Talk:G.I.

message: Das ist doch unverschämt, dass dort die alten Gis als tin can waste geführt werden - wer denkt sich denn sowas aus? Und wir zitieren das auch noch als Referenz - unglaublich,...meine ich
Belitrix (talk) 18:37, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ich glaub's einfach nicht 

message: From all I've ever heard, GI stands for general infantry.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.177.237.144 (talk) 18:54, 15 June 2006
: I'm pretty sure I wasn't playing with Government-Issue-Joe Action Figures as a child.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.250.73 (talk) 11:32, 29 July 2006
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No, but I bet you didn't play with General-Infantry-Joes either. You DID play with G.I. Joes, though, and that stands approximately for your everyday soldier of the era, be him Government Issued or just General Infantry. Dabizi  — Preceding undated comment added 02:42, 21 September 2006
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I always thought G.I. meant Ground Infantry. You know, as opposed to SEAman and AIRmen. Funny to know that it isn't so.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.122.83.253 (talk) 01:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Aviators are the men and women who actually FLY and Guide the aircraft", i.e. pilots and navigators. "Airmen", whether they are enlisted men or officers, include aerial gunners, flight engineers, bombardiers, radio and radar operators, loadmasters, electronics countermeasures operators, and those men in cargo planes who just supply the muscle for handling the cargo. Also, the boom operators in aerial tankers are airmen. Why is it that you do not know the difference between actual aviators and those who are/were support personell on board aircraft. Even in the film Top Gun, the pilots and the weapons system / radar officers were refered to as "Naval Aviators". Like I mentioned before, gunners, etc., are not aviators, but they are airmen.98.81.2.120 (talk) 03:45, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Infantry? 

message: 'In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, government issue still holds its original meaning as clothing, rations, weapons, furniture, office supplies and other equipment provided as standard to military personnel or civil servants. It may also be used as derogative slang, as in "I have a government issue wristwatch", meaning that there is nothing remarkable about the wristwatch.' 
There is simply no evidence of this phrase being used as slang in the UK. While it may be used in the Armed forces to suggest an item is overtly generic, this does not amount to UK slang.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.249.121 (talk) 00:19, 5 July 2006
:   FWIW, the single-quoted passage seems to arise from the 15:41, 15 December 2005 edit of a registered editor.--Jerzy•t 17:51, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slang? 

message: When did the term "troop" become acceptable to refer to an individual soldier? I think it was during Desert Storm that I became aware of, and confused by the term. A troop should refer to a unit of GI's. Flight Risk (talk) 18:52, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a common bit of slang or short form for "trooper". Not in any dictionary as such. Since we don't have WP:RS (that I can find with my very short search), we should not add it to the article. – S. Rich (talk) 19:21, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Troop 

message: As in GI Big/ GI Little.  I've always assumed that meant government issue.  Or was that just slang also? Solri89 (talk) 22:08, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You're thinking of "GP Large" Medium and Small. GP being "General Purpose". See http://www.armytents.com/index.html for more.  – S. Rich (talk) 02:29, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  I seem to remember tents being called GI as well. 

message: If the story of the "G.I" waste can or even various "G.I."-marked equipment is true, then it should be easy to prove it with historical photos or photos of war gear from that era.
It seems to me that everybody believes this story, because somebody else wrote it. A classic urban myth? I don't buy it until I see evidence. Links to dictionaries don't prove anything.--Teakhoken213.150.228.38 (talk) 15:23, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evidence?