redfox52 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I've heard the term used by Marines meaning "Person Other than Grunt." Urban dictionary said it also means "Permanently On the Ground" for AF, Navy and Army aviation. For you flyers, how accurate is that statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HercDude Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Never heard an AF guy use POG before. REMF, shoe clerk, and NSPF (non sortie producing f'er) carry the same general meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KState_Poke22 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 For Air Force the one I hear most often is shoe clerk, or shoe. POG is mostly a Marine thing I think. And I base about 70% of that on having seen Generation Kill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RescueRandy Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 In addition to "shoe clerk," the terms "Non-er" (as in Non-Flyer) and "bean counter" are near and dear to the hearts of some in our community. On a related note, one of my new favorite terms... "Sky Pig" for security forces non-ers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 All the marines I know use POG quite frequently in place of those mentioned above. I've never heard it outside of the marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'E. T.' Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Reminds me of this: A collection of Pogs Edited January 10, 2013 by 'E. T.' 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prozac Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 POGs are what I used to use to get my 3 beers at the Coalition Compound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slc Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Wrong, we used this in the Army as well, usually under the guise of "REMF-POGUE" (not POG). Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff_Man Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I was deployed with the Army and they were pretty fond of POG, rear echelon mother f*cker (they never used the acronym), and FOBBIT. They also called junk food POGey bait and old Afghans were called wizards because of the beards, walking sticks, and man-jams. The last one might've just been popular on our team though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifleman96 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) Wrong, we used this in the Army as well, usually under the guise of "REMF-POGUE" (not POG). Cheers I must also add "dirty LEGS", for those who weren't AIRBORNE. We referred to the non-ABN Army as Regular Army. In our minds there was a very distinct difference. Edited January 11, 2013 by Rifleman96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallingOsh Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 the terms "Non-er" (as in Non-Flyer non flight line) Non-er is very common among Mx troops descriping their support brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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