noun
General Slang
field day
· noun · military
All-hands cleaning of the entire space, top to bottom.
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Definitions
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An all-hands deep-cleaning evolution — every sailor or Marine in the space, all working at once, scrubbing bulkhead to overhead. Usually weekly, usually right before liberty so you can't escape it. The most loathed two words in barracks life.
“Field day at 1500 — nobody secures until the head passes inspection.”
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As a verb: to field-day a space. To clean it top to bottom rather than just spot-tidy.
“We've got to field-day the berthing before the XO walks through.”
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field day In A Sentence
Field day at 1500 — nobody secures until the head passes inspection.
We've got to field-day the berthing before the XO walks through.
Origin & Usage
US Navy and Marine Corps usage. Originally a military 'field day' meant a day spent in the field on exercises; got ironically twisted into the day everyone spends on hands and knees scrubbing.
Variants
fieldday
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