Soldiers, sailors, marines who's primary methods of infils and extractions during combat operations include only ground manuevers are referred to as "legs" by EVERYONE using helos or fixed wing. IE: Special operations.
Any regular military unit is considered a leg unit by the personnel in SOCOM, USASOC, and JSOC. "Grunts"/regular infantry, five jump chumps, anyone training to conduct in airborne ops in garrison but never perform them in combat, and all POG 's are defined as Legs. It is as much a mindset as it is a status.
Any regular military unit is considered a leg unit by the personnel in SOCOM, USASOC, and JSOC. "Grunts"/regular infantry, five jump chumps, anyone training to conduct in airborne ops in garrison but never perform them in combat, and all POG 's are defined as Legs. It is as much a mindset as it is a status.
The 82nd Airborne (AKA: Eighty Douche) takes pride on jumping as much as possible, wearing pink berets, blasting Van Halen's song "jump" around post, but NEVER perform airborne or helo ops in combat. This makes them epic posers, puts them in the Leg category, and earned them the title "The airplane gang".
Many service members attend airborne school, thinking being "airborne qualified" will impress others. They then report to a leg unit who has nothing to do with airborne ops and never jump again, making them a "five jump chump" and a leg.
Special operations loath legs.
Many service members attend airborne school, thinking being "airborne qualified" will impress others. They then report to a leg unit who has nothing to do with airborne ops and never jump again, making them a "five jump chump" and a leg.
Special operations loath legs.
by 275WatchMan7tre April 22, 2010
Opened the box and there was a ticking bomb in there! I shouted leg it and ran like a mothertrucker.
by yousee November 22, 2010
by Sunday Monday May 09, 2008
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Term that origininated in the United States Army used to describe any soldier who is not a paratrooper. Originally used as "straight leg," it referred to both the lack of bloused boots (i.e. with pants tucked-in) with a soldier's dress uniform and to the cargo-style fatigue pants worn by paratroopers. In World War II, a dead German officer's diary referred to U.S. paratroopers as "those devils in baggy pants," which only served to strengthen the association of "straight leg" pants with non-paratroopers.
Term that origininated in the United States Army used to describe any soldier who is not a paratrooper. Originally used as "straight leg," it referred to both the lack of bloused boots (i.e. with pants tucked-in) with a soldier's dress uniform and to the cargo-style fatigue pants worn by paratroopers. In World War II, a dead German officer's diary referred to U.S. paratroopers as "those devils in baggy pants," which only served to strengthen the association of "straight leg" pants with non-paratroopers.
by motorcop505 July 04, 2009
They're under your ass.
I hope that legs becomes word of the day, because if it does, I can say:
"The word of the day is 'legs', let's go home and spread the word!"
But I can always get my girlfriend to spread her word, and by word, I mean legs.
I hope that legs becomes word of the day, because if it does, I can say:
"The word of the day is 'legs', let's go home and spread the word!"
But I can always get my girlfriend to spread her word, and by word, I mean legs.
Spread your legs bitch, I'm comin' in!!!!!
by TakaTakaTacos11 October 11, 2007
Used as a slang term by airborn members of the United States Army to playfully describe non-airborn members.
See dirt dart, as it is the expression used in the same military branch with reverse definition.
See dirt dart, as it is the expression used in the same military branch with reverse definition.
by GaliemVae... oh, fuck it December 07, 2004
those be some cooool leggings.
by philphleira nachitaki September 29, 2006