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G.I., the Glossary

G.I. is an informal term that refers to "a soldier in the United States armed forces, especially the army".^[1]

31 relations: Acronym, American Forces Network, Artillery, Dave Breger, Digger (soldier), Dogface (military), Doughboy, Enlisted rank, Folk etymology, G-man, G.I. Bill, G.I. Blues, G.I. Jane, G.I. Joe (disambiguation), G.I. Joe (pigeon), Galvanization, GI Jill, Greatest Generation, KUT, Mehmetçik, NBC Radio Network, Non-commissioned officer, Shell (projectile), Slang, The Story of G.I. Joe, Tommy Atkins, United States Army, Women's Army Corps, World War I, World War II, Yank, the Army Weekly.
Initialisms
Military terminology of the United States

Acronym

An acronym is an abbreviation of a phrase that usually consists of the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation.

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The American Forces Network (AFN) is a government television and radio broadcast service the U.S. military provides to those stationed or assigned overseas, and is headquartered at Fort Meade in Maryland.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Dave Breger

Irving David Breger (April 15, 1908 – January 16, 1970) was an American cartoonist who created the syndicated Mister Breger (1945–1970), a gag panel series and Sunday comic strip known earlier as Private Breger and G.I. Joe.

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Digger (soldier)

Digger is a military slang term for primarily infantry soldiers from Australia and New Zealand.

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Dogface (military)

Dogface is a nickname for a United States Army soldier, especially an enlisted infantryman.

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Doughboy

Doughboy was a popular nickname for the American infantryman during World War I. Though the origins of the term are not certain, the nickname was still in use as of the early 1940s.

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Enlisted rank

An enlisted rank (also known as an enlisted grade or enlisted rate) is, in some armed services, any rank below that of a commissioned officer.

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Folk etymology

Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage.

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G-man

G-man (short for "government man", plural G-men) is an American slang term for agents of the United States Government.

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G.I. Bill

The G.I. Bill, formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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G.I. Blues

G.I. Blues is a 1960 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley and Juliet Prowse.

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G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane is a 1997 American action drama film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, and Anne Bancroft.

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G.I. Joe (disambiguation)

G.I. Joe is a line of military-themed action figures produced by Hasbro.

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G.I. Joe (pigeon)

G.I. Joe (March 24, 1943 – June 3, 1961) was a pigeon noted for his service in the United States Army Pigeon Service.

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Galvanization

Galvanization or galvanizing (also spelled galvanisation or galvanising) is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting.

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GI Jill

GI Jill (born Martha Wilkerson, 4 May 1918 — 9 February 1999) was an American disc jockey and radio host, best known for presenting program's "Jack and Jill" and GI Jive, a music program on the Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II.

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Greatest Generation

The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation.

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KUT

KUT (90.5 FM) is a listener and community supported public radio station based in Austin, Texas.

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Mehmetçik

Mehmetçik("little" denoting diminutive endearment rather than actual age) is a term generally used to affectionately refer to soldiers of the Turkish Army.

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NBC Radio Network

The National Broadcasting Company's NBC Radio Network (also known as the NBC Red Network from 1927 to 1942) was an American commercial radio network which was in continuous operation from 1926 through 1999.

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Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who does not hold a commission.

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Shell (projectile)

A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.

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Slang

A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing.

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The Story of G.I. Joe

The Story of G.I. Joe, also credited in prints as Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe, is a 1945 American war film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum.

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Tommy Atkins

Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Women's Army Corps

The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yank, the Army Weekly

Yank, the Army Weekly was a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I.

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