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck
  when there is one. Usually reserved for ship's officers, guests, and passengers."
• Quarterdecking –
  recruit training by means of repetitive and constant physical exercises, so named because it is usually a recruit's only opportunity to visit the quarterdeck. See also pitting
  .
• Quarters – Housing, whether bachelor (barracks) or family (government-leased apartments or houses); or periodic, muster of a ship's company.
• Quatrefoil – Four-pointed embroidered pattern stitched on to the top of a Marine officer's barracks cover, from the tradition of wearing it to be identified as friendly to Marine sharpshooters during boarding actions in the era of wooden sailing ships.

R

• R/S – Respectfully Submitted, used as an end greeting in written communication.
• Rack or Sack – Bed, inappropriate to use the Army term "bunk" except when used in conjunction with "junk on the bunk".
• Radio Watch – Duty monitoring radio networks for relevant traffic, also; the person filling that duty.
• Rah – A shortened version of Ooh-rah
• Raider Cap – cover worn with the M1941 HBT utilities
• Rain Locker – Shower.
• Ranks – There are no acceptable contractions or shortened ways of addressing the following:
  Skipper", a lieutenant colonel as "Colonel", and a brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general as "General". It is inappropriate to abbreviate an enlisted Marine's rank (staff sergeant or above) as "Sergeant," nor can the nickname "sarge" be used. Appropriate written abbreviations for all ranks can be found on United States Marine Corps rank insignia
  .
• Ratfuck – Taking the best available selection and leaving less desirable alternatives for others.
• RCO –
  M16A4 service rifle or M4 carbine; see also Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
  .
• Real World – Civilian life after discharge. See also outside.
• Rear Echelon Pogue – Pejorative for a person who chooses to stay behind the lines to avoid danger; someone assigned to duty to the rear of the battle lines.
• Recon – Used as a verb to denote stealthy acquisition by theft. Not to be confused with "Recon". See also acquire.

• Recon Jack – general term for recon insignias, normally with features depicting "jack of all trades": airborne, scuba, combatant swimmer.
• Red Leg – Artilleryman. See also cannon cocker and gun bunny.
• Red Patch – Device worn on the uniforms of landing support Marines to distinguish the shore party from landing troops.
• Request Mast – Appealing to increasingly higher links in the
  chain of command in order to seek satisfaction for a grievance the requester feels was not adequately handled at a lower level; DoN
  orders permit any Marine to request mast up to the individual's commanding general without repercussions.
• Re-up – Reenlist, an Army term that has made its way into the vernacular for volunteering for an additional period of service. The correct term is Ship-over.
• Reverse Raider – Derogatory term for
  Marine Reconnaissance
  community see MARSOC as wanting to emulate the Marine Raiders of WWII, which they are not meant to be.
• RFI – Request For Information; Ready For Issue – Gear that has been repaired and placed back in supply.
• RHIP – Rank Has Its Privilege's.
• RIP – Relief in Place. A common method of handing over an area to an incoming unit during deployment. A small contingent of the prior unit will stay with the new unit for a period of time to help acclimate them with the AO.
• River City – Slang for reduced communications. It usually refers to a situation when the unit's communication systems are temporarily shut down. This could occur to preserve operations security before a maneuver or if a unit sustains casualties to ensure family members are notified through the proper channels.
• Roach coach – a.k.a. Gut Truck – Civilian vehicle allowed on base to sell fast food (see Pogey Bait).
• Rocks and Shoals – Articles for the Government of the Navy, the pre-UCMJ code of law for the United States Department of the Navy
  .
• Rotate – Return home at the end of a deployment.
• ROE –
  Rules Of Engagement
  , the restrictions on when and how a servicemember may use force on the enemy and other forces.
• Rubber Bitch – Name given to the ISO mat or sleeping pad made of a rubber foam-like material. It is used by Marines when sleeping on the ground or other hard surfaces. It is sometimes used during PT (physical training) for calisthenics.
• Running Lights – Navigational night lights on a ship; or the small red rectangular Red Patch sewn onto the uniforms of landing support team Marines; a person's eyes.

