- In a radio communications context, send him/her to get some "liquid squelch."
- Pretty much anywhere in the US Army (and probably also the Marines, though they may use differing jargon for it), ask for a "box of grid squares" or a "tent jack."
- Army Aviation, and probably also the Air Force, sometimes ask someone to get a "length of flight line."
- Tankers and those operating armored personnel carriers will tell the newbie that he/she needs to "put air in the road wheels."
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.