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Acronym for Korean Augmentation To the US

KATUSAs are technically in Republic Of Korea Army (ROK Army), but detached to US army in Korea.

They live in US Army bases and spend most of their military service time with US soldiers.

They usually have their own military occupational specialty like American soldiers and also translate Korean into English and vice versa when doing combined field training with ROK Army.

Every man in Korea has to serve in the military for 21 months. Because it is needed to get high english test score to apply KATUSA, KATUSAs are almost all college students and highly educated.

They get promoted much faster than american soldiers to sergeant which is their final rank before ETS, but paid much less than US army soldiers because ROK government doesn't pay much to their mandatory military service members.

They contribute and encourage to mutual relationship between ROK army and US army.
All NCOs, soldiers, KATUSAs, and families, I appericate your service and sacrifices

We need a KATUSA to translate this
KATUSA by Heapsort January 30, 2017
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Unwilling conscripted slaves

Who make less than pv2
Most Accurate definition from current katusa who serve in humpreys
KATUSA by 7hanz May 4, 2020
Related Words
katusa • Katjuša • Katussy • kausar • Katsap • katua • Katurah • Kausan • KabuSasu • Kadusa
Acronym for "Korean Augmentee to the US Army"

Usually highly underpaid shammers who somehow manage to get more done in less time than a Chinese sweatshop worker.

Notorious for only knowing minimal spoken English, with the exception of "lunch time," "Pass", and "fall out"

Because all able Korean man between the age of 18 and 31 have to serve mandatory military service for the country, being beaten, abused, and starved for two years, applying for a KATUSA service is highly desirable and those who pass the test are highly envied, and thus treated like a public enemy.
"Those fucking KATUSAs disappeared again!"
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A word used mainly by Ukrainians to refer to Russians in a negative tone. Originates from the word 'goat' (tsap), referring to the goatees once almost universally popular in Russia
I don't understand all those complaints from katsaps living in foreign countries - let them all return to their native Katsapstan!
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Був кацап, немає кацапа
Was katsap, and now there is no katsap.
Byv katsap, nemae katsapa
Katsap by IceyUA June 9, 2022
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