S

• SACO –
  illegal drug
  use issues to the proper medical facilities for rehabilitation & treatment.
• SARNT – Nickname for Sergeant.
• SAFE –
  Fields of fire, Entrenchment.^[89]

• SAFE – Slow easy movements, Apply natural buoyancy, Full lung inflation, Extreme relaxation. Covered during SWIM phase of boot camp, intended to explain course of action while lost at sea with or without flotation devices.
• Safety Brief – Usually given by an NCO to junior enlisted Marines prior to being released for liberty. "Marines if you are going to drink, don't drive, if you are going to drive, don't drink, if you meet some gal be smart and use a condom (if you can't wrap it, smack it, as my sergeant would tell us) etc..."
• S/F – Abbreviation for
  Semper Fidelis
  when used as a valediction, or closing statement, in written or typed communication (i.e. letters, emails, texts)
• Sailor – The following nicknames are usually acceptable: bluejacket, tar, whitehat; while the following are considered insults: gob, swab, swabbie, swab jockey, squid, anchor clanker, rust picker, deck ape.
• Salt, Salty, or Salt/salty dog – Experienced or well-worn person or object, from the salt that would accumulate after long-term exposure to salt water.
• Salty Language – Profanity.
• Sandbox – Iraq or other desert area.
• Sand Monster – To bury/hide something in the sand, usually MRE trash and brass. (Locale to 29 Palms)
• SARC – Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, a Marine (usually an SNCO) assigned as the point of contact for personnel who are victims of or witnesses to sexual assault. Such duty is often ironically assigned to one of the least tactful/sensitive members of a unit. Not to be confused with Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman, who serve in Marine Reconnaissance Units and with Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) as highly trained Special Operations Forces Combat Medics (SOCM).
• Say Again (Your Last) – Request to repeat a statement, question, or order, especially over a radio, or as "I say again" to preface a repetition by the sender; the word "repeat" is not to be used in this context, as it calls for a preceding fire mission to be fired again.
• Sayōnara – Japanese for "goodbye".
• Schmuckatelli – Generic, unnamed junior Marine, from the
  Yiddish pejorative "schmuck". Often gets into trouble, especially when accompanied by his friend Benotz
  .
• SCIF – Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, a place classified materials are processed or stored.
• scrambled eggs
  – Gold oak leaf embroidery found on field grade and general officers' barracks cap visors and mess dress cuffs.
• Scrounge – Appropriate, borrow, or acquire (possibly by doubtful means); derived from "scringe," meaning to search about, rummage, or pilfer.
• Scullery
  – Place where dishes are washed.
• Scuttlebutt – Gossip; or a drinking fountain, from "butt" (cask) and "scuttle" (a hole in a ship's side at deck level that allows water to drain from the deck), a cask that had an opening fitted with a spigot used to contain fresh water for drinking purposes. Because people gathered around a scuttlebutt, gossip, rumors, and sea stories are also known as scuttlebutt.^[90][91]

  

