POG is a pejorative military slang term used to describe non-infantry, staff, and other rear-echelon or support units.[1] "POG" frequently describes those who don't have to undergo the stresses that the infantry does, and is generally used as a diminutive for any non-infantry personnel who disagrees or impedes the wants of a "grunt."
This term is thematically analogous to the newer words Fobbit and Tockroach. "Fobbit" refers to non-combat arms soldiers who never leave their Forward Operating Base. Fobbit is a portmanteau of the acronym FOB and the fictional humanoid Hobbits from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series. In the Tolkien mythology, Hobbits rarely leave the relative safety of their homeland, the Shire, while Fobbits correspondingly rarely leave the FOB. A "Tockroach" is a non-combat arms soldier who works solely in the FOB's Tactical Operations Center (TOC). The word is, similarly, a portmanteau of TOC and cockroach. However, the terms are not synonymous because a functionary at the Pentagon might be termed a POG or REMF (Rear Echelon Mother-Fucker) but could never be termed a Fobbit. Conversely, a Tockroach is almost invariably a Fobbit, but a Fobbit may or may not be a Tockroach.
(b)A kiss. Cocktail Party Banter Johnny O pogued me last night.
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