Comment on YSK about the GI Rights Hotline

JiminaMann@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  General Infantry. I believe it’s a classification in the US Army, but it basically just means soldier.

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Gastrointestinal.

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• pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Well actually: “It was originally an initialism used in U.S. Army paperwork for items made of galvanized iron.[2] The earliest known instance in writing is from either 1906[3] or 1907.[2]” Also later on re-interpreted as “government issued” etc. but I guess today it just means US army soldier

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• MetaCubed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In military/national defense contexts, it’s usually referring to General Infantry

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• UnforgivenH4X@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  General Infantry

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• King_Bob_IV@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think it is actually generally short for “Government Issue” as a kinda a reference that they are government issue like everything else in a soldiers life

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• biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  For completeness, Glicemic Index. In this case General Infantry though.

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  • DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Glycemic Index Joe, reporting for duty

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    • kreekybonez@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      gastrointestinal Joe always reports for dooty

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• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Apparently, it originally stood for galvanized iron based on the Wikipedia links shared elsewhere in this thread.

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• JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Without looking it up I think it’s government issued. Or that’s what I learned or made up as a kid. Probably wrong.

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