US army Air Defense Artillery people are duck hunters, even if missile troops.

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 7:30 AM Tom Rux - tmr0195 at comcast.net (via
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> Hi Jim,
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> Yep, the members of USN are generally referred to as squids. Members of the submarine service are bubbleheads. Pilots in aviation are Airedales. Naval Officers are brown shoes
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> Marines are in addition to jarheads can be called leathernecks or grunts.
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> The members of the Coast Guard are know as puddle pirates.
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> USAF pilots in addition to Airedales are fly boys.
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> Soldiers of the USA are ground pounders which a can also be applied to USMC personnel.
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> Troops in artillery are frequently called cannon cockers.
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> In some of the science fiction stories Naval personnel are vacc heads. Ground troops are crunchies.
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> Tom Rux
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> On 06/09/2024 3:12 PM PDT 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?
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