cthia wrote:Hans wrote: quote="Annachie"]Hell, some will retire before they even hear the news
Who knows. Given how the Solly navy has been run they'll probably be brigged as soon as possible.
What is the meaning of 'brigged'
i don't know the word and i didn't find a translation into German.
cthia wrote:Origin of brigcontr. from brigantine
U.S. Navy
a place where offenders are temporarily confined, as on a warship
Mil., Slang
the guardhouse; prison
saber964 wrote:The last one is kinda off. A brig is not slang for a prison or guardhouse it is naval term for an ashore prison. The U.S. Navy maintains four medium security brigs near major naval bases. Also most naval bases have light security brigs for short term detentions.
It isn't my experience that the last one is off at all. If you read it again, you'd note that it denotes the more general
military usage. As in other branches other than the navy.
3. A jail or guardhouse,
especially on the premises of a US military installation.I was never in the military though my father was a marine so that made me a military brat. I went on base quite a bit because that was where a lot of the many cool parties were (and girls as hot as lava). I was shortstopped by many a MP who
always threatened to throw us teenagers in the brig for loud music or because our pants were pulled down with one of the officer's daughters.
I have five brothers and sisters, many who joined the military. All other branches are represented and "brig" was used for the jail on all military installations that I visited. I always thought they used "brig" to make it clear to us teenagers that we were to spend time in "their" jail and not the city jail off base where our parents could simply come and collect us. It was to make it scarier. It always worked -- until the next party.