#usmc

Emphatic Marine approval (often sarcastic).

A Marine who trained at MCRD San Diego.

A Marine fresh out of recruit training — and by extension anyone new.

A private with no rank insignia — the lowest rung.

A recruit tasked with cleaning drill-instructor spaces.

Mature content — open to view.

A Lance Corporal who'll leave the Corps without ever making Corporal.

A flashlight.

A US Marine — from the leather neck-stock of the early Corps uniform.

A pen.

For an extremely long time.

A US Marine — a portmanteau of GI and Marine.

The junior-enlisted rumor mill.

Standard-issue field load-bearing kit — pack, belt, pouches, the lot.

The Marine Corps. Said with love. Mostly.

Unsatisfactory; failing the standard.

A clipped, all-purpose 'Oorah.'

Motivated — usually said with an eye-roll at someone laying it on a bit thick.

Nickname for the Twentynine Palms Marine base.

Liberty; authorized off-duty free time.

The Marine Corps battle cry — used for yes, hell yes, motivation, acknowledgement, or just to fill silence.

A US Marine — from the WWI German legend at Belleau Wood.

A US Marine — from the high-and-tight haircut.