• SDI – Senior Drill Instructor, the leader of a recruit platoon.
• Seabag or Sea Bag – Duffel bag used to carry one's personal belongings. "Duffel bag" is an Army term not used by Marines.
• Seabag Drag – Manually carrying personal items (often within
  seabags
  ) to new or temporary living quarters.
• Seagoing Bellhop – Derogatory term for a Marine stationed aboard a ship on sea duty.
• Sea Lawyer – Person who attempts to argue by continually providing explanations for minutiae.
• Sea Story – Story, tale, or yarn calculated to impress others, often contains exaggeration or even outright lies.
• Secret Squirrel – Related to
  intelligence
  personnel, or any kind of clandestine, covert, classified, or confidential activity or information.
• Section Six - A recent recruit who is suicidal due to being unable to meet and cope with the demands of basic training.
• Secure – Stop, cease; or put away and lock.
• Semper Fi – Shortened version of "
  Semper Fidelis", the motto of the Corps, Latin
  for "always faithful". Can be used ironically, as in, "Semper Fi, Mac", which basically means, "That's the breaks," or "Too fucking bad."
• Semper Fu – Marine Corps martial arts
• Semper Gumby – Colloquialism denoting tactical flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances, from the flexibility of the character in the children's animated show Gumby.
• Semper I – Colloquialism denoting selfish or self-centered behavior.
• Semper Sometimes – Appropriation of
  Marine Corps Reserve
  .
• Shellback – Marine who has taken part in the crossing of the line ceremony or crossing the equator ceremony while on a naval vessel.
• Ship Over – To reenlist for an additional period of service.
• Shit Bag or Shitbird – Habitually unkempt or undisciplined Marine. Also called a "10 percenter."
• Shit-Brick – Useless or ignorant person.
• Shitcan – (noun) Trash can or other garbage container; (verb) To dismiss someone from their current assignment and give them a much less desirable one.
• Shit Detail – An undesirable (usually temporary) assignment.
• Shit-Hot – Term used to notify something as exceptional or very good. Not to be confused with Hot-Shit
• Shitter – Bathroom, head, or latrine, most often an outdoor portable toilet or outhouse. Also a nickname for the CH-53 helicopter.
• Shooter – Person whose primary duty involves marksmanship with a rifle or pistol, such as students at a rifle range or competition team members.
• Shore Party – Landing support specialists that direct the disposition of troops during an amphibious assault.
• Short-timer – Person nearing the completion of his/her present tour of duty or enlistment.
• Short-timer's Disease – Apathy to duties and regulations from a person nearing EAS.
• Shove Off – To leave the vicinity, from the naval term meaning to push a boat off the shore or pier.
• Shower Shoes – Pair of rubber
  sandals issued to recruits to prevent foot infections from the use of community or shared showers. See also Jesus shoes
  . Also sometimes used as a facetious, almost-always joking pejorative term for new Marines (implying that they do not yet deserve to be called "boots" due to their lack of experience).
• Sick bay – Infirmary or other medical facility aboard ship, can also refer to aid stations ashore. See also BAS.
• Sick Call – Daily period when routine ailments are treated at sick bay.
• Sick Call Commando – Person who constantly finds medical reasons to avoid work, may suffer from a
  Munchausen syndrome, or malingering
  . More commonly referred to as sickbay commando.
• Sidearm – Weapon (usually a pistol) carried by a sentry under arms; also, cream and sugar in coffee.
• Side Straddle Hop –
  Jumping Jack
  .
• Silver Bullet –
  Rectal thermometer used to check the core temperature of a person suffering from heat-related injuries, such as hyperthermia; often referred to as an incentive to avoid dehydration
  .
• Skate – Avoiding work by finding an excuse to be elsewhere or unavailable by doing something easier (but important enough to avoid re-tasking); also used as an adjective to describe such an easier duty.
• Skid squadron –
  Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron, so named because the assigned helicopters (AH-1 & UH-1) utilize skids instead of wheels for undercarriage
  .

• Skipper – Informal term of respect for a Marine captain (who is equivalent in rank to a Navy Lieutenant) who is in command of an infantry company or US Navy Commanding Officer of a ship or aviation squadron.

