cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31344860
Disregard all rules, Get this to anyone you know in the US military now
A tweet states that National Guard or Active Duty military ordered to violate constitutional rights can call the GI Rights Hotline for support, with the number 1-877-447-4487 provided.
What does GI stand for?
General Infantry. I believe it’s a classification in the US Army, but it basically just means soldier.
Gastrointestinal.
General Infantry
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
In military/national defense contexts, it’s usually referring to General Infantry
For completeness, Glycemic Index. In this case General Infantry though.
Glycemic Index Joe, reporting for duty
gastrointestinal Joe always reports for dooty
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
Apparently, it originally stood for galvanized iron based on the Wikipedia links shared elsewhere in this thread.
Without looking it up I think it’s government issued. Or that’s what I learned or made up as a kid. Probably wrong.