![]() AusCam - An abbreviation of Australian camouflage, the standard camouflage pattern on Australian Military equipment.Also known as Wet-Cam, Boat-Cam and.actually nobody cares. Aqua-flage The RAN's attempt to design camoflage and make a cameo appearance beside Rihanna in the movie Battleship.Ahp response diggers may give if someone requires their attention, a general response to instruction, or when name is called on parade.Also described as 'Getting torn a new one' Arse Ripping - RAN version of a Face Ripping.Arse-end Arnold - Used to refer to the person who is guarding the rear in any field patrol formation (typically used by Army).Also to shout at, as in "Sarge arced-up at me for not ironing my DPCUs." Arc-up - To initiate an engagement against an enemy force with offensive fire.APPY - Graduate from the Army Apprentice School, either at Balcombe or Latchford. ![]() APC - Arm, pits, and crotch, a type of bath taken in the bush with limited water usually with wet wipes.Angry Palm Tree - Army or Navy helicopter.Angry Chook - Army Chinook heavy lift helicopter.Angel Raper - Air Defence Regiment (Surface-Air Missiles) member, part of the Royal Australian Artillery.Anchor Wanker -A derogatory term to describe Navy personnel by the members of the other two services.AJAX Packet - Ajax packets were placed in the front windows of married quarters to indicate to single men that the man of the house was away, AJAX, AJ Away at Exercise.As in "Where'd you end up last night, I didn't see you after dinner?" "Yeah I did the old A.J. Often used to describe the habit of Army males leaving the females they have been trying to become romantically involved with. also refers to the habit of Army personnel to fade away when having a night out, usually in the form of leaving without saying goodbye to the people they are there with. fade-away - Refers to a soldier's ability to disapear when they are required to do something or attend something "after 1600 hr marridies did the A.J fade-away from the boozer". In other words it's OK for us to say it, but you might get a slap if you say it, depending on tone and location. Like many derogatory terms, AJ has been "taken back" by the AJs. ![]() Also often used by soldiers in reference to other soldiers behaving badly in public, for example "He was being a real AJ" or "They were acting like a bunch of real AJ's and giving the rest of us a bad name". A derogatory term often used by civilians, RAAF and Navy personnel in reference to soldiers in townships with large concentrations of soldiers (particularly Darwin and Townsville).
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