<P> Originally used as early as the First World War by US Marines to refer to a male homosexual in the female role . At the beginning of World War II, "pogue" was used by Marine Drill Instructors to refer to trainees believed to not be meeting the expected standards or failing to display the appropriate esprit de corps . </P> <P> While the term does not appear in Army or Air Force terminology until the Vietnam War, Linda Reinberg includes it as being in general use in Vietnam to refer to rear echelon support personnel . </P> <P> During Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, "pogue" referred to anyone who arrived in theater after the speaker . </P> <P> Due to having lost contact with its linguistic source, and possibly to avoid embarrassing civilians who might ask, the modern military vernacular has turned "pogue" into a retronym / backronym, e.g., Personnel Other than Grunts, or Person Of Greater Use Elsewhere, the latter referring to mid-grade and senior military personnel who may have been trained / qualified / experienced as combat specialists (e.g., infantry, armor, special operations forces, fighter and bomber pilots, etc .), but who have been assigned to rear echelon staffs, especially senior command staffs . </P>

Where did the term pogey bait come from