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Rage kill

To become so enraged you begin immediately killing everything in sight.
Friend 1: "We were playing a video game last night with 5 friends and messed with the wrong guy. Dude start rage killing the crap out of us and followed us around for a half hour."

Friend 2: "That sucks dude."
by infantryscoming August 6, 2010
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Chowhound

Army term that refers to:

1. someone who steals other soldiers food in the barracks
2. someone who eats too much, usually equivalent to calling them a fat-ass
Soldier 1: Where'd my fucking bag of beef jerky go?
Soldier 2: Bet Smith got it, he seems like a chowhound
by infantryscoming August 19, 2010
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Skull Drag

Slang in the Army for having someone fuck your stuff up. Usually a threat to someone being insubordinate.

The term actually refers to tying someone's feet to the back of a horse or vehicle and dragging them. Hence their skull would drag on the ground. But in practice it means to jack someone up, either through yelling at them, "smoking" them through push-ups, assigning extra duty or generally being a prick and giving them a difficult time.
Soldier 1: The new LT's a fucking idiot.
Soldier 2: Pipe down man, if the platoon sergeant here's you say that he'll skull drag your ass.
by infantryscoming August 19, 2010
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Tower of Power

Army term for an infantryman who has all 3 of the following on his chest: Combat Infantry Badge, Airborne Wings, Air Assault wings.

In Special Operations community the phrase differently refers to having all 3 tabs possible on your shoulder: Airborne Tab, Ranger Tab, Special Forces tab. In order to have all 3 you must be assigned to an Airborne unit. If you've gone through Ranger school & SF Q course you will earn both those tabs. Airborne tab is a unit designation for being in an Airborne Unit.
That guy over there with the Tower of Power is a bad mother fucker.
by infantryscoming August 19, 2010
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Scroll to the Road

Also known as "scrolling the road". A term in the US Army Infantry for the techinique to cross a linear danger area (Army code for a road).

It originated in the 75th Ranger Regiment. Each Army unit wears the unit patch on the left shoulder. The 75th's patch is a scroll, and the act of "scroll to the road" involves keeping the shoulder with your scroll toward the road. As long as soldiers on both sides of the road do this someone will always be watching in both directions a vehicle could approach from.

So for an infantry unit a road, unless in wide open terrain, is a substantial threat. Enemy can advance on you quickly, and while half the unit is on the near side & half on the far side you run a much greater risk of having your forces cut in 2.

When the order to scroll the road is given Man #1 in the formation comes up to the road & takes a knee keeping his weapon oriented down the road. Man #2 will kneel beside him & tap him on the shoulder as an indication he now has the road covered. Man #1 crosses the road and takes a knee directing his fire the opposite direction up the road as Man #2. This continues until everyone is across.

If both men keep their scrolls to the road no one can ever get confused as to which side supposed to be looking up/down which direction of the road.
Team Leader: First Section is signaling back that they've cleared the far side.
Squad Leader: Scroll to the road.
by infantryscoming August 19, 2010
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Duck Hunter

Army slang for someone in the Air Defense function. Equivalent use to the way an infantryman is called a Knuckle Dragger or artillerymen is called a gun bunny except this nickname wasn't defined in Urban Dictionary yet so there ya go.
Soldier 1: I spent my time on a Patriot.

Soldier 2: You were a fucking duck hunter?
by infantryscoming August 19, 2010
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Beat your face

Condescending Army term for telling someone to do push-ups.

Its usually used by a higher-ranked person toward a lower-ranked person for punishment. Wouldn't usually be used during PT, you'd tell someone "beat your face" if you caught them red-handed doing something stupid.

Rarely used by officers when dropping a sergeant for push-ups because of its condescending tone, its almost exclusively directed toward lower ranked enlisted when they fuck up.
Platoon Sergeant: What the fuck are you doing walking around outside without your cover (hat/beret) on you dipshit?
Soldier: Uh... uh... no excuse sergeant?

Platoon Sergeant: BEAT YOUR FACE
by infantryscoming August 19, 2010
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