• Skivvies – Underwear: skivvie shirt (
  underwear
  ).
• Skuzz – To wash a deck or floor with a brush or towel (skuzz rag) in place of a mop, used in Boot Camp as a method to physically toughen recruits while cleaning the squadbay.
• Skuzzy – Sloppy or unkempt.
• Skylark – To casually frolic or take excess time to complete a task, from the old naval term to run up and down the rigging of a ship in sport.
• Slick sleeve – A private in the Marine Corps; refers to the fact that this person does not wear any rank insignia.
• Slide Bite/Beretta Bite – Pinching or
  abrasions of hand due to holding a semi-automatic pistol too closely to a recoiling slide
  .
• Slider – A hamburger so greasy that it slides right through the digestive tract of whoever eats it; typical of those served at flight line galleys.
• Slop chute – Impolite term for restaurant within the PX or beer garden. Enlisted Marine's club.^[92]
• SMAT – Supply maintenance assistance team, provide the commanding general with a technical supply inspection and assistance capability to improve control and management of all organic supply operations.
• SMEAC – Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration & Logistics, Commands & Signals. The acronym used for the five-paragraph order format.
• Smokey Bear or Smokey Brown – The
  drill instructors, so named because of their similarity to the hat worn by Smokey Bear. See also campaign cover, field hat, & hat
  .
• Smokin' and Jokin' / Smoke and Joke – When a mass of Marines is acting unproductively.
• SNAFU – Situation Normal, All Fucked Up. or Situation Now All Fucked Up.
• SNCO –
  Staff Non-Commissioned Officer, Enlisted Marines of a rank having a pay grade of E-6 or higher: staff sergeant, gunnery sergeant, master sergeant, first sergeant, master gunnery sergeant and sergeant major
  .
• SNCOIC – staff non-commissioned officer in charge, a SNCO responsible for a group of marines, but without the authority of a commissioned officer; sometimes also the senior enlisted Marine acting with the officer in charge. See also NCOIC & OIC.
• Snap In – Conduct sighting in or aiming exercises with an unloaded weapon.
• SNM – Said Named Marine. Used in written communications to avoid having to repeatedly type the marine's rank and name after the first instance.
• SNO – Said Named Officer. Used in written communications to avoid having to repeatedly type the marine's rank and name after the first instance.
• Snow Job – Misleading or grossly exaggerated report; sales talk.
• Snuffie or Snuffy – Junior Marine, lance corporal and below.
• SOC or (SOC) – Special Operations Capable used in conjunction with MEU written as MEU (SOC).
• SOG Sgt. of the Guard – The acting Sgt (or near rank) Commanding the 'COG' Corporal of the Guard and all other marines for watch, radio watch, or post.
• Soup Cooler – Synonym for the mouth. Term oft used by DIs in reference to the mouth of a recruit, or by other senior person in reference to trainees.
• Soup Sandwich – Refers to a disorganized operation or a gaggle.
• South Maryland Small Boat & Barge Institute – Nickname for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. See also Canoe U.
• SPAM (Special Army Meat) - Processed meat as field rations
• SOTG – Special Operations Training Group
• Spit and Polish – Extreme individual or collective military neatness, extreme devotion to the minutiae of traditional military procedures or ceremonies; from spit-polishing
  boots and dress shoes.
• Spit-Shine – polish leather footwear (boots and dress shoes), employing spittle to remove excess grease and produce a high polish.
• Splice the Mainbrace – Invitation to drink, from the old naval custom of drinking
  braces
  .
• potatoes
  .
• Squadbay – Living quarters with open rooms and shared head, as opposed to the more common barracks that offer individual rooms.
• Square(d) Away – Make neat and regulation appearance, to be in a neat and regulation appearance.
• Squid – Pejorative for sailor.
• SRB –
  Service Record Book, an administrative record of an enlisted Marine's personal information, promotions, postings, deployments, punishments, and emergency data; much like an officer's OQR
  .
• SSDD – Same Shit, Different Day, euphemism denoting frustration with an unchanging situation or boredom.
• Stacking Swivel – Oblong-shaped link with an opening screwed to the rifle that allowed other rifles to be hooked and stacked (the
  M1 Garand was the last service rifle to have a stacking swivel, this function is now held by the weapon's sling); "Grab him by the stacking swivel" infers grabbing a person's throat
  .
• Staff
  staff non-commissioned officer, enlisted marines of a rank having a pay grade of E-6 or higher: staff sergeant, gunnery sergeant, master sergeant, first sergeant, master gunnery sergeant and sergeant major
  .
• Stage – To pre-position something.
• Stand By – Command to wait.
• Starboard – Naval term for "right side of ship" when on board a ship and facing forward; opposite of port
  . "Starboard" is the same with respect to a ship regardless of where a person is located or which way a person is facing, whereas "right" might be ambiguous.
• STEAL – Stealthily Transport Equipment to Another Location.
• Steel Pot – the M1 combat helmet, in service from 1941 to 1987.
• Stick – Squad of servicemembers being transported either via aircraft or ground vehicle. (Term "Chalk" is used by Army to reference platoon plus size unit.)
• Stocking Feet – The state of wearing socks, but no shoes or boots.
• STOL – Short TakeOff/Landing, takeoff and landing technique needing only a short runway to become airborne. See also STOVL, VTOL, & V/STOL.
• STOVL –
  V/STOL aircraft will make a non-vertical take-off to carry greater weight, such as fuel and weapons, expend that weight, and make a vertical landing. See also STOL, VTOL, and V/STOL
  .
• STRAP-EX- System Technical Readiness and Programming Exercise.
• Suck – Mouth.[23]
• The Suck – Miserable situation or place, often refers to the Marine Corps or a combat zone.
• Survey – Medical discharge or to effect discharge/retirement of an individual for medical reasons; dispose of an item of government property by reason of unserviceability.
• Swab – Mop; also pejorative for sailor, so named because sailors of wooden ships had to swab the decks to keep them from warping.
• Swamp-ass – Unpleasant collection of sweat soaking undergarments.
• Swinging Dick – Vulgarity for male Marine, usually used as "every swinging dick" to emphasize an order to a whole group instead of individual(s).
• Swoop – Make a long trip in a short period of time, usually in reference to returning to post after liberty to avoid an UA status.
• Sympathy Chit – Voucher sarcastically authorizing the recipient sympathy from others.

