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G.I. or G.I. Joe

G.I. stands for Government Issue

Or in the British Army:

Tommy after Thomas Atkins, the specimen name given on the signing up documents

Wrong, G.I. stands for General Infantry. Joe from the term 'average Joe'. Hence G.I. Joe.

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