![]() Bagus - From the Indonesian word for good, Bagus (pronounced in an Australian accent as baggis), is used by Indonesian linguists as an alternative for good.Refers to brown-bagging meals from home instead of eating in the Mess. Bagger - Air Force term for a married member living off-base.Also referred to as "getting bagged" or "going in the bag". Formerly known as Resistance To Interrogation (RTI) training. Bag, the - Conduct After Capture (CAC) training.Back-ups - Seconds (when having a meal).AusCam - An abbreviation of Australian camouflage, the standard camouflage pattern on Australian Military equipment.Also known as Wet-Cam, Boat-Cam and.actually nobody cares. Aqua-flage The RAN's attempt to design camoflage and make a cameo appearance beside Rihanna in the movie Battleship.Ahp response diggers may give if someone requires their attention, a general response to instruction, or when name is called on parade.Also described as 'Getting torn a new one' Arse Ripping - RAN version of a Face Ripping.Arse-end Arnold - Used to refer to the person who is guarding the rear in any field patrol formation (typically used by Army).Also to shout at, as in "Sarge arced-up at me for not ironing my DPCUs." Arc-up - To initiate an engagement against an enemy force with offensive fire.APPY - Graduate from the Army Apprentice School, either at Balcombe or Latchford.APC - Arm, pits, and crotch, a type of bath taken in the bush with limited water usually with wet wipes.Angry Palm Tree - Army or Navy helicopter.Angry Chook - Army Chinook heavy lift helicopter.Angel Raper - Air Defence Regiment (Surface-Air Missiles) member, part of the Royal Australian Artillery.Anchor Wanker -A derogatory term to describe Navy personnel by the members of the other two services.AJAX Packet - Ajax packets were placed in the front windows of married quarters to indicate to single men that the man of the house was away, AJAX, AJ Away at Exercise.As in "Where'd you end up last night, I didn't see you after dinner?" "Yeah I did the old A.J. Often used to describe the habit of Army males leaving the females they have been trying to become romantically involved with. also refers to the habit of Army personnel to fade away when having a night out, usually in the form of leaving without saying goodbye to the people they are there with. fade-away - Refers to a soldier's ability to disapear when they are required to do something or attend something "after 1600 hr marridies did the A.J fade-away from the boozer". In other words it's OK for us to say it, but you might get a slap if you say it, depending on tone and location. Like many derogatory terms, AJ has been "taken back" by the AJs. Also often used by soldiers in reference to other soldiers behaving badly in public, for example "He was being a real AJ" or "They were acting like a bunch of real AJ's and giving the rest of us a bad name". A derogatory term often used by civilians, RAAF and Navy personnel in reference to soldiers in townships with large concentrations of soldiers (particularly Darwin and Townsville). Airy-fairies - Refers to Air Force personnel, usually used by the Army or Navy."Today, an Army C130 Hercules was seen landing at Amberly Air Base." ![]() Air Base - A RAAF Base as described by the Australian media, Army and Navy personnel.It's most common for Trainees to wear "After Fives" to the mess for dinner, most commonly consisting of for men - slacks or dress pants, a long sleeve button up collared shirt, a tie and leather dress shoes įor women - skirt or trousers, and blouse and court shoes. After fives - Refers to civilian clothing suitable to be worn to semi formal events or the Mess for dinner.Can also be described as "Cloud-Cam" (See also Aqua-flage) Aero-flage - The RAAF's ridiculous attempt to design camoflage for the sky.Are told by everyone else that, "no, they're not Special Forces". Commonly understood to not be seen past the FLOSS (see FLOSS). Adgie - Refers to a RAAF Airfield Defence Guard.ACMS excels at reversing the pareto principle, that is, instead of 20% of the work accounting for 80% of the assets, ACMS creates 80% of the work to account for less than 20% of the Army's assets. ACMS - Army Capability Management System - Because entering all your data in three systems isnt enough (ROMAN, PMKeyS, and MILIS).Comes from the callsigns 9A, 9C, 9E, 9F, 9H. Ace fuckheads - headquarters in an armoured unit.ACE, spelt ASM, Warrant Officer Class 2 of a RAEME unit, Artificer Sergeant Major.
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