T

• Taco Rice – A popular dish invented and served on
  Okinawa
  , consisting of various taco fillings served on a bed of rice. Every servicemember who has ever been stationed on Okinawa has a favorite taco rice stand which they swear is the best on the island.
• Tactically Acquire – Euphemism for stealing something.
• TAD – Temporary Assigned Duty, a duty where the Marine or Sailor is detached from his or her unit temporarily and serves elsewhere; comparable to the Army term TDY.
• Tiffany Cuff Links - The most strenuous effort exterted at tasks, reference to link holding shirt sleeve cuffs of formal parading uniforms.
• TBS – The Basic School, the six-month combat training school for new Marine officers.
• Terminal lance – Marine nearing the end of his enlistment at the rank of lance corporal and unlikely to get promoted; also a webcomic of the same name.^[93][94] Also referred to as lance colonel.
• Terp – An interpreter.
• The Rock – Okinawa.
• Thousand-yard stare – unfocused gaze of a battle-weary servicemember.
• Thump Gun – grenade launcher, from the distinctive noise made when firing. See also blooper.
• TIC – Troops In Contact
• Tie-ties – Straps or strings used to tie items to another line, such as laundry or rifle targets.
• Tight-jawed – Angry, so named from the human tendency to clench the jaw when angered.
• Tip of the Spear – Term for a unit or subunit that enters enemy territory first.
• T/O&E –
  MOS
  , as well as organic equipment required to accomplish the unit's assigned Mission Essential Tasks; often presented separately as T/O and T/E.
• Top – informal nickname for a master sergeant or master gunnery sergeant, inappropriate to use without permission.
• Topside – Ship's upper deck.
• Tore up – Broken, messy, unserviceable.
• Trade-school – Refers to graduate of one of the Military Academies.
• TRAM – Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose.
• T-Rats – Tray ration, nickname for
  Unitized Group Ration, a ration
  heated and served to a group of servicemembers.
• Trooper – Soldier, considered a grievous insult to refer to a Marine unless plural.
• TS Chit – A "Tough Shit" Chit is a (fictitious) small card, to be punched by a senior person upon hearing a high-grade TS (very sad) story. When completely punched around the edge, the bearer is entitled to a half hour with the chaplain. "That story is so sad I'll punch your TS Chit twice."
• Turtle – Metal clip backing for collar rank insignia.
• Two-block – Hoist a flag or pennant to the peak, truck, or yardarm of a staff; or a tie with the knot positioned exactly in the gap of a collar of a buttoned shirt. Correctly, "to-block" – hoisted all the way to the block (pulley) at the top of signal halliard.
• Two-digit Midget – An enlisted Marine with 99 or fewer days remaining on his or her enlistment or tour of duty. A variation is the single-digit midget, with nine or fewer days remaining.

U

• UA –
  AWOL
  .
• UCMJ – Uniform Code of Military Justice (Public Law 506, 81st Congress) 1951, the system of military law, both judicial and non-judicial.
• UD – Unit Diary, the computerized system that maintains all administrative records for a unit. Also, Uniform of the Day (or UDs) – prescribed uniform for the day; more generally associated with 'Charlies'
• Un-fuck – To correct a deficiency, usually on a person.
• Under Arms – Status of having a weapon, sidearm, "MP" or "SP" brassard, or wearing equipment pertaining to an arm such as a sword sling, pistol belt, or cartridge belt as part of guard duty; Marines under arms do not remove covers indoors.
• Under Canvas – Living under temporary sheltering, such as a tent.

• Under Way – To depart or to start a process for an objective.
• UNQ – Unqualified, usually in reference to training events. Pronounced "unk."
• Unsat – Abbreviation of unsatisfactory.
• USMC – Acronym for United States Marine Corps. Also used as a pejorative backronym: Uncle Sam's Misguided Children, U Signed the Motherfucking Contract, U Suckers Missed Christmas, Unlimited Shit and Mass Confusion, University of Science, Music and Culture, Uncomplicated Shit Made Complicated, Under Seabee Management Constantly.

