[rollei_list] Re: The PX System and Cameras
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,"rollei_list" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:10:28 -0500
At 05:31 PM 1/30/2007, m\.dagnoli\@libero\.it wrote:
>Hi Marc,
>I'm not familiar with english acronyms can you tell me what means PX and GI
PX = "Post Exchange", a store on a military post
where soldiers can buy items at a cost-plus
system, with profits going to morale and welfare
activities such as bowling alleys, musical shows,
and unit parties. Until World War II, these
tended to be fairly small facilities which sold
shaving equipment, cigarettes, and the like and
had a bar selling beer and soft drinks. After
WWII, these became increasingly elaborate and
today stock everything from music CD's to outdoor
grilles. The Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps
call these "Base Exchanges". Those for the Army
and Air Force are run by the Army-Air Force
Exchange System, commonly known as "AAFES". The
Navy has a separate command running Navy and Marine Corps exchanges.
GI = a member of the US military. The origin is
obscure but might have arisen from the use of
"GI" as a verbal shorthand for "government
issue", though this has been challenged. In
World War One, US soldiers were called
"doughboys", in WWII they were "GI's" or "Dog
Faces". By Viet-Nam, they had become "Grunts",
though "Dog Faces" and "Grunts" are often used
more for combat personnel than for REMF
(rear-echelon mother f***ers) types such as
myself. The term GI is applied to soldiers,
sailors, Marines, and airmen though it probably
means soldiers more to the general public.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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