Type of bag carried by soldiers or sailors, or a simple song
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Navy Terms and Trivia - The Goat Locker  The Generals Aide carried a loop of cord to tie up the Generals horse when he ... As a member of the Class of 1907, Miles and his classmates were eager to have a .... Some sailors call coffee joe, which some say is a derivative of Foster's song, ..... The rule was simple, for every volley fired by a ship in salute, a shore battery...
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World Wide Words: Ditty bag  Jan 31, 2015 ... Q From Katya Epstein:: Today I learned that on a film set, gear is carried in a ditty bag. Why is it called this? A Ditty bag comes from the days of sailing ships: ... that a sailor's wardrobe was limited); that it's from a modified form of ... music, which would make it the same word as ditty for a short or simple song.
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Military Jokes - Funny Jokes About the Armed Services | Reader's ...  This collection of funny military jokes should put you "at ease." ... That's why in the Navy, the captain goes down with the ship. ... During basic training at Fort Leavenworth, our sergeant asked if anyone had artistic ..... As I headed into a liquor store, a colonel came out carrying two bags. ... The colonel responded in kind.
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Duffel bag - Wikipedia  A duffel bag is a large cylindrical bag made of cloth (or other fabric) with a drawstring closure at ... It is often used as luggage or to carry sports equipment by people who travel in the outdoors. Duffel bags are also often used by military personnel; when used by sailors or marines they are sometimes called seabags.
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Ditty Bags, Haversacks, and Possibles Bags - The Art of Manliness  Apr 16, 2015 ... How to Track a Human .... The original ditty bags were issued to navy sailors beginning ... Soldiers of the 19th century carried their haversacks on their right ... the frontiersman's possibles bag was stocked with all kinds of essentials for ... I switched away from a laptop bag and use a simple mesh "string bag"...
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A Moral Compass: The Seabag  Oct 24, 2011 ... Traveling with a seabag was something left over from the "Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of ... It was NOT without justifiable reason that we were called the tin-can Navy. ..... these, half are due to Heart Disease and a fifth to cancers. ..... The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and...
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George Washington's Camp Chest | National Museum of American ...  Description: Armies on campaign must carry with them much besides their weapons. ... George Washington's well-appointed personal camp chest, or "mess kit," ... which included canteens, tents, tables, traveling beds, and various other field ... Data Source: National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center.
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Footlocker (luggage) - Wikipedia  A Footlocker is a storage box used in the military in which soldiers store their belongings. They came to be known as "footlockers" because they were essentially a type of locker which was usually located at the "foot" of a soldier's bunk or bed. ... Sometimes referred to as trunks, the use of footlockers in the military has...
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Please Don't Ridicule My Reticule! Purses from Clutch to Lug ...  Jun 28, 2011 ... A larger bag, called the reticule [ridicule] or sabretache and ... of leather or knitted silk with steel beads, tasseled ends and drawstring. ... sometimes they were of cut steel or tortoise shell, other times crafted in silver ... There was a type of beaded or velvet bag called the money-miser or stocking or ring purse.
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jeopardy/2998_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE ARMY-NAVY GAME | At the 1906 game Navy introduced this song that's symbolized Midshipman football ever since | "Anchors Aweigh". right: Myles.
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Rudyard Kipling - - Antiqbook  KIPLING, RUDYARD, Barrack-Room Ballads And Other Verses ... First published in 1892. ... Ballads include Belts/Cells/Danny Deever/Ford O'Kabul River/Fuzzy Wuzzy/Gunga Din/Mandalay/Oonts/Screw ... Collection "Les beaux livres" n72.
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Time To Scrap The National Anthem? - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  Jul 17, 1998 ... Not only would it be easier to sing, but it would honor Irving Berlin, a World War I ... The original version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written for a London social club. ... "God Bless America" is an American song with simplicity in its wording ... It was something I tolerated in order to get the other perks.
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Ask me a trivia question - Discussion on Topix  Oct 17, 2009 ... In the military, it's clothing designed for work and field duty; you know, the stuff that tires you out. fatigues. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it!
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Mar 21, 2012 ... J. Murray Spangler's upright one of these built in 1907 used a pillow case as the dustbag. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek.
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canteen - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com  ... military base. A canteen can also be a small container used to carry water to drink. ... or camp etc. 2. n. a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers...
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J! Archive - Show #3931, aired 2001-10-08  Nixon could have used "IANAC" -- "I am not" this .... A simple song, or the bag used by military personnel to carry small items...
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J! Archive - Show #3474, aired 1999-10-14  WHAT IS THAT THING? (Alex: We'll tell you what the creature is and you tell us what kind of creature it is.) ... A type of flute with 6 finger holes, its main modern use is in drum corps & military bands ... Among the Greek city-states, it was the only one that had a standing army...
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bandolier - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers ... a type of belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest with pockets to hold bullets (17 of 42...
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Military Jargon From Iraq and Afghanistan | Military.com  The term battlefield Airmen may be new, though AFSOC troops have been ... These are sewn together in sort of a sandwich fashion inside a nylon camouflage-pattern shell. ... Any TV news report from Iraq or Afghanistan shows American service ... A soldier in full dress, including helmet, flak jacket, and automatic weapon...
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Symbols | Eagle Globe Anchor | Sword | Marines.com  The oldest weapons still in service in the United States Armed Forces belong to ... Marines have carried several different flags since the American Revolution, but ... "Semper Fidelis," and the words "United States Marine Corps" are found on...
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Music During the Vietnam War | Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel  May 7, 2015 ... With its simple but memorable refrainWar, what is it good for? ... made reference to a slang term for the M-18 violet smoke grenade, used by ... Mr. Steve Tomo compiled many of the top Motown hits of the period on this .... Hanky Panky  Tommy James and the Shondells .... Lady Madonna  The Beatles