“Command decision”, if used by a non-commander, seems to mean “I knew it was wrong but I did it anyway”.
‘Map Bearer’ for 2nd Lieutenants. 
I recall PDKs, short for Puke Dependent Kids. These were the older, teenaged kids of the higher ranked enlisted (MSgts ++) who caused 90% of the really stupid dependent housing trouble.
Blue On Blue, an expression evidently used at the Air Force Academy to describe a relationship between two cadets. Comes from a military term referring to friendly fire.
OFP - Own Fucking Program
Someone who gets to do their own thing, miss formations and PT, etc. Usually said of SNCOs that nobody ever saw. This is the highest of aspirations.
I sometimes wonder how the usual boot camp insults must have changed since my time. When I went through (1999), a recruit’s mouth was a ‘cock holster,’ nodding and falling asleep in formation was ‘bobbing for cock,’ and instructors often warned the platoon that they had a tendency to ‘make faggots fall asleep.’ I laughed like all the other immature 19-year olds, but I imagine they can’t get away with that now.
Female Marine friend of mine went through Boot Camp back in 2006 or 2007, and she reported that they used the expression at least that late.
Dick Skinners = hands ‘Whoever wants to do this get your dick skinners in the air’ Obviously there is rarely a best choice.
When I complained, that made me laugh my ass of when it was told to me, ‘Why are you bitchen? Do you have sand in your clit?’ Dircted to me with a bunch of grunts who rarely had females close to us. Again I busted up and lost my bearing.
Sexist? Yup
Improper? Hell yeah
Funny as shit (again directed at me)? MF’n yeah
So many times this. When you made a decision that was correct at the time but in retrospect, with further information, was not optimal.
For grunts (infantrymen),snacks and soda are considered pogey bait. In the past when grunts were too tired to get their own snacks they would ‘pay’ non-grunts to fetch the food for them (sleep and rest is a premium to grunts).
I will pay for 6 candy bars if you get me 3 candy bars.
I will pay you $20 for $10 of snack food.
Hence snack food is called ‘Pogey Bait’ and those who fetch them are called ‘Pogues’.
For a Marine Infantryman; Pogues are anything other than grunts.
Boogly’s post above reminded me of “I’ll buy, you fly”, or vice-versa. The ship’s store can be a long way away on an aircraft carrier, so an offer would be made to a shipmate to make the run in exchange for a free item.
And that reminded me of “Monkey dicks”, which is what we called a can of Vienna Sausages. So a conversation could go:
Sailor one - I want some monkey dicks
Sailor two - You buy, I’ll fly.
I always got a kick out of the old SIDPERS 3-letter duty status code for Deceased: DED. Yes, we always pronounced that one as “Dead”.
*SIDPERS = Standard Installation/Division Personnel System
‘I buy; You fly’ is the test for Pogues. Since they have time/energy to get whatever is the goal.
Of course given this test, I’m a pogue (I’m a pure grunt) because I’ve made beer runs. Mostly because I could walk in a straighter line than anyone else…
So I’ve at least have shown a proclivity for Pogue-ishness. But you better not tell anyone.
True story;
the first time I had malt liquor beer was with a man from Chi. We had both drank 2 40’s (stupid amount of alcohol, at least for me). We decided we needed more; because drinkers need moar beer. Before my Homie returned I got sick inside someone else’s gas mask bag, with the gas mask inside (HOLY WTF OMG kinda stuff).
I am big and scary so he chose not to physicaly beat the shit outta me (which he probably could have done) and we traded gas mask bags. I cleaned the shit outta that bag and mask but even after a year I swear there was a hint of 'Eau De Boogly". And there is a reason that is not sold in stores…
Ah, and “Good initiaive, bad judgement.”
Which usually means “You had a hell of an idea, but I’m pissed I didn’t come up with it or you didn’t do it how I would have.”
“Golden BB” = The single AK-47 bullet fired from the ground that manages to strike an aircraft in a fatal place. That’s the reason I’d sit on a flack jacket and my helmet during helicopter rides.
“Monkey Shit” = The silicon grease we used to liberally apply in order to waterproof electrical boxes that were exposed to the environment.
“Character Development” = What the training cadre (both officers and enlisted) call the harassment, bullying, misuse of authority, and hazing they put recruits through.
ROAD - Retired on active duty.
Flight Suit Insert - Aircrew. If they are pilots, they are also Stick Actuators.
NUB - Non-Usable Body. Basically, anyone who is incapable of doing a job for whatever reason.
Nonner - Office workers.
I’ve come across pilots of two-seaters referring to the GIB - the Guy In Back, aka Self-Loading Cargo.
“The usual malfunction with the F-14 is the R-10 switch.”
Cracked me up. There is no “R-10 switch” for the Tomcat. What there is, though, is the Radar Intercept Officer.
Oh, speaking of aircrew, on the USAF air refueling tankers, the guy who operates the mid-air refueling equipment is the Boom Operator, or the “Boomer”. His job is described as “laying down and passing gas” as on the old KC-135 tankers his station is in the tail of the plane, where he lays down on a cushion and looks out a window to see what he’s doing with the boom.
Anyways, the Boomer’s duties involve dealing with any cargo on the plane (either the fuel, palletized cargo, or passengers), and since 99% of the time he isn’t involved in actually operating the plane (unlike the pilots and the navigator), he is also a gopher, going into the back of the plane to retrieve anything the officers need, to include drinks and food stored in the back. Hence one nickname for them: “Flight Attendant”.
Every time I’ve flown as pax on a tanker, I’ve made a point to ask for peanuts. They never have them. The USAF is really the worst airline ever, except for United.
*Boom as in “moveable arm”, as the Air Force uses a “Flying Boom” refueling system where what is essentially a large pipe with a little set of wings on the tail end is extended from the tanker to plug into the receiving aircraft to pump gas. Incidentally, the Boom is also referred to as the tanker’s penis, with all the associated jokes referring to the Boomers who operate it, the pilots who receive fuel from them, and the groundcrew who maintain it.
Whenever someone got in trouble for doing something their own way, and not the way they were directed, or for going off and trying to find something to do (usually to keep from being bored silly), when we were told to stay put, the SGTs would say “You just want to do what you want to do.” The was a terrible offense.
Do the Marines still use the term “Remington Raider” for a company clerk? The idea was that his weapon was a Remington electric typewriter. I know; typewriters have gone to the great beyond since then, but some expressions do live on.
I suppose books could be written about how and when enlisted men have prefaced statements to officers with the phrase “With all due respect, sir, …”