On 10/6/24 09:15, Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml
list) wrote:
> I knew a former 'SeaBee' (USN CB=construction battalion) who called
> marines 'Jarheads' & USAF/USAAF (pilots & service as a whole) 'Airedales'.
> I also once read the 'Airedale' moniker in an article way back when
> SPI was publishing the 'Strategy & Tactics' wargame magazine.
> Officers in the USAAF/USAF w/o 'wings' are 'Ground Pounders/Ground
> Grippers'.
> Of course, everyone knows about 'Seals' who seem to think they are
> indeed a completely separate service.
> US Army infantry = 'Grunts'. (seen that all over, forever)
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> On Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 03:12:58 PM MST, Jim Vassilakos -
> jim.vassilakos at gmail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> I've heard that members of the US Coast Guard are called Coasties, and
> members of the US Navy are referred to as Squids. What such nicknames
> might be used to refer to members of the Imperial Army, Navy, Marines,
> and Scout Service?
>
In one of MTU, "booties" refers to the Imperial Marines (yes, the Royal
Marines' influence is still felt) while "starmen" (regardless of gender)
refers to the Imperial Navy.  Never really got around to establishing
nicknames for the Black Sun Brotherhood (the Unified Armies of the Third
Imperium) or the Scouts.

In another MTU (the Advisoryverse), the Worshipful Guild of Master
Spacers and Starmen (a London livery company established before the
split from the canon timeline in 2125 AD) is the actual source of the
"starmen" reference.