GI: Government issue. Usually used to refer to U.S. military personnel.
G.P STRAP: General purpose strap that came off your rucksack. Many uses but used mainly to replace the sling on an M-16.
G-3: Division level tactical advisor; a staff officer.
GA MUG: Thank you.
GARAND: The M-1 rifle.
GHOST BOATS: What command called the four LSMRs in country.
GHOSTING, GOLDBRICKING, OR SANDBAGGING: Fucking off.
GID TAY LEN: Hands up!
GLAD BAG: Slang term for body bag.
GMG1: Gunner's Mate Guns Class Petty Officer or just GMGFirst Class, which is the same as an E-6 in any service.
GOLF: Military phonetic for the letter "G"
GOMERS: North Vietnamese.
GOOKS: Slang expression brought to Vietnam by Korean War Veterans. The term refers to anyone of Asian origin.
GP: General purpose, as in general purpose tent: large rectangular tent sleeping 10 to 12 men with an aisle down the middle.
GPM: Gallons per minute.
GQ: General quarters--battle stations where military personnel are assigned to go ASAP when alarm sounds.
GR POINT: Graves registration point. That place on a military base where the identification, embalming and processing of dead soldiers takes place as part of the operations of the quartermaster.
GREASE GUN: M2-A1 sub-machinegun, .45cal automatic weapon.
GREEN BERETS: Members of the Special Forces of the U.S. Army. They were awarded the green beret headgear as a mark of distinction.
GREEN TRACERS: Color left by the ammunition fired from enemy AAA or AK-47s whereby you could track/trace its path. U.S. forces used red tracers.
GREEN-EYE: Starlight scope. Light amplifying telescope, used to see at night.
GRIDS: Map broken into numbered thousand-meter squares.
GRUNT: A popular nickname for an infantryman in Vietnam; supposedly derived from the sound one made from lifting up his rucksack. Also Ground Pounder or Crunchie.
GSW: Gunshot wound.
GSW-TTH: Casualty report term meaning 'gunshot wound, thru and thru.'
GUERRILLA: Soldiers of a resistance movement who are organized on a military or paramilitary basis.
GUERRILLA WARFARE: Military operations conducted in enemy-held or hostile territory by irregular, predominantly indigenous forces.
GUN TRUCKS: The deuce-and-a-halfs that would accompany convoys. They were usually fitted with a .50 and one or two M60s, plus individual weapons for usually a crew of four to five.
GUNG HO: Very enthusiastic and committed. Chinese term for "All together."
GUNSHIP: An armed helicopter or adapted fixed-wing aircraft.