• Utilities – field and work uniforms (currently the MCCUU), formerly called dungarees, inappropriately called the Army term BDU.
• UVA – Uniformed Victim's Advocate – older, more experienced, male and female Marines who have received specialized training to confidentially assist uniformed victims of sexual assault, both male and female, to receive proper medical attention and access to all the necessary resources.

V

• VERTREP –
  vertical replenishment, the use of helicopters
  for cargo transfer to ships or distant outposts.
• VEERP – Voluntary Enlisted Early Release Program, getting out of the Marine Corps early
• Voluntold – Being volunteered for a task without having a choice by a superior.
• VTOL – Vertical TakeOff/Landing, takeoff and landing technique that does not need a runway to become airborne. See also STOL, STOVL, & V/STOL.
• V/R – Very Respectfully, used as an end greeting in written naval communication to senior.
• V/STOL –
  Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing, a type of aircraft that can perform STOL, STOVL
  , and VTOL.

W

• Walking John – Nickname for a Marine marching in
  recruiting posters.^[95][96]
• War Belt – A web belt used to carry canteens in pouches and other miscellaneous equipment.
• War Paint – Camouflage face paint.
• Watch
  – Formal tour of duty of prescribed length, usually a guard-related task.
• Water Bowl – Synonym for a canteen (1990s era).
• Water Buffalo or Water Bull – 400-gallon potable water tank, trailer-mounted, towed behind a truck.
• Wetting-down or Wet Down – Celebration in honor of one's promotion as an officer or to the SNCO ranks, so named for the tradition of wetting the recipient or the promotion warrant.^[97]

• Whiskey Locker – Supply locker/closet.
• WP or Willie Pete[r] –
  pre-1956 phonetic alphabet
  letters "William" and "Peter."
• Wilco –
  Voice procedure
  term shortened from "Will Comply".
• Willie Pete Bag – Waterproof bag.
• Wing Wiper – Aviation person, usually a maintenance person and not a pilot.
• Winger – Aviation Marine.
• WIR –
  DRMO
  ; Washed-out In Repair; waste incidental to reprocessing; collection of items or equipment for turn-in that may be re-used by someone else at a later time, preferably at a savings to the government.
• The Wire – Defensive perimeter of a firm base, crossing it denotes the end of relative safety
• Wook – a female marine
• Wooly Pully – Green wool sweater worn with the service uniform (or blue with the dress uniform) over the khaki shirt.
• Word – General term for instructions, orders, and information that is required for all members of a unit to know; or the act of passing information to a collected group of servicemembers. See also gouge.
• WM – Unofficial acronym that stands for a Woman Marine. Generally considered to be pejorative.
• Work your Bolt – resort to special measures, either by energy or guile, in order to attain a particular end; from the action of racking a rifle's bolt to clear a stoppage.

Y

• YATYAS or YAT YAS – "You ain't tracks, You ain't shit", an amtrac slogan or term for AAV Marines.^[98]
• Yellow leg – Marine, nickname given by North Korean Army in reference to Korean War-era discolored, yellow-looking leggings.^[99][100]
• You-who – When an NCO or Higher wants the attention of a Junior/Boot and does not know his name
• Yut or Yut Yut – Stands for "Yelling Unnecessarily Things." A motivational saying similar to
  Oorah
  .

Z

• Zero – Pronounced zee-ROW in an exaggerated manner, as used by
  Drill Instructors
  at the end of a count-down implying that recruits are to immediately cease all activity and remain silently in place. Used by Marines to gain the immediate attention of all personnel in the area without calling attention on deck.
• Zero – Disparaging term used amongst enlisted personnel when referring to officers. Derived from the "o" in officer.
• Zero-dark thirty – Very early hours before dawn. See also military time, O-dark thirty.
• Zero-stupid thirty – An unnecessarily early time for which personnel are required to assemble for an activity. See also Zero-dark thirty, O-dark thirty.
• Zoomie –
  pilot, usually an Air Force pilot.^[101]
• Zoomie U – United States Air Force Academy

See also

• List of U.S. Navy acronyms
• List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions
• List of U.S. government and military acronyms
• Glossary of military abbreviations
• Brevity codes used by aviators
• Glossary of nautical terms

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