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acting Jack noun- a lance sergeant US, 1917
Korean war usage. - I took my “acting jack” job most seriously, and was thought to be a shoo-in for the “best trainee” (an honor that included a promotion to PFC on completion of the course until a week before basic was over[.] — David H. Hackworth, About Face, p. 41, 1989
- a soldier temporarily appointed to higher rank, especially to serve as a platoon leader in basic training US, 1942
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 1, 1968
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